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NPR's Scott Simon remembers Alexei Navalny. The Russian opposition leader died Friday in a penal colony.

About half those injured in the Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting were children. With such incidents continuing to happen, some parents now think twice about bringing kids to big, crowded events.

An Oklahoma country station made news this week when it briefly refused to play a Beyoncé song. It's a resonant tale for the Black and women musicians who have tried to crack the format for decades.

As Americans struggle to find affordable housing, cities are realizing their own rules have made it too hard and expensive to build the homes they need. Now, some cities are trying to change that.

The coal plant, which is owned by Granite Shore Power, has tried four times to retest its emissions system since February 2023, but it says it’s faced operational issues on every occasion.

Ringwald breaks free from "mom purgatory" in Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. John Powers reviews Perfect Days. From Freaks and Geeks to Mean Girls, Busy Philipps gives voice to teen concerns.

Lawmakers grilled the head of the VA home loan program this week about a self-inflicted error with the department's COVID forbearance program that left thousands of veterans in danger of foreclosure.

The United Auto Workers union said Friday that nearly 9,000 workers at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville will strike on Feb. 23 if a local contract dispute is not resolved.

It's Russia's first significant battlefield win since last May. The White House said Ukrainian soldiers pulled out because they had "dwindling supplies as a result of congressional inaction."

An explosion in a Washington, D.C., suburb leveled a home where firefighters were investigating a gas leak. One firefighter was killed and nine other firefighters injured. Two civilians were injured.