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The 90-foot tall carving of Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis at Stone Mountain State Park in Georgia was completed in 1972. In recent years, activists have increased calls for the Confederate imagery to be removed. Emil Moffatt/WABE hide caption
A few years ago Cleveland linked climate policy and social equity. Now the Ohio city is hoping to use federal funding to help achieve its climate action goals. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
A tram drives through an empty downtown Lisbon, June 18. Travel in and out of the Lisbon metropolitan area was banned over coming weekends as Portuguese authorities respond to a spike in new COVID-19 cases in the region around the capital. Armando Franca/AP hide caption
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Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones' (left) bid for tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill is opposed by a leading donor of the journalism school, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publisher Walter Hussman. Mike Coppola/Getty Images; Benjamin Krain/Arkansas Democrat hide caption
Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, one paying auction winner and another unnamed person will board a Blue Origin rocket bound for space on July 20. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
In this 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr. Iran's sole nuclear power plant has undergone a temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on Sunday. Majid Asgaripour/AP hide caption
This record-setting heat wave's remarkable power, reach, and unusually early appearance is giving meteorologists yet more cause for concern about extreme weather in an era of climate change. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Deepening Drought Holds 'Ominous' Signs For Wildfire Threat In The West
Organizers for the Tokyo Olympics announced Monday they will allow some domestic fans to watch the games once they begin in July. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption
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Joni Mitchell's Blue, which turns 50 years old on June 22, 2021, is an inquiry into personal storytelling, a document of the process of sharing heartache that changes every time someone hears it. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption
Brandi Carlile Will Join NPR Music's Listening Party For Joni Mitchell's 'Blue' On June 22
Turning The Tables: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women
Photographer Taylor Lockwood found the rare mushroom Hypocreopsis rhododendri growing in the United States, a discovery that delighted scientists and mushroom devotees. Taylor F. Lockwoood hide caption
Police say a driver in a pickup truck plowed into bicyclists competing in a community road race in Arizona, critically injuring several riders. Authorities say officers then chased down the driver Saturday and shot him outside a nearby hardware store. Jim Headley/The White Mountain Independent via AP hide caption
A Driver Crashed Into The Crowd At A Pride Parade In Florida, Killing One Man
Catherine Serou, a U.S. citizen studying in Russia, was found dead after going missing earlier this week, officials said. Beccy Serou hide caption
A U.S. Citizen Has Gone Missing In Russia, Sparking A Criminal Investigation
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President Biden pets the Biden family dog Champ in the Oval Office in February. On Saturday, Joe and Jill Biden announced that Champ had died. Adam Schultz/White House hide caption
Police and firefighters respond after a truck drove into a crowd of people injuring them during The Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival in Wilton Manors, Fla., on Saturday, June 19, 2021. Chris Day/AP hide caption
Members of the Burmese-American community hold a demonstration outside the Office of the Consulate General of Myanmar in Los Angeles in April. Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag hide caption
Naloxone is one of the harm reduction methods that's gained more widespread acceptance in the United States. The medication reverses deadly overdoses caused by opioids such as fentanyl and heroin. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption
Oregon's Pioneering Drug Decriminalization Experiment Is Now Facing The Hard Test
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He Lost Nearly Everything To Addiction. Then An Arrest Changed His Life
A group of 11 mayors, including LA's Eric Garcetti, have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a small group of Black residents. The mayors have committed to form commissions to advise them on how to develop the programs. Ashley Landis/AP hide caption
Opinion: Juneteenth As A National Holiday Is Symbolism Without Progress
Lynda Anderson-Towns, president of the Trustees of the Harriet Tubman Museum, stands outside the museum on Lafayette Street in Cape May, N.J. Emma Lee/WHYY hide caption
A father and son take a selfie while visiting Greenwood's Black Wall Street Memorial on Saturday. Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images hide caption
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to right-wing opposition party members a day after a new government was sworn in, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, June 14, 2021. Maya Alleruzzo/AP hide caption
Ebrahim Raisi, a candidate in Iran's presidential elections waves to the media after casting his vote at a polling station in Tehran on Friday. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
Afghan Interpreters Who Await Visas After Helping The U.S. Now Fear For Their Lives
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