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Khalib Townsend, 7, meets with his mentor and conservation scientist Keith Russell at the Audubon Discovery Center in Philadelphia.
Beck Harlan for NPR
We asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientist
Janet W. Lee
NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.
A burned car is seen after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
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Overnight Russian barrage kills nine in Kyiv, as air defense struggle with U.S. continues
Greg Myre, Willem Marx
A migrant walks along a rocky shoreline near the border with Morocco after swimming towards Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on July 31, 2026.
Jorge Guerrero
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Spain's Pedro Sánchez was a hero of migrants. After Ceuta, he faces his biggest challenge
Miguel Macias, Ruth Sherlock
Pooja Gawali and her family left the tin shack in which they'd live and moved into a new apartment building. She helped design their unit, which, she says, gives her much needed privacy and the space to take on a hobby. Her sewing machine occupies pride of place in her living room. The construction project has won an award for its innovative spirit.
Viraj Nayar for NPR
How these slum dwellers went from one-room shacks to beautiful new apartments
Kamala Thiagarajan
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AUSTIN, TEXAS- August 1, 2016. The American flag was lowered at a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the UT Tower Shooting. Miguel Gutierrez Jr. /KUT News.
60 years ago, the University of Texas tower shooting opened a grim chapter of shared tragedy
In 2016, Texas Standard collected the oral histories of dozens who lived through that tragedy. Today, we revisit those stories.
Texas officials order contractor on Big Bend area border wall to halt land clearing
State finds some registered Texas voters were wrongly flagged as potential noncitizens
Big new power lines could prevent blackouts in Texas, but landowner opposition is fierce
Trump says he may pull Blanche AG nomination until Sens. Cornyn, Tillis leave office
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