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Vice President Harris and Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appear at a campaign event in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Harris and Walz reintroduce joy to Democrats their first week on the campaign trail

Vice President Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, barnstormed swing states this week, trying to make up for lost time in their 2024 campaign.

Smartmatic executives charged in alleged bribery scheme in the Philippines

The voting technology company has been the target of conservative media and conspiracy theorists because of the spread of bogus fraud claims tied to the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Rayssa Leal of Brazil competes in the women's skateboarding street final at the Place de la Concorde. She won a bronze medal. The 16-year-old Olympian remembers that when she was a kid, a pair of sneakers without holes were an implausible dream.

This 16-year-old skateboard medalist went from holey shoes to ... holy shoe deal!

Rayssa Leal of Team Brazil won a bronze medal in Paris -- following up on her silver medal in Tokyo when she was only 13. When she was just a kid, she says, a pair of sneakers without holes was an implausible dream.

Clockwise from left, pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, the Canoe Slalom Women's Kayak Cross, women's rugby player Sammy Sullivan, and the Men's 100m Final.

These Olympic medals don’t exist — so we made them up

What if there were Olympic medals for audience participation, or the best use of an accessory? NPR’s pop culture critic doles them out.

Did the U.S. need to drop two atomic weapons on Japan in order to end World War II?

In The Road to Surrender, Evan Thomas examines the closing months of WWII, exploring the motivations of key U.S. leaders, and of Japanese commanders and diplomats. Originally broadcast June 20, 2023.

Chi Chi Rodriguez smiles while signing an autograph at the Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord, Mass., on June 9, 2006.

'Chi Chi' Rodriguez, a Hall of Fame golfer who livened up the sport, dies at 88

Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez, whose antics on the greens and inspiring life story made him among the sport’s most popular players during a long professional career, died Thursday.

A couple of farmworkers walk home. The housing situation for the farmworkers and full time residents in Immokalee, FL, has gone from bad to worse since Hurricane Irma put a beating on the small town. There is not a single vacancy at this time anywhere. Laura Safer Espinoza and her husband Arol Buntzman, they along with a dozen or so people are the backbone of the Immokalee Fair Housing Alliance. They are now working on the festering problem: The lack of safe, affordable housing. To date, the Immokalee Fair Housing Alliance has raised about $5 million enough for initial costs, infrastructure and the completion the first building. The group is $1 million shy of being able to build the second building. It cost about $2.8 per building. Among the first 16 families that will live in this new community is Bernabela’s. She and her children Eddie is 17, Ashley 11, and Kimberly, 8, lived at one time in one of the bedrooms, of a 3 bedroom trailer, with 8 people.

Migrant farmworkers are extremely vulnerable to natural disasters, study shows

The migrant farmworker community is one of the most vulnerable groups when it comes to natural disasters. Language barriers and immigration status are major hurdles to seeking emergency relief.

As war drags on, there are rifts within Israel's leadership over the next steps

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rejecting his top security chiefs’ calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as Israelis brace themselves for an escalation with Iran.

Israel detains soldiers on allegations of sexual assault of a detainee from Gaza

Israel has detained a group of soldiers on allegations that they sexually assaulted a Gazan detainee. It’s one of the most prominent cases of abuse that authorities have investigated during the war.

USA's LeBron James reacts during the men's semifinal basketball game against Serbia during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on Thursday. The U.S. trailed Serbia most of the game but won 95-91.

The U.S. men's basketball team wins a nail-biter over Serbia to play for Olympic gold

Team USA trailed for most of Thursday's semifinal game, but a fourth quarter for the ages rescued its gold medal hopes. Coach Steve Kerr called it "one of the greatest" games he'd ever been part of.

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