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Chicago released video of fatal police shooting of Adam Toledo. Derek Chauvin declines to testify. And, what will happen to Afghanistan after troops are withdrawn.

Jordan Binnington, goaltender for the St. Louis Blues, looks on during the Blues' playoff series with the San Jose Sharks. Binnington may be a rookie playing in his first Stanley Cup Final, but he has been taking part in a tradition that dates back decades.

The Fine Art Of Stopping A Flying Puck

For decades, ice hockey goalies have carried on a tradition of painting their masks. Less visible, though, are the artists who design them — and the thriving cottage industry they've quietly built.

For Democrats, Pragmatists Are Still Trumping Progressives Where It Counts

A party leader's primary defeat energized progressive activists. But in the races that will decide control of the House, primary voters are sticking to the establishment's centrist strategy.

News Brief: London Terror Attack, Several Nations Cut Ties With Qatar

As Britons investigate the latest terror attack in London, President Trump takes to Twitter to make points about his travel ban. Also, several countries have suspended diplomatic ties with Qatar.

Allie Henderson with her sister Claire (left) and her mom, LeAnn, outside their home recently in Terry, Miss. "I want people to get vaccinated — because I know what it feels like," Allie says of her near-fatal encounter with COVID-19 earlier this year.

This Teen's Community Rallied As She Fought COVID. But Many Still Shun The Vaccine

Allie Henderson's friends, extended family, church and the community prayed for the popular young athlete and then celebrated her recovery. So why won't they follow her plea and get vaccinated?

A food lover faces an unimaginable choice: Give up her stomach or risk a fatal cancer

Cooking and sharing elaborate meals was her joy. Then she learned a mutation in her genes puts her at extremely high risk of gastric cancer. Could she lose her stomach to save her life?

NPR Correspondent to Travel with Bush to Africa

East Africa correspondent Gwen Thompkins has spent the last year covering the news of the Continent, traveling from her base in Nairobi, Kenya to Somalia, Sudan and South Africa. Thompkins talks about her reporting and an upcoming visit by President Bush to the Continent.

A worker at the Wupperthal Original Rooibos Co-operative's processing facility carries a bag of freshly harvested rooibos to the processing area. The country's rooibos tea exports have skyrocketed from barely 500 tons in 1996 to nearly 9,000 tons today — enough to fill 3.6 billion teabags. But indigenous farmers were long cut out of the revenues, until a ground-breaking agreement was forged.

Trendy rooibos tea finally brings revenues to Indigenous South African farmers

For generations, the Khoisan people harvested the rooibos plant to make tea. As this caffeine-free drink has grown widely popular around the world, they've been cut out of revenues. Until now.

Inside the evolution of Biosphere 2, from '90s punchline to scientific playground

The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly plugging away at research they hope will help us all adapt to the Biosphere 1 — that is Earth, and the climate change we are causing to it.

Can President Trump ignore Congress' spending laws? The debate over 'impoundment'

Since taking office, the Trump administration and DOGE have been seeking to unilaterally override the spending plans set by Congress. Can they do that under the U.S. Constitution?

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