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<em>Law & Order</em> actor Sam Waterston, shown here in 2016, also co-stars in the Netflix series<em> Grace and Frankie </em>and in the Hulu series <em>The Dropout</em>.

Sam Waterston returns to 'Law & Order,' glad to be working into his 80s

Waterston joined the cast of the original NBC series in 1994 on a one-year contract. He wound up staying 16 years, until the series wrapped in 2010. Now the show's back — and so is he.

Why The Racial Wealth Gap Is So Hard To Close

A new study shows the simple math of why — absent radical measures — America's racial wealth gap won't be closing anytime soon.

Flag-draped transfer cases line the inside of a C-17 Globemaster II, prior to a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The fallen service members died while supporting non-combat operations in Kabul. Aug. 29, 2021.

Remains Of Camp Pendleton Soldiers Arrive At Dover Air Force Base

The 10 U.S. service members based in Camp Pendleton were among the 13 killed in a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.

Volunteers, many of them forced to flee the war in other parts of Ukraine, pack meals for members of the country's Territorial Defense Forces in Moderna restaurant in Dnipro, Ukraine.

With front lines on 3 sides, Ukraine's Dnipro sharpens its focus on the war

The city, an island of relative safety surrounded by fighting, has become a hub for humanitarian aid and for people fleeing the war in the Donbas and other parts of Ukraine.

The cleared lot where the collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building once stood in Surfside, Fla. A total of 98 people died when the building partially collapsed on June 24, 2021.

A Surfside condo collapse grand jury report calls for immediate reforms

The report comes six months after the horrific collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo building that killed 98 people, and warns of future catastrophes if changes are not immediately instituted.

Smoke fills the sky along Adobe Falls Road in San Diego, June 3, 2018. Photo taken from Lake Murray area.

Supervisors Request Alternatives For Air Pollution Data Collection Program

Citing privacy concerns, San Diego County supervisors balked Wednesday at a pollution-reduction plan that in part would read vehicle license plates to pinpoint sources of polluting emissions.

Flags fly over the state capitol, Friday, Feb.11, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Republican lawmakers there are working to restrict drag shows in the state.

At least 9 GOP-led state legislatures want to restrict or criminalize drag shows

Lawmakers in Tennessee are advancing a bill that would restrict drag show performances in the state. This bill and others like it threaten the LGBTQ community as well as businesses, critics say.

Ernie, a Muppet from the popular children's series <em>Sesame Street</em>, appears with new character Ji-Young, the first Asian American Muppet, on the set of the long-running children's program in New York on Nov. 1.

This 'Sesame Street' kid is now the Muppeteer for its first Asian American character

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kathleen Kim, the puppeteer behind Ji-Young, the show's newest Muppet. Kim, born to Korean immigrants, says she grew up watching the show herself.

Even before the wave of labor organizing took off at Starbucks, independently owned coffeehouses in cities across the U.S. were becoming hot spots for union drives.

One unionized. The other did not. How 2 Milwaukee cafés were changed by union drives

A barista-led labor movement has dealt challenges to coffee shop owners, and not just Howard Schultz. In Milwaukee, two independently owned cafés faced union drives with two very different outcomes.

The San Diego VA Medical Center in La Jolla is shown on Sept. 26, 2019.

House OKs bill to rename San Diego's VA center after soldier killed in action

Rep. Mike Levin, D-Oceanside, wrote the legislation to rename the center after Capt. Jennifer M. Moreno, who died in Afghanistan in October 2013.

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