Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and Silicon Valley visionary, dies at 56
Over the past three decades, Susan Wojcicki had a knack for seeing a startup's potential. Her intuition helped shape the growth of YouTube and Google.
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Photos: Family of Michael Brown Jr. marches on Ferguson 10 years later
Michael Brown Sr. said, “I’m not gonna never let the world forget about my son,” he told St. Louis Public Radio on Friday. “We wanted to show what he did in his life before the hashtag.”
Israeli forces struck another school in Gaza, killing at least 80 people
An Israeli strike on a school in Gaza killed at least 80 people, according to Palestinian health officials. Israel says it hit a Hamas command center.
The modern pentathlon, soon to break from military tradition, has last ride in Paris
This will be the final Summer Olympics with the current line-up of the five events that make up the modern pentathlon. Gone will be the horse-riding and in its place: a controversial obstacle course.
Nicolas Maduro's government is openly cracking down on protestors on social media
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is using social media to crack down on government opponents and glorify security forces.
Stunner: U.S. women's water polo team loses out on a medal after Netherlands defeat
The U.S. women's water polo team was chasing a historic fourth straight Olympic gold medal. Instead, the team will miss out on the podium for the first time since the sport made its debut in 2000.
In a first since the war began, Ukraine launched an invasion into Russia
Ukraine invaded Russia this week - an attack that was shocking in scope and execution. Ukraine’s cross-border incursion into western Russia is now in its fifth day.
Opinion: RFK Jr.'s Central Park 'Bear-B-Q' stunt
In an election season rife with surprises, you might add this week’s revelation by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
What the Secret Service has changed a month after the assassination attempt on Trump
It's been one month since the attempt on former President Trump's life. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig about pressures on the Secret Service.
UK's worst riots in years were incited by online disinformation about asylum seekers
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to Dr. Marc Owen-Jones, a disinformation researcher, about the role of social media during race riots in the UK.