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More than 20,000 people have been rescued from the floodwaters. The state's governor describes the flooding as "unprecedented," and authorities are warning that waters could rise more in some areas.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Wisconsin State Sen. Lena Taylor about the police shooting of Sylville Smith in Milwaukee and the protests and unrest that have followed.

On Sunday morning Emily Underhill and her family had to evacuate their home in Baton Rouge because of flooding.

The Russian athletes competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics have made strong showings in men's gymnastics and women's swimming. But fallout from an earlier doping scandal taints any accomplishments.

A suicide bomber in the city of Quetta in western Pakistan has killed at least 63 people and injured more than 100 others. Steve Inskeep talks to columnist and blogger Aisha Sarwari.

The U.S. women's gymnastics team won a gold medal on Tuesday in Rio. The team won convincingly by posting the highest combined score in vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.

The Baltimore Police Department has been engaged a longstanding pattern and practice of discriminating against African-Americans, especially in areas where the poor are concentrated. That is just one of the findings of a comprehensive review by the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division.

How did gun owners view the comments Tuesday by Donald Trump? The Republican presidential nominee suggested supporters of the Second Amendment could oppose Hillary Clinton, which some viewed as an incitement to violence.

China warns Britain to stop delaying a nuclear power plant deal, which it says could cost the country future Chinese investment. Britain's new prime minister wants to examine the project.

Children are among the hardest hit by seven years of Boko Haram's violent insurgency in northeastern Nigeria. Doctors Without Borders warns acutely malnourished children risk starvation and even death. Tens of thousands of people are seeking shelter, food and medical aid, uprooted from their homes by the militants the Nigerian military claims they have defeated.