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How UFO Sightings Went From Conspiracy Theory To A Serious Government Inquiry

Have alien spacecraft been buzzing across Earth's skies? Turns out it's not just people in tinfoil hats asking that question — it's the U.S. government.

Dozens of people in Micronesia are suing the Bank of Guam for seizing stimulus checks they deposited. The bank did so to help the IRS recover tax payments issued in error. Robert Alexander/Getty Images hide caption

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Overseas Bank Helped Recover IRS Stimulus Checks To Non-Americans. It Didn't Go Well

After accidentally sending stimulus checks to ineligible foreign citizens living overseas, the Internal Revenue Service is now asking some banks to help recover money, creating a legal mess.

Overseas Bank Helped Recover IRS Stimulus Checks To Non-Americans. It Didn't Go Well

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Malala Yousafzai is the subject of the cover story in the new issue of British Vogue. A comment she made about marriage has prompted social media outrage in Pakistan. Nick Knight hide caption

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Malala Yousafzai's Interview In 'British Vogue' Sparks Anger In Her Native Pakistan

The Nobel Peace Prize winner posed for a cover portrait and spoke openly in an interview. One of her remarks about marriage has prompted vitriolic responses on social media in her homeland.

Finance officials of the Group of Seven nations and multilateral agencies pose for a photo in London on Saturday ahead of the G-7 leaders' summit. Henry Nicholls/AP hide caption

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The G-7 Nations Agree To Make Big Tech Companies Pay Their Fair Share Of Taxes

The Group of Seven wealthy democracies agreed Saturday to support a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15% to deter multinational companies from avoiding taxes by stashing profits in low-rate countries.

From left, basketball great Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna, wife Vanessa and daughter Natalia, are seen before an NCAA college women's basketball game in 2017 in Los Angeles. Vanessa Bryant says Nike is making, without her consent, a shoe she designed in honor of her daughter Brianna. Reed Saxon/AP hide caption

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Vanessa Bryant Says Nike, Without Consent, Made Shoes She Designed To Honor Her Child

The widow of the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant says she decided not to sell the shoe she designed to honor her late daughter, Gianna, yet has seen photos of people in possession of the sneaker.

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Confederate Names On Schools Are Flashpoints. Here's One Community's Story

In the upheaval following the murder of George Floyd, passionate debates ignited across America about what to do with the remnants of the Civil War. It divided Jacksonville, Fla.

Confederate Names On Schools Are Flashpoints. Here's One Community's Story

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Afghan security forces stand near an armored vehicle during ongoing fighting with the Taliban in the Busharan area on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the capital city of Helmand province, on May 5. Sifatullah Zahidi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The Taliban Are Getting Stronger In Afghanistan As U.S. And NATO Forces Exit

As foreign troops withdraw, the Taliban have seized parts of Afghan highways and closed in on cities. One arms dealer in the country says they're even buying heavier weaponry.

Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies before a House panel on Sept. 25, 2019. In an NPR interview, she says the nation has more work to do to get ready for a future pandemic. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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The CDC's No. 2 Official Says The U.S. Isn't Ready For Another Pandemic

The United States wasn't ready for the pandemic "and we have a lot of work to do to get better prepared for the next one," says Dr. Anne Schuchat, who is retiring after 33 years at the agency.

The CDC's No. 2 Official Says The U.S. Isn't Ready For Another Pandemic

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This image provided by Novo Nordisk shows a package of the company's semaglutide medication, named Wegovy. On Friday, the FDA said this new version of a popular diabetes medicine could be sold as a weight-loss drug. Cristian Mihaila/AP hide caption

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The FDA Has Approved An Obesity Drug That Helped Some People Drop Weight By 15%

In company-funded studies, participants taking the Novo Nordisk drug Wegovy had average weight loss of about 34 pounds. In a comparison group getting dummy shots, the average loss was under 6 pounds.

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As Kids Grow, So Do Their Parents

With the school year about to end, NPR's Scott Simon ponders how quickly children grow up and become their own persons.

Opinion: As Kids Grow, So Do Their Parents

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COVID-19 patients in Kathmandu receive oxygen as they wait outside a hospital for coronavirus patients that doesn't have enough beds for all those diagnosed. The photo was taken on May 13. Sunil Pradhan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption

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From Remote Villages To Mt. Everest Base Camp, COVID Hits Nepal

Health workers must overcome great challenges to battle one of the world's most severe COVID-19 outbreaks, which stretch from villages without hospitals to the top of the world's highest mountain.

From Remote Villages To Mt. Everest Base Camp, COVID Hits Nepal Hard

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From left: Home cooked food at Srabasti Ghosh's home, ready for delivery. A volunteer delivers food to COVID-19 patients outside their home. Ghosh (right) with a friend who has joined to help. Srabasti Ghosh hide caption

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COVID Hit Their Neighbors Hard. So They Sprang Into Action

As India faces a pandemic crisis, ordinary folks are doing their share: finding hospital beds, handing out meals, sharing a meditative moment. Public health experts say it's making an impact.

