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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com about the Golden State Warriors' historic victory march and 23-year-old Colorado Rockies rookie Trevor Story's improbable home run streak.

From a profile of Samantha Bee to the views of Chelsea Manning on the military's new transgender rules, these stories are about how we see the world.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Katie Falzone of Legacy.com about the phenomenon of online obituaries turning much more political with the deceased now plugging a candidate from the grave.

In a historic civil settlement, VW will buy back or repair cars sold as "clean" but that in fact polluted above legal levels. The company will also pay nearly $5 billion for environmental reparations.

Pakistanis were asked to call and report symptoms. That simple plan led to the creation of maps that predicted where the disease would spread.

A group called Truckers Against Trafficking is helping states enlist truckers to spot and report forced prostitution. The effort has sent traffickers to prison and liberated hundreds of sex slaves.

Earlier studies suggested that most people put the pounds back on, but a large study that followed people for a decade after bariatric surgery found that the vast majority avoided gaining weight.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sports Illustrated executive editor and senior writer Jon Wertheim about the U.S. Open. Matches on Sunday and Monday will decide the lineup for the quarterfinals.

Poor Mitt Romney. Excuse me. That’s a bad choice of words. Romney, of course, is not poor. He’s rich, very rich. Forbes magazine this year put his…

It's hard making it as a professional athlete in any sport, but how about two? Nate Ebner is taking a break from the NFL to try and make the U.S. rugby sevens team for this year's Olympic games.