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The idea for a cancer "moonshot" did not originate with President Biden. Medical philanthropist Mary Lasker gets much of the credit. She was the first to push the idea 50 years ago.

Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss was wounded in the Kabul airport bombing and later died. He's believed to be the last American fatality of the war. "If he had a crystal ball, he'd do it again," his wife said.

Residents across the waterlogged Northeast began cleaning up while remnants of Tropical Storm Henri threatened further flooding in New England as the system made a slow trek back to the sea.

The Patriot Freedom Project has raised around $900,000 to support alleged Jan. 6 Capitol rioters. The group says the funds support defendants, but families have raised concerns about transparency.

NPR Music's Ann Powers moderates the first-time meeting of far-flung soulmates. Hurray for the Riff Raff's new album was inspired, in part, by adrienne maree brown's book Emergent Strategy.

Biz Markie died Friday night after months of health issues.

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The trailblazing singer, who broke the color barrier at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955, is remembered in a deluxe new release of albums and images.

Last year a Black-owned Texas brewery asked the craft industry to take their beer, Black is Beautiful, and use the proceeds to support equality, inclusion and social justice reform. It worked.

Business owners who rely on seasonal foreign workers coming to the U.S. on H-2B visas are struggling to find help they need for what's expected to be a busy summer.