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The story of one Afghan teen who was separated from his family while evacuating Kabul

4:59pm July 04, 2023

As Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, a teenager was separated from his family at the airport and wound up on a plane without them. He's been in the U.S. ever since — alone.

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As much of the U.S. deals with summer heat, a Colorado ski resort still has some snow

4:59pm July 04, 2023

by Lucas Brady Woods

As much of the country suffers under the heat dome, people are still skiing in Colorado. A fat winter plus high altitude means snow is lingering particularly long and there's joy in Rockies.

Remembering Susan Love, surgeon and advocate for breast cancer patients

4:59pm July 04, 2023

Renowned surgeon, researcher and activist Dr. Susan Love died at age 75 after a recurrence of leukemia. She was known in her field for fearlessly challenging the status quo.

Rights for the rivers: Groups fight for recognition of natural entities' legal rights

4:39pm July 04, 2023

by Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

There's a growing movement that calls for granting legal rights to natural entities like forests and rivers. Indigenous groups say it should definitely hold true for the Mississippi river and others.

A bullet casing is seen at the site of a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, on Sunday. Two people were killed and 28 others were wounded during the shooting at a block party on Saturday night.

July has already seen 11 mass shootings. The emotional scars won't heal easily

4:35pm July 04, 2023

by Rhitu Chatterjee

There have been nearly a dozen mass shootings this month and a total 346 mass shootings so far this year — each one leaving a heavy toll for communities around them.

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Highland Park, Ill., honors the victims of last year's July 4th parade shooting

4:28pm July 04, 2023

by Michael Puente

Residents in Highland Park, Ill., honored those killed and wounded in the town's July 4th parade last year with a memorial ceremony and a day of events.

A new free play at Federal Hall reveals the bumpy early days of the government

4:28pm July 04, 2023

by Jennifer Vanasco

Democracy is messy. A new free play for visitors to the Federal Hall National Monument in New York shows just how messy the early days of the federal government were.

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Frederick Douglass' descendants read 'What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?'

4:10pm July 04, 2023

Descendants of Frederick Douglass read excerpts from one of his most famous speeches: "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" Douglass gave this speech to a group of abolitionists 170 years ago.

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Travel is up this July 4th holiday — as are travel woes

4:10pm July 04, 2023

by Camila Domonoske

A record number of Americans are traveling for this holiday, according to projections from AAA.

New PBS series tracks effects of humanity on the planet

4:10pm July 04, 2023

A new PBS miniseries explores the many effects the human species is having on the planet. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with its host, biologist and Princeton University professor Shane Campbell-Staton.