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Manhunt Underway For 'El Chapo,' Who Escaped Maximum Security Prison In Mexico

5:24pm July 12, 2015

Convicted drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escaped his maximum security cell through an elaborate, nearly mile-long tunnel, Mexican officials say. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with correspondent Carrie Kahn in Mexico City about Guzmán, his escape and his Sinaloa drug cartel.

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Malala Yousafzai celebrated her birthday and the opening of a new school with "brave and inspiring girls of Syria" in Lebanon on Sunday.

Malala Turns 18, And Opens A School For Syrian Refugee Girls

4:55pm July 12, 2015

by Hannah Bloch

The Pakistani education activist, who was shot in the head in 2012 by a Taliban gunman, marked her birthday with refugees in Lebanon. She warned that the world is "failing ... Syria's children."

3 Rights Equal A Left: Mapping Safer Routes In New York City

2:20pm July 12, 2015

It turns out that turning left at intersections is dangerous. So, two New York City councilmen have asked Google to map routes that cut down on left turns in the Big Apple.

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Dread And Despair Among Greeks As They Wait To Learn Their Fate

2:19pm July 12, 2015

From the capital to the countryside, there is pervasive fear in Greece as European leaders in Brussels debate the country's economic fate.

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Mexican Drug Lord 'El Chapo' Guzman Slips Out Of Prison ... Again

1:12pm July 12, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The kingpin reportedly went to the showers Saturday night and was not seen again. He made a similar escape in 2001 with help from prison guards.

A screenshot from Enough Said shows actress Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, the only nonwhite actor in the 2013 hit starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini.

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He's Shared 'Every Single Word' — But It's The Silence That Rings Louder

10:34am July 12, 2015

by NPR Staff

The video series by Dylan Marron lays bare the film industry's lack of diversity: By cutting all but the dialogue from nonwhite characters, the actor points out how little Hollywood gives them to say.

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Finnish Finance Minister Alexander Stubb (right) speaks with Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos during a round table meeting of eurogroup finance ministers in Brussels on Sunday.

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Europe Struggles To Pull Together New Greek Bailout Plan

10:33am July 12, 2015

by Scott Neuman

European finance ministers hope to have a deal by today, but they remain skeptical that Athens will live up to its promises of financial reforms in exchange for tens of billions in bailout funds.

A police crime investigator, face covered to avoid retribution from gangs, clears a recent murder scene as a colleague holds up police tape and funeral home employees carry the body of the victim up the hill. The victim's widow suspects her husband was ki

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In El Salvador, Gang Killings Take An Agonizing Toll

10:13am July 12, 2015

by Carrie Kahn

Last month was the deadliest on record in the Central America country since the end of the civil war in 1992. There are more than 30 murders a day, due to gang violence.

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Sergio Pacheco learned the healing songs from his father at age 6 and went on to conduct his first healing ceremony at age 8.

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Songs That Heal: Preserving A Thousand-Year-Old Tradition

7:54am July 12, 2015

by Nadia Whitehead

There are only six people left in the world who know the healing songs of the Wachiperi, an ancient group in the Andes. One of them flew 3,000 miles to share his skills — and cure headaches.

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China's Stock Market Plunge Hits Small Investors

6:21am July 12, 2015

First-time investors were the hardest hit by China's stock market crash. Many who rushed to invest didn't have a high school education. NPR's Wade Goodwyn talks to economist Tom Orlik of Bloomberg.

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