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Arts Jun 12

How the protests in Ferguson helped inspire this fantasy novel

By Elizabeth Flock

Discussion questions for ‘The Fifth Season’

Our June pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is N.K. Jemisin's "The Fifth Season." Here are some questions to guide your reading.

By Elizabeth Flock

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‘The Fifth Season’ is June’s pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club

In N.K. Jemisin's Hugo Award-winning fantasy novel "The Fifth Season," the world is menaced by environmental catastrophe, and its inhabitants struggle to survive.

By Elizabeth Flock

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World Jul 21

Audio shows UK navy trying to thwart Iran from seizing ship

By Aya Batrawy, Gregory Katz, Associated Press

World Jul 21

Japan’s ruling coalition secures upper house majority

By Mari Yamaguchi, Kaori Hitomi, Associated Press

World Jul 21

Hong Kong residents deface Chinese emblem in latest protest

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Politics Jul 20

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By Hope Yen, Amanda Seitz, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

Politics Jul 20

Mueller’s testimony poses risk for Trump, but also Democrats

By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

Health Jul 20

How to exercise in the summer without heat exhaustion

By Scott Lear, The Conversation

Nation Jul 20

Hot weather is intensifying hold on much of East, Central US

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

World Jul 20

War-weakened South Sudan tries to prepare for Ebola

By Sam Mednick, Associated Press

World Jul 20

Famed architect Cesar Pelli dies at 92

By Jennifer Peltz, Susan Haigh, Associated Press

Nation Jul 20

Nation marks 50 years after Apollo 11’s ‘giant leap’ on moon

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

World Jul 20

Iran tanker seizure linked to earlier act by UK marines

By Gregory Katz, Associated Press

Buzz Aldrin sets up a seismology experiment during the Apollo 11 mission to detect lunar "moonquakes." Photo by NASA

Science Jul 19

Why a sustainable future may depend on humans returning to the moon

By Nsikan Akpan

Judy Woodruff interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

World Jul 19

WATCH: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says military conflict with U.S. not ‘inevitable’

By Layla Quran

A white nationalist carries the Confederate flag as he walks past counter demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017. Photo by: Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Nation Jul 19

3 sentenced for violence at Virginia white nationalist rally

By Associated Press

Politics Jul 19

Trump administration trying to help free rapper A$AP Rocky from Swedish police custody

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

World Jul 19

UK foreign secretary says 2 vessels seized by Iran

By Associated Press

Nation Jul 19

Over 3,000 federal inmates released under criminal justice overhaul

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

An Apollo 11 mission patch is seen on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission launch at the "Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission" exhibit at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. Photo by Lindsey Wasson/Reuters

Arts Jul 19

5 ways to relive the excitement of the Apollo 11 moon landing

By Elizabeth Flock

Nation Jul 19

WATCH: Trump meets with Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins

World Jul 19

Iran says it’s seized a British oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

By Robert Burns, Amir Vahdat, David Rising, Associated Press