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The special Afghan unit would deploy with U.S. troops and speak with women and children.

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They fought alongside the U.S. — now this female Afghan military platoon is in limbo

After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, members of the Female Tactical Platoon came to America under a temporary humanitarian program. Many are now in immigration limbo.

August 01, 2023
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  • Kai McNamee
The Mega Millions lottery jackpot hit $1.05 billion. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

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  • National

A Mega Millions jackpot of over $1 billion is at stake in Tuesday night's drawing

The Mega Millions jackpot has reached $1.1 billion, the fourth highest jackpot in the game's history.

August 01, 2023
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  • Tilda Wilson
A supermoon on July 3 in Kansas City, Missouri. The next two supermoons of 2023 will take place at the beginning and end of August.

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  • Space

If you miss August's blue supermoon, you'll have to wait 9 years for your next chance

Two stellar lunar events are happening this August, with a sturgeon supermoon on Aug. 1 and then a rare blue supermoon on Aug. 30.

August 01, 2023
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  • Dustin Jones
USA forward Sophia Smith (R) fights for the ball with Portugal midfielder Dolores Silva during the 2023 Women's World Cup match in Auckland, New Zealand on August 1, 2023.

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  • Sports

The U.S. ties Portugal 0-0 to advance to the knockout round at Women's World Cup

The top-ranked and two-time defending champion U.S. did just enough to squeak into the knockout round. Portugal dominated possession all game as the U.S. struggled to create offensive chances.

August 01, 2023
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  • Russell Lewis
Travis Scott, UGK, Megan Thee Stallion and Geto Boys. Collage by Jackie Lay / NPR.

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  • Music Features

How Houston became the self-sustaining heart of Texas rap

Isolated at the bottom of the map, the Bayou City had to build its scene from scratch, and its influence inched ever outward. Today you can hear its pulse everywhere, beating slow and low.

August 01, 2023
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  • Kiana Fitzgerald
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  • Health

A new summer reality: hospitals and ERs see more patients with heat-related illness

With dangerously high temperatures across the country, hospitals are seeing more people with potentially deadly heat illness. A southern city is coping with what may be the new summer medical reality.

August 01, 2023
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  • Drew Hawkins
A newly constructed X sign is seen on the roof of the headquarters of the social media platform previously known as Twitter, in San Francisco, on July 29, 2023. Elon Musk killed off the Twitter logo on July 24, 2023, replacing the world-recognized blue bird with a white X. San Francisco city authorities forced the company to take down the sign right away for permitting reasons.

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  • Technology

Elon Musk sues disinformation researchers, claiming they are driving away advertisers

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is suing the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which has documented the spread of hate speech and viral falsehoods on social media.

August 01, 2023
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  • Shannon Bond
Richard E. Grant says he continues to have an "ongoing silent conversation" with his wife Joan Washington, who died in 2021. They are shown above attending an awards show in London in 2016.

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  • Author Interviews

After the death of his wife, actor Richard E. Grant vowed to find joy every day

Grant was married to Joan Washington, an acclaimed dialect coach, for 35 years. He writes about their relationship and her death from cancer in the new memoir A Pocketful of Happiness.

August 01, 2023
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  • Tonya Mosley
One afternoon in 2003, Susan Dickman spotted six missed calls from the hospital and raced over to check on her dad.

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  • National

She was in panic mode at the hospital. A kind gesture offered a moment of calm

One afternoon in 2003, Susan Dickman was finishing her workday when she spotted six missed calls from the hospital. Her dad, who had recently been diagnosed with leukemia, was there for a biopsy.

August 01, 2023
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  • Autumn Barnes and
  • Laura Kwerel
Paul Reubens poses after a performance of <em>The Pee-wee Herman Show</em> on Broadway in October 2010.

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  • Obituaries

Pee-wee Herman was more than a boy who never grew up

Pee-wee's creator, Paul Reubens, died Sunday of cancer. He was 70. Pee-wee was a petulant man-child and a trickster spirit, a burst of joyous id that snuck his brand of anarchy into the mainstream.

August 01, 2023
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  • Glen Weldon
An aerial view shows a newly constructed "X" sign on the roof of the headquarters of the social media platform previously known as Twitter, in San Francisco, on July 29.

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  • Business

Twitter's 'X' sign is taken down in San Francisco after neighbors filed 24 complaints

A city inspector was denied access twice to evaluate the new "X" sign on the roof of Twitter's headquarters that was installed without a permit.

August 01, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again rally at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway on October 27, 2020, in West Salem, Wisconsin.

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  • News

Up First Briefing: Teflon Don; ACLU lawsuit; Pee-wee Herman's legacy

Donald Trump's legal woes haven't hurt his polling numbers. The ACLU files a lawsuit to block the country's first religious public charter school. Remembering Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman.

August 01, 2023
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
People shop for air conditioners during a heat wave last week in New York City. Many people who live in public housing can't afford such units or the utility bills that come with them — and there's no federal requirement for air conditioning.

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  • National

Withering heat is more common, but getting AC is still a struggle in public housing

Many people in public housing are especially vulnerable to extreme heat, and there's no federal requirement for air conditioning. That leaves some tenants struggling to pay for it on their own.

August 01, 2023
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  • Jennifer Ludden
A man overlooks downtown Phoenix at sunset atop South Mountain, Sunday, July 30, 2023. Some slight relief may be on the way as seasonal thunderstorms could drop temperatures in Phoenix on Monday and Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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  • Weather

Phoenix ends 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 degrees — by reaching 108

The historic heat began blasting the Southwestern U.S. in June, stretching from Texas across New Mexico and Arizona and into California's desert.

August 01, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murders of her two youngest children and conspiracy to murder a romantic rival. She is seen here during the sentencing hearing at the Fremont County Courthouse in St. Anthony, Idaho.

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  • National

Lori Vallow Daybell is sentenced to multiple life terms for killing her children

A judge in Idaho sentenced Vallow Daybell, 50, to multiple terms of life in prison without parole, to be served consecutively, for the murder of two of her children.

July 31, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
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