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Lawyer and journalist Adam Cohen explores five decades of Supreme Court opinions and comes to a rueful conclusion: These decisions have greatly exacerbated the space between rich and poor.

This week's fiction ranges from Robert Harris' take on Cicero's year as leader of Rome, to Louise Erdrich's twisted story of a marriage, to Walter Mosley's second Leonid McGill detective novel. In nonfiction, Elizabeth Gilbert gets Committed, and Michael Lewis probes The Big Short.

Rescue operations are underway in the city of Tainan, on the southern end of Taiwan, after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook the area.

How did a little known assemblyman become the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City? NPR's A Martinez talks to Bob Hardt, political director of the NY1 news channel.

Duke Energy's commercial energy division has bought six solar projects in Georgia. Duke Energy Renewables acquired the sites from solar developer…

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The third largest duck race in the country, KinderMourn’s one-of-a-kind Duck Race brings together people of all ages to watch over 55,000 brave rubber ducks rush through the Whitewater Center rapids and to share a meaningful afternoon where HOPE FLOATS and loved ones are honored. Over the past 21 years, KinderMourn's Duck Race has raised over $3.2 million to provide grief support services to bereaved families in the Charlotte community.

The free event will feature entertainment for the entire family, splashing of the ducks, and cash prizes for the top three ducks. Don't miss the ducks splashing at 3:30pm. To adopt ducks or join a duck race team, visit https://www.duckrace.com/charlotte.

Every duck adopted allows KinderMourn to continue its mission of offering vital bereavement support, counseling services, and programs at little to no cost to bereaved parents, grieving children and teens who have suffered an unthinkable loss.

Republican congressman Mark Meadows, a top ally to President Donald Trump, said Thursday that he won’t seek reelection.His announcement comes just a day…

More than 1,500 people who participated in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol four years ago got a pardon from President Trump this week. Pamela Hemphill, age 71, turned down the offer of clemency.

After a years-long investigation, the FBI has arrested a man accused of planting the Jan. 6 pipe bombs. And, lawmakers yesterday saw video of a deadly strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.

A long-term study of a statewide preschool program tracked students through the sixth grade and found those who attended prekindergarten falling behind.

In an interview about her book, How Safe Are We?, Janet Napolitano says "a wall is a symbol, it's not a strategy" and that there's no evidence Russia has stopped interfering with our election systems.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is holding the first in a series of televised hearings tonight.

Royal Dutch Shell has announced plans to eliminate 6,500 jobs as slumping oil prices force the industry to make adjustments. Shell's profits fell by more than 30 percent in the second quarter.

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield travels to the Turkey-Syria border to remind the world of the need for continued aid for Syrians who are fleeing or in opposition-held parts of the country.

The recent stock market plunge has many wondering whether the U.S economy is taking a turn for the worse. Steve Inskeep speaks with Austan Goolsbee, top White House economist under President Obama.

Ariana DeBose should host everything. Jennifer Hudson makes history. And we should all celebrate understudies.

NPR's A Martinez talks with former downhill skier Lindsey Vonn, a world champion and Olympic medalist, about her new memoir: Rise.

The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws protecting the environment and human rights.

The committee is asking Ivanka Trump to voluntarily cooperate with the panel's investigation. The panel sent her a letter on Thursday.