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A stranger taught a woman a lesson about being accepting when he helped her daughter
On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain: A little more than 20 years ago, Virginia Squire and her then 8-year-old daughter were traveling in England. Then something unexpected happened.
How to stay safe while swimming this summer
Drowning is the number one cause of death for children ages 1-4 in the United States. NPR's Life Kit has water safety tips to keep young swimmers safe this summer.
The opposition is energized ahead of Venezuela's high stakes election
by Carrie Kahn
The opposition is united against longtime leftist President Nicolas Maduro, who is seeking a third term in this Sunday's election amid the country's gravest economic and political crisis in decades.
Polio virus detected in Gaza wastewater raises public health concerns
by Gabrielle Emanuel
The territory hasn't had any polio cases for 25 years but this suggests the virus is spreading. Polio experts are scrambling to figure out the origins and whether or not there are active cases.
The 180-shift in the Democratic campaign
by Tamara Keith
Out: Tom Petty. In: Beyonce. We look at what's behind the jarring vibe shifts in the Democratic campaign this week.
Notorious leader of Sinaloa drug cartel is captured in U.S. operation
by Eyder Peralta
After a decades long man hunt the defacto head of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel is arrested just outside El Paso. What more do we know about his capture and what impact, if any, will this have on the fentanyl crisis here.
An arson attack in France stranded tens of thousands ahead of Olympics
by Eleanor Beardsley
Authorities are searching for the arsonists who set fire to high-speed train infrastructure in France, stranding tens of thousands at the start of the Paris Olympics.
'Didi' director Sean Wang says 13 is 'old enough to know better, too young to care'
by Ailsa Chang
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with filmmaker Sean Wang about his new coming-of-age movie Didi, which was inspired by his own experiences growing up in an immigrant household in the Bay Area.
Video game performers launch strike over compensation and AI
by Mandalit del Barco
After over a year of negotiations with major video game companies over issues like AI, video game performers in the union SAG-AFTRA are on strike.
Russia sentences Russian American journalist to 6.5 years in secret trial
by Michele Kelemen
On the same day that a Wall Street Journal reporter was convicted of espionage, Russian American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva was sentenced to six and a half years in prison in a similar case.
California's governor issues executive order for cities to clear homeless encampments
by Anna Scott
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday urging cities to remove homeless encampments. But research shows clearing encampments doesn't reduce homelessness in the long term.
This week in science: Chimpanzee 'conversations,' deep ocean oxygen and rogue waves
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about chimpanzee "conversations," oxygen from the bottom of the ocean and how a computer program may warn of rogue waves.
How Delaware — Biden's home state — is reacting to the end of his campaign
by Rachel Sawicki
Joe Biden has been part of the Delaware political scene for decades. Delawareans react to the announcement that he won't run for reelection.