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A woman in Ecuador made a surprise appearance at her own funeral
A hospital had declared Bella Montoya dead after a possible stroke and heart attack. Family members gathered for her wake. After about five hours, they heard a knocking sound from inside her coffin.
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Mount Mayon, one of the Philippines' most active volcanos, is erupting
Over the weekend, Mount Mayon began oozing lava after weeks of increased seismic activity. Scientists aren't sure what to expect next.
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Civil rights advocates say laws need to catch up with AI technology
Law enforcement is increasingly using artificial intelligence to investigate crimes, but some civil rights advocates want limits on the technology.
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Is a cost-free digital community a thing of the past?
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Dan Ives, tech analyst at Wedbush Securities, about fees social media platform Reddit imposed on third-party app developers. Protests blacked out parts of the site.
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Latest inflation numbers come as the Fed considers what to do with interest rates
The Labor Department reports Tuesday on May's inflation rate. While inflation has cooled since last summer, prices are still rising faster than the Federal Reserve would like.
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What makes Trump's case different from other classified documents cases?
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz about differences between the case against former President Trump and past cases involving the handling of classified information.
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Scotland's former leader was arrested by police over governing party's finances
Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested and then later released in connection with an investigation into the Scottish National Party's finances.
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Bedbugs are found in hotels but the vast majority of them are in apartments
Some travelers take precautions to avoid bed bugs, but hotel-goers aren't the most at risk.
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A woman remembers visiting her grandmother, a member of the Shoshone Nation in Utah
In this week's StoryCorps, a member of the Shoshone Nation remembers her beloved grandmother.
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The Supreme Court upholds the provision prohibiting racial gerrymandering
NPR's Michel Martin talks to UCLA Law professor Rick Hasen about the decision to strike down Alabama's congressional map limiting the power of Black voters. The ruling could affect other states.
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How cities around the world deal with toxic air quality
As the air quality plummets in many parts of North America as the Canadian wildfires continue to burn, we find out how other cities around the world deal with the challenge of living with toxic air.
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Televangelist Pat Robertson dies at 93
Pat Robertson, a controversial televangelist and a leader of the religious right, has died. He was 93.