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Talat Hamdani says her son Salman, pictured here in 1983, was so proud to be an American. Salman died responding to the Sept. 11 attacks in New York City. Courtesy of Talat Hamdani hide caption
Elementary school students in Iwamizawa, a town in Japan's Hokkaido prefecture, take part in a missile drill. Elise Hu/NPR hide caption
In Hokkaido, Being In North Korea's Missile Flight Path Means Cold War-Era Drills
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Erik Budman hangs plywood at a Key Largo, Fla., business in preparation for Hurricane Irma. Alan Diaz/AP hide caption
Marie Lu says it's fitting — given her tendency to write dark, dystopian novels — that she was born in the year 1984. Primo Gallanosa/Penguin Random House hide caption
'Young People Who Do Extraordinary Things' Are The Norm In Marie Lu's YA World
Talat Hamdani says her son Salman, pictured here in 1983, was so proud to be an American. Salman died responding to the Sept. 11 attacks in New York City. Courtesy of Talat Hamdani hide caption
A Mother Remembers Her Son, A Muslim-American First Responder Who Died On Sept. 11
Cathedral Dean On Decision To Remove Confederate Stained-Glass Windows
Destini Johnson gets a hug from her mother. She was released unexpectedly early because, she tells her parents, the jail was overcrowded. Seth Herald for NPR hide caption
The Powerful Pull Of Opioids Leaves Many 'Missing' From U.S. Workforce
Graydon Carter arrives at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption