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After a quarter century in power, Russian President Putin isn't going anywhere
by Charles Maynes
Vladimir Putin won a landslide reelection victory, taking some 87% of all ballots following three days of voting derided by Russia's opposition and the West as neither free nor fair.
Tennessee Teen Becomes Youngest Person To Achieve Nuclear Fusion
Jackson Oswalt has been waiting for three years for confirmation that he broke a Guinness World record when he made a working nuclear fusion reactor at the age of twelve.
How Law Enforcement Has Historically Targeted Hip-Hop Artists
NPR's new podcast Louder Than A Riot looks at the interconnected rise of hip-hop and mass incarceration.
You Can Rent An Underground Cave To Escape From Election News
A man-made cave 50 feet underground in New Mexico is available to rent for those that don't want to be stressed out by news during the upcoming presidential election.
The Shady World Of Call Center Work
by Amanda Aronczyk
NPR's Planet Money podcast explores how America's best-known companies figured out how to slash costs for call center work: by relying on a secretive industry and a potentially illegal business model.
U.K. Musicians Protest Government's COVID-19 Response With Music
by Frank Langfitt
Hundreds of musicians turned out to play an orchestral number across from Britain's parliament in a protest of the pandemic-related drop in government financial aid to freelancers like themselves.
Suicide Prevention Effort Aims To Get People In Crisis To Voluntarily Give Up Guns
by Leigh Paterson
In Craig, Colo., advocates, gun store owners and law enforcement have developed informal networks allowing people in crisis to temporarily give up their guns.
Trump Campaign Pushes For In-Person Presidential Debate
by Franco Ordoñez
The Trump campaign is pushing for the next presidential debate to be held in person even though the commission that runs has said it will be virtual.
Contact Tracing For The White House Coronavirus Cluster Presents Challenges
by Selena Simmons-Duffin
Health departments urged those who attended a Rose Garden event seemingly responsible for a coronavirus outbreak to get tested. Contact tracing for the event has been a challenge.
Michigan Authorities Charge 13 In Plot To Kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says two militia groups "were preparing to kidnap and possibly kill me." Thirteen people are charged after the FBI thwarted the alleged plot.
What Voters Of Color In Michigan Care About Ahead Of The November Election
by Asma Khalid
How young and nonwhite voters in Detroit are thinking about the presidential election.