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The opposition candidate in Venezuela has left the country for asylum in Spain
by A Martínez
Former Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has fled into exile after being granted asylum in Spain.
Amtrak wants to help Beyoncé fans catch her Renaissance World Tour
Amtrak's solution: Train-aissance. The company posted a twitter thread of routes that will take fans to tour stops — alongside a graphic of a conductor sitting atop a metallic horse.
Mail delivery in a Texas neighborhood has been suspended by a persistent hawk
In the Austin community of Travis Heights, a bird is dive-bombing mail carriers, and anyone else walking outside. A biologist says the hawk is likely defending its hatchlings.
Politically charged social issues are dragged into Pentagon's budget battle
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Washington Post reporter Marianna Sotomayor about the hard-right GOP push to insert abortion restrictions and other issues into a defense spending bill.
Sweden makes major effort to develop its own supply of minerals used in tech products
by Jackie Northam
It takes a half-hour in a pick-up truck to get to the bottom of a vast underground mine in Sweden — where the country is betting on extracting minerals for electric energy independence.
Amid a writers strike, contract between actors' union and major studies expires
NPR's A Martinez talks Joshua Flax of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service about the role of mediators in contact standoffs following last-ditch talks between SAG-AFTRA and major studios.
Thailand's parliament is meeting to choose a new prime minister
A high-stakes vote in Thailand's parliament could end nearly a decade of conservative rule that began with a military coup.
A half a century ago, the world first heard the voice of Freddie Mercury
by Shereen Marisol Meraji
On this day 50 years ago, the band Queen released its first album and introduced the world to the singular voice of Freddie Mercury. (Note: Story first aired on Morning Edition on Aug. 30, 2010.)
Abortion abolitionists across the country want to charge women with murder
by Rose Conlon
A small but growing faction of the anti-abortion movement is calling for patients to be criminally punished. It's gaining traction in states such as Kansas.
A new law in Florida puts the fate of the state's public-sector unions at risk
by Danny Rivero
Public-employee unions in Florida are scrambling to survive. A new labor law requires more workers to be dues-paying members — while making it more difficult to collect union dues.
Scientists are a step closer to defining when the age of humans officially began
by Rebecca Hersher
Scientists recommend the start of a geological epoch defined by how humans have impacted Earth — soot, plastics and radioactive fallout have made it into the rocks, ice and mud that form our planet.
Meta's Threads, which is basically a Twitter clone, minimizes news and politics
Meta's new app Threads aims to be a friendlier alternative to Twitter by deemphasizing news and politics. But for many people, partisan brawls are a big part of Twitter's appeal.
Guatemala's presidential election gets more complicated as voting heads into runoff
The country's already troubled presidential election has been thrown into more chaos and confusion only weeks ahead of a contentious second round of voting.