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Brian and Audrey Platt (Christian Convery and Maisy Stella) pursued by a dino in The End of Oak Street.
Warner Bros. Pictures
'The End of Oak Street' is a good time at the movies, plain and simple
Linda Holmes
Writer-director David Robert Mitchell knows what he's doing: this movie is silly, scary, and over-the-top all at once.
A man rides his bike along a flooded road near Chiba metro station in Chiba, Japan, on Aug. 13, 2026, as heavy rain swept through the area. Torrential rain pummeled eastern Japan, triggering landslides and power outages, and prompting the weather authority to issue its highest-level heavy rain warning for the region for the first time.
PHILIP FONG
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AFP via Getty Images
From Europe to Asia, floods to heatwaves, world experiences weather shocks
NPR Staff
From left: Pope Leo, someone who is a correct answer, AOC.
Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images; Theo Wargo/Getty Images; Graeme Sloan/Getty Images
Fill in the blank on this week's quiz: Rep. AOC is documenting ____ on Instagram
Holly J. Morris
Walton County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Oscar D'Lassalas, 40, an officer certified to enforce federal immigration law, stands on the road to the jail where undocumented people are held for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to pick up. The sheriff's office in this Florida Panhandle city has partnered with ICE.
Nicky Quamina-Woo for NPR
ICE uses controversial program to boost deportations. Here's how it works in 1 county
Jaclyn Diaz, Marisa Peñaloza
Texas Standard
Officials say data centers can boost local economies. In Abilene, they have spurred a housing crisis
Abilene was sold on promises that data centers would transform their local economy. But some residents are wondering when the benefits will come.
Big tech’s data center PR problem
Meet Cooper Lutkenhaus, North Texas’ teenage track prodigy
Migrant kids are often being held in a South Texas detention center five times longer than a court order allows
Macro de besouro-tartaruga (Cassidinae, Stolas cf. conspersa) azul e laranja, no Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio, Vale do Matutu, Aiuruoca, MG
This beautiful beetle has some unique habits worth trying to spot
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