Julianne Larsen, who's been living with schizophrenia since her 20s, and Mar Fenix Nauta, who manages bipolar disorder and PTSD, discuss how they're about to celebrate 13 years as a couple.

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Edith Kanakaʻole chants in the koa forest of Kīpukapuaulu in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park in 1977. She titled the photo "The Growth of Love is the Essence Within the Soul."

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Edith Kanaka'ole is the first Hawaiian woman to grace a U.S. quarter

5:10am June 02, 2023

by Heidi Chang

"Aunty Edith," as she was known, helped revive the Hawaiian language, hula and chant.

Foot soldier Paulette Roby stands in Birmingham's Kelly Ingram Park, one of the sites where students peacefully marched in the Spring of 1963 demanding equal rights.

60 years since 'The Children's Crusade' changed Birmingham and the nation

5:00am June 02, 2023

The Birmingham movement in 1963 was a turning point when children joined the struggle for equal rights. The brutal response from white segregationists galvanized support for the Civil Rights Act.

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From left: a dad of four, a spy, an author.

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Don't default on the NPR news quiz! See if you can secure all the right answers

5:00am June 02, 2023

by Holly J. Morris

So much debt ceiling drama! Not to mention actual drama from the Succession series finale, and the ongoing sagas around a beluga whale and baby bison. How well were you paying attention?

Want Johnny Carson's desk? A trove of TV memorabilia is up for auction

5:00am June 02, 2023

Hollywood memorabilia collector James Comisar is relinquishing a trove of items — from scripts to costumes and even fake mustaches — that have taken decades to amass.

In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, the Central Arizona Project canal runs through rural desert near Phoenix. The canal diverts Colorado River water down a 336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines to the state of Arizona.

Facing water shortages, Arizona will curtail some new development around Phoenix

9:27pm June 01, 2023

by Kirk Siegler

The state of Arizona today said it will no longer issue new development approvals based on groundwater alone.

In this handout photo provided by NASA, an Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on on May 19, 2022. This was the Starliner's second uncrewed flight test which later docked with the International Space Station.

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Boeing finds new problems with Starliner space capsule and delays first crewed launch

9:26pm June 01, 2023

by Russell Lewis

Boeing was set to launch its first astronauts into space next month. But engineers found flammable tape and problems with the capsule's parachutes. The Starliner program has been plagued by delays.