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Carmen Brown weeps as she walks away holding a paper restoring her right to vote during a special court hearing aimed at restoring that right in a Miami-Dade County courtroom on Nov. 8, 2019. A federal lawsuit currently underway would make it easier for others to get their voting rights restored by eliminating requirements that they pay fines and fees. Zak Bennett/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Voting Rights For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Felons At Stake In Florida Trial

The trial comes after Florida voters in 2018 overwhelmingly approved an amendment to restore voting rights to most people with felony convictions. Then state lawmakers tried to scale the law back.

Carmen Brown weeps as she walks away holding a paper restoring her right to vote during a special court hearing aimed at restoring that right in a Miami-Dade County courtroom on Nov. 8, 2019. A federal lawsuit currently underway would make it easier for others to get their voting rights restored by eliminating requirements that they pay fines and fees. Zak Bennett/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Voting Rights For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Felons At Stake In Florida Trial

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Diana Hu is a pediatrician at Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation and a member of the Navajo epidemiology response team. Aurelia Yazzie/Courtesy Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation hide caption

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Navajo Nation Sees High Rate Of COVID-19 And Contact Tracing Is A Challenge

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Bruno, 8, and younger brother Alan, 4, ride their bikes in Moià, a town about an hour and a half outside Barcelona. Spain has eased restrictions that kept children from leaving their homes. Lucia Benavides/NPR hide caption

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For The First Time In 6 Weeks, Millions Of Children In Spain Can Play Outside Again

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