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People look at a residential building damaged during the Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday.

Russia hits Ukraine's capital with a massive drone and missile attack, killing at least 18

Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine's capital overnight into Thursday, with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, killing several people.

A relative of a victim in a music bar fire pays respect to the victim's body at a police hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, July 14, 2026.

Death toll from a Bangkok music bar fire rises to 30, dozens remain in hospital

More than 70 people were injured, with 24 of them still in critical condition, according to a statement by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who serves as the chairman of the the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, says the NDRC's numbers show that 12 to 19 seats in the South's majority-minority opportunity zones are at risk due to the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that reinterprets longstanding protections under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

How the SCOTUS voting rights ruling could affect Congress, according to Eric Holder

Eric Holder, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, talks with NPR's Michel Martin about a Supreme Court ruling that could pave the way for a drop in Black representation in Congress.

FILE - Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri speaks during an interview at the Zion Church in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018.

Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release

A pastor of a prominent underground church who was detained in China in October has been released, less than two months after U.S. President Donald Trump brought up his case when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

FILE - Freed Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee stands next to a placard with a picture of missing bookseller Gui Minhai, left, in front of his book store during a march in Hong Kong on June 18, 2016.

Ex-HK bookseller Lam Wing-kee, detained by China in 2015, dies in Taiwan at 70

Lam was one of five people from Causeway Bay Books who disappeared in 2015. He later detailed his detention by Chinese authorities.

Supreme Court strikes down limits on political party spending

At issue in the case was a post-Watergate law that Congress passed to limit the amount of money individuals can give to political parties.

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor (seated left) and Justice Samuel Alito (seated second from right).

A day after Alito's testy response to Sotomayor's dissent, court says it was a 'misunderstanding'

During Supreme Court opinions Thursday, Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the majority opinion in an asylum case, appeared to rebut Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who wrote the dissent. The move was highly unusual — and on Friday there was a coda.

Then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (center), husband Chasten Buttigieg and their children, Penelope and Gus, attend the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in April 2023 in Washington, D.C. Buttigieg said his family was subject to a CPS investigation after a false report on June 26, 2026.

Pete Buttigieg and his kids subject to CPS, police investigation after false report

Buttigieg, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender, shared his family's experience when police and Child Protective Services came to his home investigating an anonymous tip that was false.

Greetings from a peaceful woodland near the River Thames west of London

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal in 'Eddington'

Ari Aster's 'Eddington' takes the tension of the pandemic to a violent end

In pandemic-era New Mexico, a sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and a mayor (Pedro Pascal) face off against one another, and their differences boil over into chaos.

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