Dale Willman

South Carolina is reporting 973 measles cases in what officials there are calling an unprecedented outbreak.

But as NPR's Maria Godoy reports, officials say the rise in new cases has slowed in the biggest outbreak the U.S.

has seen in decades.

The U.S.

men's hockey team will have their chance at Olympic gold in the semifinal game today.

The Americans beat Slovakia 6-2.

Now they'll face Canada for the gold medal on Sunday.

NPR's Becky Sullivan reports from Milan.

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More than 30 states have some kind of cell phone ban for schools this year, and Pierre Sequoia Carrillo visited one school in Kentucky to see just how things are going after the first semester of the ban.

Police have searched the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

The search comes one day after the former British prince was detained on suspicion of misconduct in office.

The charges are related to his friendship with the late convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.

He's now back at his new home on King Charles III's private retreat.

Giant tortoises have returned to Floriana Island in Ecuador's Galapagos Archipelago.

Conservationists released 158 juvenile hybrids on Friday.

Conservationists hope the tortoises will help to restore the island's ecosystem.

Officials say they plan to eventually release some 700 tortoises once they're big enough to fend off non-native rats and cats.

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