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Rick Hustead, chairman of Wall Drug, works the restaurant counter when things get busy. Hustead's grandfather opened the store in 1931.

You can pan for gold at Wall Drug in South Dakota. Locals need it as a pharmacy, too

Wall Drug is a huge, cowboy-themed tourist attraction near Badlands National Park, visited by 2 million people a year. It also has a functional pharmacy that faces many of the challenges of rural health care.

A sign marks the entrance to a voting precinct on the first day of early voting in the general election in Phoenix, Oct. 12, 2022. Arizona Latinos responded to a tough crackdown on immigrants by building a turnout machine that helped propel Democrats to power.

Latinos helped Biden in 2020. He'll need to earn their votes this year, expert says

Biden shouldn’t consider Latino vote a given, but Trump's immigration plan could chill support for him, outreach expert Stephanie Valencia tells Morning Edition.

Morning news brief

Republican vice presidential pick J.D. Vance is welcomed by party faithful. Lawmakers plan a series of hearings next week over the Trump assassination attempt. And President Biden has COVID.

Workmen searched through the debris of what was the carpenter shop on the pier at Port in Chicago, Calif. on July 18, 1944 after the building was leveled by the explosion of two munition ships the evening of July 17. Other buildings on the waterfront and in the town itself were shattered by the terrific blast, which was felt 50 miles from the scene.

The Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished over 1944 WWII port explosion

The blast that happened at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California killed 320 people and injured 400 more.

A car is crushed by a fallen building that hosted the Gansevoort mural that was struck by a tornado, in Rome, N.Y., on Tuesday. Much of the U.S. and Canada is cleaning up or still dealing with a new wave of severe storms that have caused deaths and damage this week from the Plains to New England.

Swath of storms flood the Ozarks and ravage an upstate New York community

The relentless series of storms caused deaths or damage from the Plains to Canada to New England. Hundreds of thousands of people lost power and air conditioning during days of sweltering heat.

Black men exonerated after mutiny charges during WWII

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with producer Dan Collison about his documentary on the Port Chicago 50, a group of Black sailors who were charged with mutiny for refusing to work under unsafe conditions.

California Rep. Adam Schiff calls for Biden to step aside

California Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff released a statement saying it was time for Biden to pass the torch.

People jump into the Seine River in Paris on July 17, after Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the river to demonstrate that it is clean enough to host the outdoor swimming events at the Paris Olympics later this month.

Paris mayor swims in the Seine to demonstrate its safety ahead of the Olympics

After Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip in the river, she said the Olympics were "a kind of magnet that attracted all our energies towards a single date, July 26, and we did it.”

Selina Cheng, newly elected chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, speaks to media in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Cheng said she lost her job at <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> after she refused her supervisor’s request to withdraw from the election for the leadership post.

Head of Hong Kong's top journalist group says she lost 'WSJ' job due to her role

Reporter Selina Cheng says she lost her Wall Street Journal job after refusing her supervisor's request to withdraw from the election to lead the journalism group, which advocates for press freedom.

Orlando Pride's Marta (10) in action during an NWSL soccer match between the Orlando Pride and Racing Louisville, Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Louisville, Ky.

Orlando Pride sends 6 players to Olympic games

The Pride players are representing their home countries of Brazil and Zambia, with their first games on July 25.

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