Health staff and patients at an exhibition center in Kuala Lumpur that's been turned into Malaysia's first mega-vaccination center. The government aims to speed up inoculations amid a sharp spike in infections. Vincent Thian/AP hide caption

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Malaysia's Recent Surge In COVID Infections Leads To A New Lockdown And New Worries

The country had been seen as a success in handling the pandemic, but a recent surge in cases has made it the third-worst affected country in Southeast Asia. Vietnam is also seeing a rise in cases.

Authorities are tracking 15 wild Asian elephants in southwest China's Yunnan Province as the herd migrates northward. Hu Chao/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images hide caption

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Elephants Wandered Hundreds Of Miles Into A Chinese City. Nobody Knows Why

The 15 Asian elephants — some mature and others still young — left a nature reserve near China's border with Myanmar and Laos more than a year ago and have been northward bound ever since.

Elephants Wandered Hundreds Of Miles Into A Chinese City. Nobody Knows Why

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An Anhinga drying out after a swim at Brazos Bend State Park in Needville, TX. Their feathers get waterlogged, so Anhingas have to dry out their wings before they can fly. Audrey Nguyen hide caption

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A Field Guide For Fledgling Birders

If you've ever paused to appreciate a bird, you're already well on your way. Here's how to get into birding.

A Field Guide for Fledgling Birders

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A photo of Andrew Brown Jr. is seen during his funeral, on May 3, in Elizabeth City, N.C. Brown was fatally shot by Pasquotank County Sheriff deputies trying to serve a search warrant. Gerry Broome/AP hide caption

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Two Deputies Return To Work, One Resigns After Fatal Shooting Of Andrew Brown Jr.

Two deputies who fired shots in the April incident that killed Brown, came back from leave this week, the Pasquotank County, N.C., sheriff said. A third deputy will leave at the end of June.

Cuba's pitcher Yoanni Yera Montalvo throws the ball during a training session at the Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana last month. Cuba's losses this week in Florida to Venezuela and Canada in Olympic baseball qualifying play means the team will not compete in the Summer Games. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption

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Cuba's Baseball Team Fails To Make The Olympics — And It's Canada's Fault

"Clearly we have not learned how to beat Canada," reports Granma, the official newspaper of Cuba's ruling Communist Party.

FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia, SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna and Microsoft President Brad Smith testify during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 23, in Washington, D.C. The hearing focused on the 2020 cyberattack that resulted in a series of data breaches within several agencies and departments in the U.S. federal government. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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As Cyberattacks Surge, Biden Is Seeking To Mount A Better Defense

Russian spies have penetrated U.S. government computer networks. Russian criminals have hit the U.S. gasoline and meat supplies. Can the president figure out how to stop the non-stop intrusions?

As Cyberattacks Surge, Biden Is Seeking To Mount A Better Defense

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President of the National Black Farmer's Association John Boyd stands in his fields in Baskerville, Va. He says the USDA's relief program is "like the fox watching the hen house." Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption

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The USDA Is Set To Give Black Farmers Debt Relief. They've Heard That One Before

The U.S. Agriculture Department is sending aid for debt relief to struggling farmers of color beginning this month. But many Black farmers distrust the department after decades of failed promises.

The USDA Is Set To Give Black Farmers Debt Relief. They've Heard That One Before

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Supporters of the Morena party's candidate for governor of Baja California, Marina del Pilar Ávila, attend the closing campaign rally in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, on Wednesday. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Mexico Is Holding Its Largest Elections Ever. They're Also One Of Its Deadliest

Mexicans will vote this Sunday in the largest elections the country has ever had. The midterm vote is also becoming one of the most violent, with 35 candidates killed so far.

A mural in Roswell, N.M., displays the town slogan. A mysterious aircraft crash in 1947 led to the local legend of visitors from another planet. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption

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The Truth Is (Still) Out There In 'UFO Capital' Roswell, New Mexico

People in "the UFO capital of the world" are eagerly anticipating the release of a Defense Department report on its investigations into Unexplained Aerial Phenomena. As always, some see a cover-up.

The Truth Is (Still) Out There In 'UFO Capital' Roswell, New Mexico

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Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization is recommending allowing people to mix COVID-19 vaccine doses. Here, people walk past a vaccination clinic this week in Toronto. Zou Zheng/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images hide caption

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Want To Mix 2 Different COVID-19 Vaccines? Canada Is Fine With That

As of late May, 50.6% of Canada's population had received at least one vaccination shot — but only 4.6% of the population was fully vaccinated.

Marcus (Noah Jupe), Regan (Millicent Simmonds) and Evelyn (Emily Blunt) brave the unknown in A Quiet Place Part II. Jonny Cournoyer/Paramount Pictures hide caption

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Listen Carefully: The Tense 'Quiet Place' Sequel Speaks To Our Present Time

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John Krasinski's follow-up to his 2018 thriller about aliens who hunt by sound showcases humanity at its best and worst — and feels particularly relevant as we slowly emerge from the pandemic.

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