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Clockwise from top left: Flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Texas. A victim of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Rescuers search for survivors after the earthquake in Mexico. Monsoon flooding in India. Top Left: Emily Kask Top Right: Carolyn Cole Bottom Left: Diptendu Dutta Bottom Right: Pedro Pardo/Getty Images hide caption
Why The Fall Of Raqqa Doesn't Signify The End Of The Islamic State
The Apollo 11 space module floating above the moon. Next-generation space queries may tend toward the political: Do the extraterrestrial beings have political action committees? Are there extraterrestrial lobbyists? Keystone/Getty Images hide caption
Conservative Donors Grow Frustrated With Congress Over Slow Legislative Progress
While Homelessness Escalates In Los Angeles, A Push For Veterans Got Him Off The Street
Iowa's new domestic violence intervention program, ACTV, aims to change abusers' behavior by teaching them emotional awareness. Chelsea Beck/NPR hide caption
Milan And Venice Head To Polls In Push For Greater Autonomy From Italy
Author Interviews
Kirkus Changes Review After 'American Heart' Draws Outrage As 'White Savior Narrative'
Kirkus Changes Review After 'American Heart' Draws Outrage As 'White Savior Narrative'
The Tianshan No. 1 glacier is melting fast, receding by at least 30 feet each year. Scientists warn that the glacier — the source of the Urumqi River, which more than 4 million people depend on — may disappear in the next 50 years. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
'Impossible To Save': Scientists Are Watching China's Glaciers Disappear
Josh Brolin stars as Eric Marsh, supervisor of a wilderness firefighting team, in the new film Only The Brave. Richard Foreman/Courtesy of Sony Pictures hide caption
In 'Only The Brave,' The True Story Of Fated Wildland Firefighters
Tax Plan Push, Trump's Call To Fallen Soldier's Family And George W. Bush Chimes In
Tillerson Off To Middle East And South Asia For A Round Of Diplomatic Tests
In Virginia, Signs The Democratic Party Is Still Struggling To Reach Rural Voters
Clockwise from top left: Flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Texas. A victim of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Rescuers search for survivors after the earthquake in Mexico. Monsoon flooding in India. Top Left: Emily Kask Top Right: Carolyn Cole Bottom Left: Diptendu Dutta Bottom Right: Pedro Pardo/Getty Images hide caption
The Portland video store Movie Madness has drawn customers from all over the metro area for 27 years, but now its future depends on transforming into a nonprofit. Aaron Scott/OPB hide caption
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Photographer Documenting Rohingya Crisis Describes The Images That Stayed With Him
500 Years Since 95 Theses, Martin Luther's Legacy Divides Some Of His Descendants
Author Philip Pullman — pictured at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, England — is resurrecting his famed fantasy world for a new trilogy. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images hide caption