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Sen. J.D. Vance’s selection as Trump’s running mate comes as the Republican Party leans into the former president’s MAGA messaging that has fired up the party’s base yet could alienate a broader audience needed to win in November.

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  • Elections

Trump names Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as vice presidential running mate

Sen. Vance’s selection as Trump’s VP comes as the Republican Party leans into the former president’s MAGA messaging that has fired up the party’s base — yet could alienate a broader audience needed to win in November.

July 15, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler
Mikel Oyarzabal of Spain celebrates as Spain wins the UEFA European Championship final match against England at Olympiastadion in Berlin on Sunday.

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  • Europe

Soccer's diversity unites a divided Europe, sort of

Four weeks of chanting and shouting on the streets were not expressions of anger about politics — but the sound of joy and excitement about the European Championship soccer tournament.

July 15, 2024
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  • Esme Nicholson
Tourists visit the Nyhavn, a 17th-century waterfront, in Copenhagen, Denmark, in this 2021 file photo.

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  • World

Copenhagen begins offering free perks to tourists who make sustainable choices

The pilot program comes as residents in other parts of Europe have been denouncing — and in some cases confronting — the droves of tourists who flock to its historic cities and picturesque beaches every year.

July 15, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
The stage is seen in the Fiserv Forum on the day before the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Sunday in Milwaukee. The RNC will be held in Wisconsin from July 15-18.

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  • Politics

The RNC starts today. Here’s what you need to know

The convention will be the first national gathering for party members to rally behind former President Donald Trump after he survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally.

July 15, 2024
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  • Jeongyoon Han
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FBI investigates alleged Trump shooter's motive as GOP leaders gather at the RNC

The FBI is investigating an alleged gunman’s motive after the attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally. And, GOP leaders gather today for the RNC.

July 15, 2024
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By:
  • Majd Al-Waheidi and
  • Brittney Melton
Law enforcement block a street in Bethel Park, Pa., that they say was a residence of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspected shooter of former President Donald Trump, on Sunday.

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  • National

What we know about the alleged Trump shooter

A picture of the 20-year-old alleged shooter from Bethel Park, Pa., is still emerging.

July 15, 2024
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  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Dave Mistich
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an address from the Oval Office of the White House on July 14, 2024 in Washington, D.C., to call for a calming of political rhetoric a day after a shooting in Butler, Pa., left former President Trump injured at a campaign rally.

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  • National

Biden calls for unity following Trump assassination attempt

Biden called to "lower the temperature" in politics in remarks Sunday after the former president was shot at during a political rally.

July 15, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez,
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A forklift driver loads a truck with food on the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing with southern Gaza on Wednesday. Israel says food is going into southern Gaza daily but is piling up on the Gaza side because the United Nations and aid groups aren't distributing it in a timely fashion. The U.N. says Israeli military operations and other war-related obstacles hamper its efforts.

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  • Middle East

Food aid is piling up inside Gaza. Here's why it's not reaching those in need

Israel says large quantities of food aid are piling up just inside the Gaza border. Aid groups say Israeli military operations and other obstacles prevent its delivery to desperate Palestinians.

July 15, 2024
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  • Greg Myre and
  • Aya Batrawy
An image released by the FDA shows bottles containing tianeptine and other compounds. Authorities have urged gas station store owners and others not to sell the products, with names like Neptune's  Fix, Za Za and Tianaa, citing serious health risks.

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  • National

8 things to know about the drug known as 'gas station heroin'

For decades, tianeptine was used to treat depression, even though no one knew how it worked. But it turns out it's a type of opioid, and the U.S. is facing a spike in abuse of "gas station heroin."

July 15, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
 Mike Roberts (left) and Will Hammond Jr. (right) belt about the virtues of heat pumps.

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  • Climate

Don't think heat pumps are sexy? This slow jam could change your mind

Heat pumps are an important tool to stave off global warming. Two Berkeley musicians wrote a sultry anthem about them.

July 15, 2024
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  • Laura Klivans / KQED
The ceiling of the Fiserv Forum is shown on the day before the Republican National Convention on Sunday in Milwaukee. Delegates, politicians and the Republican faithful are arriving in Milwaukee for the convention, concluding with former President Donald Trump accepting his party's presidential nomination. The RNC takes place Monday through Thursday.

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  • Elections

RNC holds Trump's nominating convention this week. Follow NPR for live updates

Republicans kick off their four-day national convention in Milwaukee on Monday, which culminates with delegates officially nominating former President Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick.

July 15, 2024
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Janet Johnson receives her college diploma from Kent Devereaux, president of Goucher College.

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  • Education

Women don’t have equal access to college in prison. Here’s why

Many people in prison rely on federal Pell Grants to pay for college courses. But in most states, women's prisons offer less access to Pell-eligible classes than men’s prisons do.

July 15, 2024
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  • Jenny Abamu
 Corey Comperatore poses in a photo from a GoFundMe page dedicated to his daughter Allyson in the aftermath of his death. The GoFundMe has raised more than $400,000 so far.

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  • National

The man killed in the assassination attempt on Trump died shielding his family

Who was Corey Comperatore, the man killed in the assassination attempt at this weekend's Trump rally in Pennsylvania?

July 15, 2024
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By:
  • Meg Anderson
Members of the Lebanese army and the Italian contingent of the UNIFIL peacekeeping force inspect a house destroyed by an Israeli attack during a patrol in Yarine on June 10, 2024.

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  • Middle East

U.N. peacekeepers take cover as Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel trade attacks

“The situation is really quite volatile,” Capt. Alessandro Crepy, with the Italian contingent of the peacekeeping group UNIFIL, says of the fighting between forces in Israel and Lebanon.

July 15, 2024
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  • Jane Arraf
Andrii Denysenko, CEO of design and production bureau "UkrPrototyp," stands by Odyssey, an 800-kilogram (1,750-pound) ground drone prototype, at a cornfield in northern Ukraine on June 28, 2024. Facing manpower shortages and uneven international assistance, Ukraine is counting heavily on innovation at home to halt Russia’s incremental but pounding advance in the east.

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  • Europe

Ukrainian startups are creating a low-cost robot army to fight Russia

An ecosystem of labs in hundreds of secret workshops is leveraging innovation to create a robot army that Ukraine hopes will kill Russian troops and save its own wounded soldiers and civilians.

July 15, 2024
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