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Texas man accused of killing 5 neighbors is in custody, authorities say

Law enforcement officials say that 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa, the man accused of killing five neighbors in southeast Texas early Saturday, is in custody after evading capture for days.

Controversial talk show host Jerry Springer dies

He was a news anchor and a politician but Jerry Springer was perhaps best known for his namesake television talk show. Springer died Thursday due to pancreatic cancer. He was 79.

Rescued American, who was seriously ill, looks forward to exploring another cave

NPR's A Martinez talks to Mark Dickey, an experienced caver, and his partner Jessica Van Ord, about Dickey's harrowing rescue from one of Turkey's deepest caves after he became ill.

The latest on the Burning Man flooding

Authorities are investigating a death at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after tens of thousands of people are stuck in camps because of rain.

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Trump campaign embraces Jan. 6 rioters with pardon promises. ISIS branch claims responsibility for deadly attack in Iran. Court records about Jeffrey Epstein mean opportunity for conspiracy theorists.

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President Biden to meet with Ukraine's president at NATO summit. New numbers are expected to show inflation easing. The contract between Hollywood studios and the actors' union is set to expire.

Tori Bowie, who captured gold as a sprinter in the Olympics and the world championships, died at age 32 from complications of childbirth, according to an autopsy report.

Tori Bowie, an elite Olympic athlete, died of complications from childbirth

An autopsy report underscores the tragedy of Tori Bowie's death at age 32. The 2016 Olympic medalist was eight months pregnant, according to the report.

The story behind the man responsible for Black History Month

The white and Black descendents of Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History and founder of Black History Month, come together to heal their past.

Drew Gilpin Faust served as president of Harvard from 2007 until 2018. She is currently the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor.

Harvard's Drew Gilpin Faust says history should make us uncomfortable

Growing up in the South, Faust rejected the narrative she was fed about slavery and the Civil War. She writes about her journey to activism and becoming the president of Harvard in Necessary Trouble.

Kentucky voters have rejected an amendment that would have said the state constitution contains no right to an abortion. Earlier, people rallied on the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort to encourage voters to vote yes on Amendment 2, which failed.

Where abortion was on the ballot, midterm voters largely signaled support

Voters in several states were asked to weigh in on ballot measures specifically related to abortion rights.

Mexican children's comic better known by his stage name Chabelo dies at 88

Xavier López's best-known work, the Sunday variety show En Familia con Chabelo, ran for an astonishing 48 years from 1967 to 2015.

A gravedigger prepares to bury the coffin of a baby who died of COVID-19, at a cemetery in Bandung, Indonesia. Rates of childhood mortality are notably high in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, but it is a worldwide concern.

A U.N. report has good and dire news about child deaths. What's the take-home lesson?

A new U.N. report shares data points about the world's child mortality rate. We interviewed a doctor in Nigeria — where rates of child death are among the world's highest — to offer his insights.

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