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Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tests the stage ahead of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 19, 2024.

America's first second gentleman gets his turn on center stage tonight

As Vice President Harris tries to become the first female president, her husband, Doug Emhoff would make history too — as the first, first gentleman.

Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at the 46th International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on Aug. 13 in Los Angeles.

Tim Walz made an impression in China, students and teachers say

Vice President Harris’ running mate has lived in China and traveled there many times. His relationship with the country has been under scrutiny, especially from Republicans.

The Democratic National Committee projects images on Trump International Hotel in Chicago on Aug. 18, 2024 ahead of the party's convention this week.

How Democrats learned to love Project 2025

It's written by conservatives, for conservatives. Democrats are using this obscure document as a tool to motivate supporters. It's front and center at the Democratic National Convention this week.

'A Wilder Shore' charts the course of a famous bohemian marriage

Camille Peri's lively and substantive dual biography of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson offers a glimpse of their unconventional marriage — and an inspiration for living fearlessly.

When an earthquake struck in 1989, Julia locked eyes with a stranger and embraced

Julia Weber was walking home from work one day in San Francisco when an earthquake struck. She rode it out in the arms of a stranger.

Artist Jim Wilsterman created the stainless steel clouds that encircle the Helix and Padre Dam Municipal Water Disctricts tower in East County. It was part of a public art project in the mid-1990s. Dec. 13, 2023

East County water tower: Monstrosity or provocative public art?

Revisiting the East County water tower Cloud Project and its controversy.

A scene from a Ukrainian production of <em>The Witch of Konotop.</em> At the window, Olena, played by Mariia Rudynska, is the love interest of the main character but does not love him back. And a three-witch chorus is seen right.

A dark musical comedy about witches has Ukraine enthralled. Here's why

Witches are having a moment in Ukraine. Now they have taken center stage in a dark musical comedy titled The Witch of Konotop, with performances selling out all summer in Kyiv.

A photograph of <em>Hillbilly Elegy </em>by JD Vance.

'Hillbilly Elegy' is back in the spotlight. These Appalachians write a different tale

NPR spoke with Appalachian fiction and nonfiction writers about this moment and how they are building a tapestry of what they know as home.

Sculptures representing charred chimneys rising from the smoldering rubble of burned-out buildings make up the centennial memorial of the 1908 race riot, entitled <em>Acts of Intolerance</em> by Preston Jackson, on March 22, 2023, in Springfield, Ill.

Biden designates the site of 1908 Springfield, Ill., race riot as a national monument

In 1908, a white lynch mob of thousands terrorized a Black neighborhood in Springfield, Ill. The events were so horrific they led to the founding of the NAACP.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., addresses a crowd in Niceville, Fla.

In Florida primary, Matt Gaetz is fighting a battle over the future identity of the GOP

Gaetz is in a primary fight tied to ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the latest salvo in an ongoing war. Gaetz led that ouster. Now his district encapsulates a GOP intraparty clash that fuels dysfunction on the House floor and the campaign trail.

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