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Details emerge about the person who allegedly tried to assassinate Donald Trump. The incident will impact the tenor of the RNC, and conspiracy theories abound over the event that left Trump injured.

Peter Nyongesa walks through the mangroves to monitor his beehives in the Bangladesh slums in Mombasa, Kenya, on May 30, 2024. The 69-year-old Nyongesa recalled how he would plead unsuccessfully with loggers to spare the mangroves or cut only the mature ones while leaving the younger ones intact. So he has turned to deterring the loggers with bees, hidden in the mangroves and ready to sting.

To protect mangroves, some Kenyans combat logging with hidden beehives

As part of a local conservation effort, beehives dot a section of coastline in Mombasa to try to deter people who chop mangroves for firewood or home construction.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an address from the Oval Office of the White House on July 14, 2024 in Washington, D.C., to call for a calming of political rhetoric a day after a shooting in Butler, Pa., left former President Trump injured at a campaign rally.

Biden calls for unity following Trump assassination attempt

Biden called to "lower the temperature" in politics in remarks Sunday after the former president was shot at during a political rally.

Here's what we know so far about Trump's assassination attempt

The latest on what we know about the shooting at yesterday's Trump rally and the investigation into it.

Photographing the assassination attempt of former President Trump

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with photojournalist Doug Mills about the viral photograph he took of what appears to be a bullet passing by former President Donald Trump's head at yesterday's rally.

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley announced that she would vote for former President Donald Trump during an event at the Hudson Institute on May 22. Haley will speak at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week.

After saying she wouldn't be there, Nikki Haley will now speak at Republican convention

Haley, the top rival to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 primary election, just released her delegates and encouraged them to back Trump. Now, she'll be at the convention to nominate him.

Conspiracy theories are already swirling about the Trump assassination attempt

Little is known about the alleged shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Conspiracy theories have filled the void, and those narratives can be hard to dispel.

Multiple law enforcement agencies investigate Trump assassination attempt

The FBI and Pennsylvania state authorities continue to investigate what they call an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and the shooting of other rallygoers.

Ksenia Karelina, also known by the last name of Khavana, sits in a defendant’s cage in a court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on June 20, 2024. The dual Russian-U.S. citizen was arrested on treason charges in Yekaterinburg in February after returning from Los Angeles to visit relatives. The charges reportedly stem from her $51 donation to a U.S. charity that helps Ukraine.

Treason and espionage cases are rising in Russia since the war in Ukraine began

Treason cases have been rare in Russia in the last 30 years, with a handful annually. But since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, they have skyrocketed, along with espionage prosecutions.

Biden faces criticism over his gas car ban. But he doesn't have one

Swing state voters are seeing ads warning them about a federal ban on their gas-powered vehicles. But there is no such ban, even as candidates campaign on it.

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