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Mo Farah is one of the world's most successful track athletes, but he says he was first brought to the U.K. and forced to work as a child servant. He's seen here celebrating winning the One Hour Race at the Memorial Van Damme Brussels 2020 Diamond League

Mo Farah says he was trafficked to the U.K. and forced into child labor

9:50am July 12, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"Most people know me as Mo Farah, but it's not my name — or, it's not the reality," Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah said, in a clip from an upcoming documentary.

Workers clean up wreckage at the Amstor Mall in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, after the building was hit by a Russian cruise missile.

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Russian missiles are blasting civilians in Ukraine

9:50am July 12, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

A Russian missile struck a crowded shopping mall last month, killing 21 people and injuring dozens more. It was just one of many instances when Russia hit Ukraine's civilian areas.

National

TEST - A wildfire threatens giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park

9:09am July 12, 2022

by Associated Press

A bucket with suspected monkeypox samples is stored at a laboratory in Spain in June.

The monkeypox outbreak was avoidable and warning signs were ignored, expert says

5:01am July 12, 2022

Monkeypox has been a developing problem for decades and the current global outbreak was avoidable, but the looming threat was largely ignored, according to a leading expert on the virus.

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Tops Markets announced Monday that its Buffalo, N.Y. location will reopen on July 15 following the deadly mass shooting in May. Here, investigators stand outside during a moment of silence for the victims of the Buffalo supermarket shooting outside the To

Buffalo's Tops grocery will reopen this week following the mass shooting in May

5:01am July 12, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The Tops Friendly Markets grocery store opened on Jefferson Avenue on the East Side of Buffalo in 2003. The newly remodled store will reopen to the public on July 15.

Politics & Government

What's on Biden's agenda for his first Middle East trip as president

5:00am July 12, 2022

NPR'S Steve Inskeep speaks with Giorgio Cafiero, CEO of Gulf State Analytics, about the president's goals on his upcoming trip to the Middle East.

National

Students Run LA nonprofit works to replace shoes for kids after a burglary

5:00am July 12, 2022

Last month, thieves stole 500 pairs of sneakers meant for students who are participating in the LA Marathon. But the nonprofit is already working out how to replace the running shoes

Mexico's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet with Joe Biden today

5:00am July 12, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is traveling to Washington, D.C. to meet with President Joe Biden at a low point in US-Mexico relations.

Environment

Yosemite's seqoias are being threatened by a wildfire

5:00am July 12, 2022

by Mike Hagerty

A wildfire in Yosemite National Park is threatening a grove of some of the oldest trees in the world.

A hearse which carries the body of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, makes a brief visit to the House of Parliament after his funeral Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in Tokyo.

World News

Japanese people say their final goodbyes to former leader Shinzo Abe at his funeral

4:34am July 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

Japanese bid their final goodbye to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday as a funeral was held at a temple days after his assassination that shocked the nation.