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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul about the diplomatic dynamics ahead of today's US-Russia summit in Alaska.

Pope Leo XIV is truly a pope of the Americas. He's a dual citizen, of the United States and Peru, where people are ecstatic about his elevation to pontiff.

Pope Francis was the first pontiff from Latin America. He formed a strong bond with Latino Catholics in the U.S., who saw in him a humble spiritual leader and potent political advocate.

Once a mermaid, always a mermaid. A group of women in their 70s recently visited the Florida springs where they once performed as mermaids to see if they still had the magic.

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has died after he was shot during a speech he was giving at Utah Valley University.

The U.K.-based drugmaker became the second to strike a deal with the Trump administration as part of the president's push to rein in U.S. drug prices.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday issued a consumer alert warning immigrant communities to beware of scams related to immigration assistance. This comes amid fear and uncertainty over what Bonta called President Donald Trump's "inhumane" detention and deportation agenda.

Researchers say recently discovered teeth come from a previously undiscovered species of Australopithecus, adding to our understanding of human evolution.

Scott Simon takes a look at the booming decorative gourd business in Illinois.

"In How Not to Age," Dr. Michael Greger details the science of aging and explains how to help avoid the diseases most commonly encountered in our journeys through life.

The object was likely either a meteor or space junk, with most sightings of the streak of light and fireball coming from Georgia and South Carolina, the National Weather Service said.

This week, HEAL Palestine, a non-profit organization, will carry out the largest known evacuation of wounded children from Gaza to the United States. Co-founder Zeena Salman shares some of the children's stories.