A photo album of Shihab — during his time as an interpreter working with American military personnel during the Iraq War — rests on a small table alongside cups of tea. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Hilton Anatole on July 11, 2021 in Dallas, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
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A photo shared by the National Park Service shows a park visitor attempting to help a stranded bison calf reunite with its herd. The plan ultimately ended the animal's chance of survival. Hellen Jack/National Park Service hide caption
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A woman holds a sign for Felipe Santos during a remembrance ceremony for missing persons at Cambier Park in Naples on Oct. 25, 2017. Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News hide caption
Two missing men, one deputy, zero charged. Join us on a pursuit for answers
Deemmeris Debra'e Burns shows the spot on a rural road in Satartia, Miss., where he lost consciousness when a carbon dioxide pipeline ruptured, an experience he thinks is a warning for America. Julia Simon/NPR hide caption
The U.S. is expanding CO2 pipelines. One poisoned town wants you to know its story
A federal investigation found former U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack (at right) repeatedly engaged in abuses of power and gross mismanagement. Pack, shown last year at a party with conservative politician and publisher Steve Forbes, sought to stamp out all hints of anti-Trump sentiment at the agency, the Voice of America, and other networks funded by the federal government. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images hide caption
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A handprint stained on the window at the Navajo Nation Detention in Shiprock, N.M., on April 13, 2021. Sharon Chischilly for NPR hide caption
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It's been one year since the Buffalo shooting. How has it changed the community?
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A former Virginia Department of Corrections employee donated hundreds of execution documents, including these photographs, to the Library of Virginia more than a decade ago. NPR is now exclusively publishing a selection of the documents. Library of Virginia, Chiara Eisner and Monika Evstatieva/NPR hide caption
Virginia hid execution files from the public. Here's what they don't want you to see
Tuesday
Delores Lowery was diagnosed with diabetes in 2016. Her home in Marlboro County, S.C., is at the heart of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls the Diabetes Belt. Nick McMillan/NPR hide caption
Many people living in the 'Diabetes Belt' are plagued with medical debt
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People raise their hands as they leave a shopping center following reports of a shooting, in Allen, Texas, on Saturday. LM Otero/AP hide caption
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An Endangered Missing Advisory issued Monday said 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer were last spotted with Jesse McFadden, a convicted sex offender. Oklahoma Highway Patrol hide caption
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A federal court in Little Rock says Candance Chapman Scott illegally sold and shipped human body parts taken from medical cadavers from the University of Arkansas Medical School. Google Maps hide caption
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For some with disabilities, the pandemic raised fears that they couldn't get medical care they need. Now, groups are saying California's assisted suicide law also devalues their lives, and they have filed a lawsuit. Fanatic Studio / Gary Waters via Getty Images hide caption
Disability groups claim California's assisted suicide law discriminates against them
A bleached "bathtub ring" is visible on the banks of Lake Mead on Aug. 19, 2022. The lake's water levels continue to fall, leading to a grim pattern for local authorities: the discovery of human remains. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption