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Trump and his faithful followers return to Butler, Pa., to energize the flock
by Danielle Kurtzleben
Former President Donald Trump credited the "grace of God" for his survival of the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13 in his return to the site for a rally on Saturday.
A former president of Estonia predicted Russia would invade Ukraine
by Jenna McLaughlin
Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who shepherded Estonia into the EU and NATO in the early 2000s, hopes the world is finally waking up to the dangers Russia poses.
Colombia's presidential race heads to a runoff
Sunday's first round produced two top vote-getters from very different backgrounds. The June 19 runoff will be a contest between a left-wing former guerrilla and a populist real-estate mogul.
A missing Ukrainian woman's family wants to know if she was forcibly taken to Russia
NPR spoke to five Ukrainian civilians who were detained, deported and subject to what human rights advocates call enforced disappearance.
3 people share how they lived through the pandemic with a serious mental illness
More than one in 20 Americans struggled with serious mental illness before the pandemic dealt a blow to the world's mental health. How have these people have fared?
America's first Black Marine base is threatened by the effects of climate change
by Jay Price
In North Carolina, key buildings at a 1940s-era segregated Marine base are being restored. The structures at Montford Point, now part of Camp Lejeune, were used by the first Black Marines.
Uvalde is in mourning after 19 children and 2 teachers are killed in mass shooting
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Uvalde City Manager Vince DiPiazza about the school shooting in Texas. It's the deadliest at a grade school since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary almost 10 years ago.
The tragedy in Uvalde has reignited the political fight over gun ownership
The killings revive a debate about gun control and who should and shouldn't have weapons. A husband and wife who work at a meatpacking plant in Uvalde talk about living with guns in Texas.
The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston
Several hours east of Uvalde, the site of a mass shooting at an elementary school, the NRA is holding its annual convention and gun show. The NRA expressed its "deepest sympathies" over the shooting.
Some victims' families say Texas police didn't do enough to save their children
Many questions remain about some of the most basic facts of the mass shooting in Texas. Primarily, why law enforcement took so long to stop the shooter. Authorities have given contradictory accounts.