The heat wave in the U.S. is far from over. This weekend, parts of the Pacific Northwest and Northeast are bearing the brunt of the heat with record-breaking temperatures.
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5 people are dead and 3 others wounded after a shooting in northern Kentucky
Police officers discovered seven people shot at a home in Florence, Ky., shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday. The suspected shooter later died.
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Opinion: Remembering the star screenwriter Robert Towne
NPR’s Scott Simon remembers screenwriter Robert Towne, who died this week. Towne won an Oscar for Chinatown, which is considered one of the best screenplays in American cinema.
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Skateboarders, weavers, kite makers: A Smithsonian party for ‘Indigenous voices’
This year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured “Indigenous Voices of the Americas” and was full of surprises — like Bolivian women skateboarding in traditional garb — bowler hats and poofy skirts.
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6 takeaways from Biden’s high-stakes interview
In an effort to quell calls for him to quit the race, Biden sat for a network TV interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Friday night. Did it work?
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These bigger-than-life portraits turn gun death statistics into indelible stories
A volunteer curator in Philadelphia puts on art exhibits to raise awareness of lives lost to gun violence.
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Beryl churns in the Gulf of Mexico as Texas braces for a potential hit
After battering Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, Beryl moved back into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico where it was expected to regain hurricane strength Saturday.
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A deadly fire exposes the lack of protection for migrant workers in South Korea
As South Korea’s population shrinks, foreign migrant workers are joining the country’s workforce. But a recent deadly fire exposed the risks some of them are facing.
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Reformist Pezeshkian wins in Iran’s presidential runoff
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian beat hard-liner Saeed Jalili in the runoff election to replace the late president who was killed in a helicopter crash in May.
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Back-to-back shark attacks leave 4 people injured in Texas and Florida
An abnormally high number of people were bitten by sharks in coastal waters over the span of a day that began on July 4. Upticks in shark attacks alone are not cause for concern, an expert says.
