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An Update On Taiwan And China's Troubled Relationship

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to China military expert Oriana Skylar Mastro about escalating tensions between China and Taiwan.

Roger Stone leaves federal court after a sentencing hearing in February in Washington, D.C.

Trump Commutes Sentence Of Longtime Friend And Adviser Roger Stone

The president has used his clemency power to spare Stone a prison sentence following his conviction in federal court. It's the latest official intercession in a case involving a Trump friend.

The American Government Once Offered Widely Affordable Child Care ... 77 Years Ago

Affordable, quality child care was hard to come by even before the pandemic and now even more so. It's not for a lack of ideas about how to fix it. Is this the moment those ideas are taken seriously?

Employees work in a call center run by Uttar Pradesh state police in Lucknow, India, in April.

Trump's Freeze On H-1B Work Visas Disproportionately Affects Indians

Last year, Indians received 72% of H-1B visas. Thousands who'd planned to come to the U.S. this year must scrap or delay their plans. But some suggest the freeze may work to India's advantage.

Lachlan Morton, pictured in 2014, is the latest person to set a record "Everesting" on a bicycle.

Lachlan Morton Sets A Bicycling 'Everesting' Record

More and more bicyclists are breaking records of "Everesting": climbing the height equal to Mount Everest by riding a single hill, up and down, over and over again.

In this October 2018 photo U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with State Councilor Yang Jiechi, China's top diplomat, in Beijing. The two met Wednesday in Hawaii as relations between the U.S. and China continue to deteriorate.

Pompeo And China's Top Diplomat Meet In Hawaii As Relations Worsen

Neither the U.S. nor China publicly announced the meeting in advance and it was not clear which side had proposed it.

Two statues were torn down outside the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison.

Unrest In Madison, Wis., Overnight Leaves Statues Toppled, State Senator Injured

A Democratic state senator was assaulted after snapping a photo of protests. The unrest was sparked by the arrest of a Black man after he brought a bat and bullhorn into a restaurant.

Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was fatally shot at point-blank range on one of the busiest streets in downtown Stockholm as he and his wife, Lisbet, were leaving a movie theater on Feb. 28, 1986.

Prosecutors In Sweden Finally Close Case On 1986 Assassination Of Olof Palme

Chief prosecutor Krister Petersson identified a now-deceased graphic designer, Stig Engström, as the the Swedish prime minister's assassin. Engström has long been a person of interest.

Reddit announced on Monday that it has banned the popular subreddit for Trump fans called the_Donald. Reddit previously had taken action against the forum over posting content that violated its rules.

Reddit Bans The_Donald, Forum Of Nearly 800,000 Trump Fans, Over Abusive Posts

Reddit unveiled an update to its hate speech policies on Monday, including shutting down about 2,000 subreddits. It is the latest example of a popular online platform cracking down on hate speech.

Soul singer and songwriter William Bell — one of Stax Records' earliest stars — is one of this year's recipients of an NEA National Heritage Fellowship.

The NEA Announces Its 2020 National Heritage Fellowship Winners

A soul singer from Atlanta, an Iroquois bead artist, West African dancers and an Armenian vocalist are among this year's recipients of National Heritage Fellowship

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