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Police are seen at the barricade where a man crashed his car early Sunday morning. Authorities say the man then exited the car and fired a gun several times into the air before killing himself.

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Police name the man they say crashed his car and killed himself near the U.S. Capitol

3:43pm August 14, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

A 29-year-old man drove his car into a barricade and fired a gun into the air before killing himself, officials said. Authorities believe he did not appear to be targeting any members of Congress.

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Death row inmate Richard Glossip facing fourth execution date

2:18pm August 14, 2022

by Jeongyoon Han

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Oklahoma state Rep. Kevin McDugle why he thinks death row inmate Richard Glossip is innocent and deserves a new trial.

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One person died and 17 others were injured when a car struck a crowd at a fundraiser

10:28am August 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

The circumstances surrounding the crash were not immediately clear, and Pennsylvania State Police said a suspect is in custody awaiting criminal charges.

Saudi Aramco engineers and journalists look at the Hawiyah Natural Gas Liquids Recovery Plant in Hawiyah, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia in 2021.

Your price at the pump went up. So did Saudi Aramco's profits — to a new record

10:05am August 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

Saudi energy company Aramco said Sunday its profits jumped 90% in the second quarter compared to the same time last year, helping its half-year earnings reach nearly $88 billion.

An individual right to own a gun for personal protection is an idea deeply rooted in American culture. But for most of U.S. history, there was little legal framework to support any such interpretation of the Second Amendment. Above, a man aims his pistol

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The 'Gun Dude' and a Supreme Court case that changed who can own firearms in the U.S.

9:00am August 14, 2022

by Scott Neuman

An individual right to own a gun for personal protection is an idea deeply ingrained in American culture, but until Dick Heller came along, there was little actual legal framework to back that belief.

Supporters stand in front of a pile of fire burned wreckage at Knoxville's Planned Parenthood on Jan. 6.

How gender-affirming care may be impacted when clinics that offer abortions close

6:59am August 14, 2022

by Juliana Kim

After a Planned Parenthood in Knoxville, Tenn., burned down in January, patients relying on gender-affirming care scrambled to find support elsewhere.

American journalist Austin Tice (portrait at left) was abducted in Syria in 2012. Here, his parents, Debra and Marc Tice, give a news conference in Beirut in 2018.

10 years after Austin Tice vanished in Syria, his family continues its fight for him

6:00am August 14, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

American journalist Austin Tice is believed to have been kidnapped in a suburb of Damascus, Syria, in 2012. His mother says he's being held with a "government-related entity" in Syria.

President Richard Nixon speaks at the White House on Aug. 9, 1974. He was preparing to leave the day after resigning because of the Watergate scandal. Nixon wanted to take his presidential documents with him, including his infamous tape recordings. But he

The reason why presidents can't keep their White House records dates back to Nixon

10:29pm August 13, 2022

Congress changed the law in the 1970s when President Nixon prepared to leave with his documents — and infamous tape recordings.

Author Salman Rushdie at the Blue Sofa at the 2017 Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany.

Why Salman Rushdie's work sparked decades of controversy

6:13pm August 13, 2022

by Juliana Kim

Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie was brutally attacked this week. He has been the subject of death threats since his book The Satanic Verses was published in 1988.

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Violent extremism spiked online after FBI Mar-a-Lago search

5:10pm August 13, 2022

In the wake of a thwarted attack at an FBI field office, NPR's Michel Martin discusses extremist violence with Brian Murphy, a former top official from the Department of Homeland Security.

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