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Firefighters have made significant progress containing the Soberanes Fire, north of Big Sur, and the Pilot Fire, east of LA. However, the Mineral Fire, in Fresno County, seared 5,000 acres overnight.

Since the fall of Roe, a once-fringe network of hardline anti-abortion activists has been pushing to classify abortion as homicide. Once shunned from policy discussion, they are seeing progress.

At the same time Israel intensified its assault on Gaza, internet and phone service suddenly dropped. NPR producer in Gaza Anas Baba recounts what he saw during a 34-hour communications blackout.

Roughly half of U.S. states have passed laws making home-schooled students eligible to play for their local school teams. But in Indiana, an attempt to find a middle ground hasn't calmed the debate.

The Taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack at the guesthouse of a top Afghan official, which left eight people dead and 20 others injured Tuesday.

In a new book, former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe explores how to fix the gridlock in Congress. Earlier this year, the Republican from Maine left the Senate out of frustration with the partisan stalemate. "It has to change, for the country," she says. "People deserve ... better representation."

Hundreds of millions of dollars in help for AIDS are now pouring into Nigeria and other developing countries. In Nigeria, the man in charge of these funds is Dr. Abdulsalim Nasidi. He must navigate a mine field of restrictions to set up new health systems where none exist.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Tamir Hayman, former head of Israeli military intelligence, about Israel's efforts to fight Hamas — as the militant group threatens to execute a hostages.

As some states move to reopen their economies, business owners remain uncertain what conditions will be like a few months from now and when customers will be willing to spend again.

Some U.S. airlines are scrambling to rebook passengers after the FAA announced it was grounding the Boeing 737 Max fleet. Airlines affected include Southwest, American and United.