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Embedded: "We Keep Us Safe" from NPR, KUOW and The Seattle Times
In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved.
A missile is shot from a Russian island in the Arctic Circle on Oct. 21, 2025. The new weapon, known in Russian as Burevestnik and by NATO as Skyfall, was powered by a small nuclear reactor.
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Report: Russia's nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' missile is dirty and dangerous
Geoff Brumfiel, Connie Hanzhang Jin
Former President Barack Obama (R) speaks next to former first lady Michelle Obama at an event at the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on June 16.
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The Obama Presidential Center will be dedicated Thursday. Here's what to expect
Maham Javaid
Preparations underway for the Great American State Fair, as seen on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall last week.
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What — and who — will be at the Great American State Fair? Here's a primer
Rachel Treisman
Texas Standard
Tim Kerr, a visual artist and member of the skate punk band, Big Boys, looks over a vintage skateboard on Friday, June 5, 2026, at his home studio in Austin, Texas. Michael Minasi / KUT News
Big Boys documentary celebrates Austin skate punk pioneers — but Tim Kerr is still looking ahead
The musician, artist and lifelong DIY evangelist says the best creative moment might still be waiting.
‘Concrete Botany’ aims to open our eyes to the plants that grow in the margins
Rural Texas counties trying to regulate data centers face legal threats
Texas Standard for June 17, 2026: Rural Texas pushes back on data centers
Everything is bigger in Texas. ‘GIANT’ takes that to heart.
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