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This fossilized feather dates back 66 million years to the late Cretaceous. "It is, without a doubt, the best feather we've ever found from the age of dinosaurs," says Jingmai O'Connor, an associate curator at the Field Museum of Natural History.
Nate Carroll
A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived
Ari Daniel
An extremely well preserved fossil feather could reveal why some birds survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid, and others did not.
Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever, right, drives to the basket against Sydney Taylor of the Chicago Sky on Aug. 23.
Michael Reaves
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How the WNBA became a political prop in the culture wars
Sam Fragoso
Barbara Keating, shown with her husband William, was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11. She died on 9/11 when terrorists crashed the plane into the World Trade Center. Her remains were identified last year and on Friday she'll be laid to rest.
Family of Barbara Keating, used with permission
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Barbara Keating died in the 9/11 attack. She's finally being laid to rest
Brian Mann
Dr. Rupa Narra shares a before and after photo from Thursday's shift in an Ebola treatment unit in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Narra and her colleagues are limited to about an hour at a time with patients in the unit due to the difficulty and risks of working in protective gear.
Courtesy of Dr. Rupa Narra. Diptych by NPR.
'I've never seen anything like this' -- A U.S. doctor treats Ebola's youngest victims
Durrie Bouscaren
Texas Standard
Ken Paxton put out an AI-generated attack ad. He’s not the only one
Increasingly, political candidates are using AI to depict their opponents in advertisements.
Key takeaways from day one of the Republican midterm convention
‘The Beauty of the Days Gone By’ paints an unflinching picture of frontier Texas
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A ‘Trumpapalooza’ in 2026. Reagan in 1984. Two GOP conventions in Dallas, but times have changed
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