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Tony Rice, A Giant Of The Acoustic Guitar, Dead At 69

Tony Rice first gained attention as a member of J.D. Crowe's boundary-pushing New South. Rice took it even further in the David Grisman Quintet. But the road took a toll on Rice.

A U.S. military aircraft takes off at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday. President Biden warned another attack at the airport is "highly likely."

U.S. Warns Of 'Specific, Credible Threat' Near The Kabul Airport

After President Biden said another terrorist attack on the airport is "highly likely," the State Department warned Americans to leave the area.

From left: Cati Bennett, Frank Ruiz, Carla Stickler, Jack Elliot and Kristin Zawatski transformed their lives as a result of the pandemic.

The pandemic pushed people to reevaluate their jobs. Meet 5 who reinvented themselves

Morning Edition spoke with people who changed their jobs and transformed their lives as a result of the pandemic, from a Broadway actor who entered the tech world to a mom who set more boundaries.

A Department of Corrections officer guards the main entryway leading into San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., July 24, 2019.

US Judge May Require Vaccines For California Prison Staff

A federal judge is considering ordering all California prison employees and inmate firefighters to be vaccinated.

San Diego police officers Jonathan De Guzman, left, and Wade Irwin.

Jury recommends death for man who shot, killed San Diego police officer

San Diego Superior Court Judge Frederick Link will decide at sentencing whether to accept the jury's recommendation. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

Marty James and a neighbor stand in front of his house in Mayfield, Ky., on Sunday after it was destroyed by a tornado.

74 are dead and 109 unaccounted for in Kentucky as states reel from tornadoes' wrath

Tornadoes over the weekend destroyed entire communities in Kentucky while leaving thousands homeless. People were also killed in Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee.

Then-Vice President Biden shakes hands with Pope Francis on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to the pope's address to a joint meeting of Congress in 2015. On Friday, Francis will welcome Biden to the Vatican for the first time since Biden took office, becoming the second Catholic president in U.S. history.

Biden's meeting with Pope Francis will be both official and deeply personal

Biden is the second Catholic U.S. president, and his faith is central in his public image. The pastor at a D.C. church where the president worships tells NPR that Biden has felt supported by Francis.

Front, left to right: Leroy Carter, Isaac Woodard, and Donald Jones, NAACP assistant field secretary. Willie Mabry, Sgt. Woodard’s cousin. in background. Likely taken while Woodard was on his speaking tour with the NAACP. October, 1946.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Blinding Of Isaac Woodard

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FILE - Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations, April 28, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

At least 3 judges eyed as Biden mulls Supreme Court pick

President Joe Biden is eyeing at least three judges for an expected vacancy on the Supreme Court, and each of them would fulfill his campaign pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court.

The exterior of the Washington, D.C., jail where a group of defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol are detained. The atmosphere has grown tense as they await their trials.

In a D.C. jail, Jan. 6 defendants awaiting trial are forming bitter factions

Allegations of bullying and intimidation as well as complaints about the distribution of more than a million dollars in donated funds have led to bitter conflict among Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants.

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