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America's views on inauguration
by Ari Shapiro
With all eyes on Washington for President Trump's inauguration, celebrations and commiseration rang out across the country in different ways.
Jesse Owens' high school is trying to revive its track team
by Gabriel Kramer
The Olympic Games will soon begin. The high school where legendary track star Jesse Owens got his start is reviving the boys track and field team.
25 years ago today, NPR's Scott Detrow went to a perfect baseball game
by Scott Detrow
In 1999, a 14-year-old Scott Detrow was one of 42,000 fans crowded into the old Yankee Stadium on a steamy Sunday afternoon. What followed was a perfect game.
Comic Bob Newhart has died at age 94
by Eric Deggans
Comic Bob Newhart has died at age 94. He was best known for an everyman persona that powered two classic TV sitcoms. Newhart could be the funniest guy in the room while playing unassuming characters.
A newly-discovered dinosaur may have spent part of its life underground
A new dinosaur has been discovered in Utah by North Carolina researchers and paleontologists. They believe it was a burrowing species.
More details emerge on the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump
by Martin Kaste
The latest information about what went wrong in the Secret Service protection plan for President Trump last Saturday, with developments in Butler, Penn., and Washington, D.C.
Donald Trump is set to accept his party’s nomination for president at the RNC tonight
by Sarah McCammon
Thursday is the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Trump is expected to deliver a “deeply personal message” shaped by the assassination attempt on his life on Saturday.
Remembering Bernice Johnson Reagon of The Freedom Singers and Sweet Honey in the Rock
by Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Bernice Johnson Reagon, a civil rights activist who co-founded The Freedom Singers and later started the African-American vocal ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, died Tuesday at the age of 81.
How to help prevent more political violence this election cycle
NPR’s Scott Detrow talks to Rachel Kleinfeld, an expert on democracies and political violence, about how to avert further violence this election season in light of the attempt on Donald Trump's life.
Outdated HIV prevention rules are hindering cornea donations, advocates say
by Elaine Tassy
A Colorado doctor is co-leading a campaign to end restrictions on cornea donations from men who have sex with men. Advocates say an outdated HIV prevention policy bars hundreds of donations a year.
Michigan Sen. Gary Peters talks bipartisan investigation into assassination attempt
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat, about the questions that Congress is launching about the Secret Service security that allowed a direct line of fire at Trump.
You can now ask Salvador Dali questions (sort of), as part of an AI installation
by Chloe Veltman
Visitors to the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla., can ask the famed Catalan artist, who died in 1989, questions. The Ask Dali installation uses generative AI to bring his consciousness to life.
As climate disasters go up, so do home insurance costs. HUD wants to break the cycle
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with HUD acting secretary Adrianne Todman about how climate change is making home insurance pricier or even impossible to get -- a problem being addressed with a summit.