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Blake Marnell, delegate from California, shows us his Make America Great Again hat signed by Donald Trump on the floor of the Republican National Convention. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption

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Fashion meets politics on the RNC's red carpet

Every four years, party conventions bring together delegates from across the country, many of whom make sure their outfits sparkle. And this year, they showed off their looks on the Republican National Convention's red carpet.

President Biden speaks about student loan debt, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. A federal appeals court has blocked the implementation of the Biden administration's student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a ruling Thursday, July 18, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration's entire loan forgiveness program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Federal appeals court blocks remainder of Biden's student debt relief plan

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion for an administrative stay filed by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration's entire student loan forgiveness plan.

A workmen measures a door in a building damaged by an explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel on July 19. One person was killed and eight people injured following a loud explosion near a branch of the US embassy in Tel Aviv early on Friday. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption

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Drone strikes Tel Aviv, killing one. Houthis claim responsibility

The deadly drone slammed into an apartment building on the Tel Aviv oceanfront just after 3 a.m. The Houthi militia in Yemen said it carried out the attack as part of its support for Palestinians.

Bob Newhart played psychologist Robert Hartley in the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show. Gerald Smith/NBCUniversal via Getty Images hide caption

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Bob Newhart played psychologist Robert Hartley in the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show.

Bob Newhart played psychologist Robert Hartley in the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show.

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'I've lived in an incredible time': Comic Bob Newhart dies at 94

Best known for an everyman persona that powered two classic TV sitcoms, Newhart managed to be the funniest guy in the room while playing unassuming characters.

Legendary comedian and longtime TV star Bob Newhart dies at 94

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As calls grow for Biden to leave the 2024 race, polling shows Harris and Trump statistically tied in a hypothetical matchup. Brandon Bell/Getty Images, Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Polling shows both Harris and Biden tied with Trump

The latest national NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, released last week, found that Biden and Trump remain statistically tied, even in the aftermath of the widely panned debate. A Harris-Trump matchup also shows a statistical tie.

FILE - Fox Business News host Lou Dobbs speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), on Feb. 24, 2017, in Oxon Hill, Md. Dobbs, the conservative political pundit and TV host who was a nightly presence on Fox Business Network for more than a decade, has died. His death was announced Thursday, July 18, 2024, in a post on his official X account. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Alex Brandon/AP/AP hide caption

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Lou Dobbs, the controversial Fox News host, has died

The longtime Fox contributor was 78 years old.

Soldiers patrol on a footbridge over the Seine river, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 in Paris. France's armed forces held a demonstration of the security measures planned on the River Seine, both in and out of the water, to make it safe for athletes and spectators during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Organizers have planned a parade of about 10,000 athletes through the heart of the French capital on boats on the Seine along a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) route at sunset on July 26. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard) Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption

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Paris police are sealing off the Seine River ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony

An Olympics anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine seals off a miles-long area to Parisians and tourists who hadn’t applied in advance for a pass.

A Nepali student is reacting as a paramedic administers a vaccine against measles-rubella at a local school in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Feb. 25. Nepal launched a nationwide campaign aiming to immunize an estimated 5.7 million children between nine months to 15 years old. Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption

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Globally, progress has stalled on getting kids vaccinated. But there is some good news

Vaccination rates took a hit during the pandemic — and they're not really recovered, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. But ... look at Ukraine!

Global Vaccine report:  We're "stalled"

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'Longlegs' is a terrifying serial killer — who never touches his victims

Nicolas Cage plays a satanic murderer, and Maika Monroe is the clairvoyant FBI agent on his trail, in this tense and frightening horror movie.

'Longlegs' is a terrifying serial killer -- who never touches his victims

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The 2024 Kennedy Center honorees, clockwise from left, The Apollo theater; the Grateful Dead (Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Billy Kreutzmann); jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval; blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, Bonnie Raitt; and director and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Apollo Theater / Jay Blakesberg / Jeremy Lock / Ken Friedman / Chad Keig/The Kennedy Center Honors hide caption

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The Grateful Dead, Francis Ford Coppola and Bonnie Raitt on the 2024 Kennedy Center Honors list

The award for lifetime artistic achievements will also recognize jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval. The Apollo Theater will receive a special Honors as "an iconic American institution."

Grateful Dead, Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt on 2024 Kennedy Center Honors list

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Workmen searched through the debris of what was the carpenter shop on the pier at Port in Chicago, Calif. on July 18, 1944, after the building was leveled by the explosion of two munition ships the evening of July 17. Other buildings on the waterfront and in the town itself were shattered by the terrific blast, which was felt 50 miles from the scene. EKB/AP hide caption

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The Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished over a 1944 port explosion

The blast that happened at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California during World War II killed 320 people and injured 400 more.

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