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As NPR's senior national correspondent, Linda Wertheimer travels the country and the globe for NPR News, bringing her unique insights and wealth of experience to bear on the day's top news stories.

Next week, a leading conference on rural education in this country comes to Chattanooga. The National Forum to Advance Rural Education is Thursday, November 16th and Friday, November 17th at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Randy Boyd, President of the University of Tennessee System, gives the welcome on the first day.

"We now know that the virus is actively spreading in some communities here in Washington," a state official said, after four more people in the Seattle area died after contracting COVID-19.

They died when a freezer malfunctioned at the Foundation Food Group's poultry plant in Gainesville, Ga., in January. OSHA cited the company and three others for failing to ensure worker safety.

More than 6,000 people were killed in over three days when a Sudanese paramilitary group unleashed "a wave of intense violence" in Sudan's Darfur region in late October, according to the UN.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Gerry Yandel, executive editor of The Virgin lslands Daily News, about what life is like for those living on the islands more than a month after Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

The Gulf Livestock 1 reportedly capsized in heavy seas near the island of Amami Oshima just as a typhoon was passing through the area. Only one crew member is known to have survived.

The 21-year-old American star battled back over three sets to defeat the world's top-ranked player, Aryna Sabalenka. Gauff is the first American to win at Roland-Garros since Serena Williams in 2015.

Jesse Williams, is a mountain woman grounded in Blues & Soul. This talented singer, guitar player, and songwriter brings a show you don’t want to miss

The Soundpainter guides listeners through the kinetic world of Alexander Calder, an artist whose work only fully exists when it is experienced.