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Susan Lorincz (left) listens to testimony during her trial Wednesday in Judge Robert Hodges' courtroom in Ocala, Fla., as her defense attorney Amanda Sizemore also listens.

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  • Law

Jury convicts white Florida woman in fatal shooting of her Black neighbor

Susan Lorincz, 60, was convicted of killing Ajike "A.J." Owens, 35, after the jury rejected Lorincz's claims that she fired through her door in self-defense amid a dispute over kids playing outside.

August 16, 2024
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People gather to look at an artwork by street artist Banksy depicting two pelicans catching fish, painted on top of a fish-and-chips shop in Walthamstow, northeast London, on Aug. 9.

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  • World

Banksy's back with surprise daily street art of animals across London

Banksy has been unveiling stencils and installations depicting animals at different spots around the city every day for more than a week, leaving fans and art critics guessing as to their meaning.

August 16, 2024
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  • Willem Marx
Basem Naim, a leader in the politburo of Palestinian militant group Hamas, photographed in Doha, Qatar, in July.

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  • Middle East

A Hamas leader says they will give up governing Gaza, but won’t lay down arms

Basem Naim, a leader in Hamas’ politburo, met with NPR in Qatar for an interview about the war with Israel, prospects for a cease-fire and how the Palestinian group now views its Oct. 7 attack.

August 16, 2024
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  • Aya Batrawy
Members of the Los Angeles hard-rock group Great White are shown in this undated photo. Standing is Jack Russell.  Seated, from left to right, are Audie Desbrow, Mark Kendall and Michael Lardie.

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  • Music

Jack Russell, the former singer of the band Great White, dies at 63

The band was behind such hits as “Once Bitten Twice Shy,” “The Angel Song” and “Rock Me.”

August 16, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Jabari Banks as Will in <em>Bel-Air.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, listening and gaming

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the show Bel-Air, the video game Thank Goodness You’re Here, and a podcast episode about sweat.

August 16, 2024
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  • Chris Klimek,
  • Glen Weldon,
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Heman Bekele is <em>Time's</em> "2024 Kid of the Year," honored for his work on a cancer-fighting soap. Last year he won a $25,000 prize from 3M for his research. Above, he's pictured with 3M mentor, Deborah Isabelle, who's said of Bekele, "he's going to continue to inspire other young people to realize that science can make a positive difference."<br>

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  • Global Health

Our interview with "TIME's 2024 Kid of the Year," inventor of a cancer-fighting soap

Last year NPR interviewed Heman Bekele about his invention of a soap to fight skin cancer. He was motivated by his childhood in Ethiopia: He saw people working in the sun and thought of health risks.

August 16, 2024
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  • Max Barnhart
 Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., addresses a crowd in Niceville, Fla.

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  • News

In Florida primary, Matt Gaetz is fighting a battle over the future identity of the GOP

Gaetz is in a primary fight tied to ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the latest salvo in an ongoing war. Gaetz led that ouster. Now his district encapsulates a GOP intraparty clash that fuels dysfunction on the House floor and the campaign trail.

August 16, 2024
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  • Claudia Grisales
This Dec. 24, 2019, photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Senior Airman Roger Fortson.

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  • National

Roger Fortson's family demands charges against sheriff's deputy who killed him

In a news conference, attorneys representing the 23-year-old airman's family expressed concern that the investigation into his May shooting death is taking longer than expected.

August 16, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Vice President Harris holds the baby of Durham County Board of Commissioners chair Nida Allam upon arrival at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina on Aug. 16, 2024.

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  • Politics

Harris wants to give families a big tax break for a new baby

The Harris campaign says she'd give families $6,000 when they have a new baby, and would restore the pandemic-era child tax credit, too. It's part of an economic plan focused on the cost of living.

August 16, 2024
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  • Asma Khalid
 Former NPR CEO John Lansing

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  • Media

John Lansing, the steady CEO who led NPR through the pandemic's crises, dies at 67

Lansing tangled with titans, kept the network’s shows on the air even as its offices closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and steered NPR through what he defined as an “existential” financial crisis.

August 16, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
Sculptures representing charred chimneys rising from the smoldering rubble of burned-out buildings make up the centennial memorial of the 1908 race riot, entitled <em>Acts of Intolerance</em> by Preston Jackson, on March 22, 2023, in Springfield, Ill.

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  • National

Biden designates the site of 1908 Springfield, Ill., race riot as a national monument

In 1908, a white lynch mob of thousands terrorized a Black neighborhood in Springfield, Ill. The events were so horrific they led to the founding of the NAACP.

August 16, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise and
  • Juliana Kim
B-girl Raygun of Team Australia was targeted by haters and conspiracy theorists after she broke out a raft of unorthodox moves during the Breaking B-Girls competition at the Paris Olympics at the Place de la Concorde venue.

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  • Sports

Raygun and Australian officials speak out against ‘hate’ over Olympic breaking

Not many early-round exits at the Olympics trigger conspiracy theories, fact-checkers, a week’s worth of memes and an online petition.

August 16, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
A roll of police tape is left on the windshield of a Los Angeles County sheriff's vehicle. Federal prosecutors allege two former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officers took part in an elaborate extortion scheme.

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  • Law

4 ex-law enforcement officers charged in $37 million extortion scheme

Prosecutors say the ex-law enforcement and military officers took part in a wild scheme, funded by a Chinese national, to trick a man into signing away his rights in a business worth millions.

August 16, 2024
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
A TikTok sign is displayed on the company's building in Culver City, Calif., in March 2024.

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  • Business

TikTok fights for survival in latest filing as ban approaches

In the latest salvo in the fight over the hit app’s future in the U.S., lawyers for TikTok say the government’s push to ban TikTok is unconstitutional and lacks proof that TikTok is a real security risk.

August 16, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A teenage girl wearing a face mask, head scarf and long black robe, listens to a math teacher at a tutoring center in Kabul. The center was established by a women's rights activist to circumvent a Taliban ban on girls attending secondary school. The activist said she has informal permission by Taliban authorities to run the center as long as teenage girls abide by a strict dress code.

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  • Global Health

Many Afghan men believe in women's rights. But they're afraid to speak out

Men rarely speak out to protest the Taliban's stripping away of the rights of girls and women. A new study finds that many believe those lost rights should be restored.

August 16, 2024
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  • Ruchi Kumar
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