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A map shows the likely arrival times of tropical-storm-force winds along the East Coast, driven by Hurricane Erin. NOAA/Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption NOAA/Screenshot by NPR Hurricane Erin …

Talia Suskauer and Max Chernin play Lucille and Leo Frank, in the national tour of Parade, about a Jewish man falsely accused of murder in 1913. Parade ends its tour …

Today is World Photography Day, a global celebration of the power of images to document, connect and tell stories in ways that words sometimes can’t. In honor of this day, …

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An exhaust pipe atop a truck in Austin, Texas. Under the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to repeal past findings that greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat …

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli army airstrike in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Aug. 18, 2025. Mariam Dagga/AP hide caption toggle caption Mariam Dagga/AP UNITED …

Women, Seated by Zhang Yueran Riverhead Books hide caption toggle caption Riverhead Books A nanny for a wealthy family plots to kidnap the child in her care. Unfortunately, her plans …

Since 1946, thousands of spectators have flocked to the small hamlet of Langford, near Buffalo N.Y., for the annual tractor pull, which is the longest-running competition of its kind in …

A man photographs himself depositing his ballot in an official ballot drop box in Philadelphia on Oct. 27, 2020. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Makela/Getty Images President …

Bowen Yang poses for photographers upon arrival at the BFI Flare Opening Gala for the film The Wedding Banquet in London, March 19, 2025. Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP hide caption toggle …