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Philadelphia architect Robert Venturi died Tuesday at 93. Often credited as a major influence on the postmodern architecture movement, he celebrated oversized, playful elements and Vegas casinos.

Temperatures at the peak of the heat wave are expected to be as high as 10 to 20 degrees above normal.

Baghdad was the scene of two more car bombings Monday, as more than 20 Iraqis were killed and some 100 wounded. A third bomb that exploded in the northern city of Mosul killed four. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

The Environmental Protection Agency announces a new rule on mercury emissions from coal-fire power plants that will phase in reductions over 20 years. The plan delays deep cuts in mercury pollution for about 10 years.

NASA has not launched a space shuttle since the Columbia disaster a year and a half ago. The agency is preparing to return to space next spring, when the 20-year-old shuttle Discovery is slated to launch a Mercury probe. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

A discovery of at least 2 billion barrels of oil in the western part of the state has led to an oil boom. That means a low unemployment rate of 3.5 percent, but residents question the cost. "To expect a county of 20,000 people to overnight absorb another 20,000 people is ludicrous," one official says.

Mills' latest film, 20th Century Women, was inspired by his desire to understand his mother. As the host of Billy on the Street, Eichner asks strangers open-ended questions about the celebrities.

Donald Trump was officially sworn in Friday, January 20th, as the 45th President of the United States. As supporters and protesters converged for the...

Also: Some airlines say they've won an exemption from the U.S. laptop ban; Ukraine says it foils a second cyber attack; and an Italian farmer carves Putin's face into a field ahead of the G20 summit.

Phosphate is a crucial element, for farming, and for life. And there aren't too many places to get it. What if it runs out?