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Walking On Water Café owner, Chuck Fisher walks down the OB Pier in Ocean Beach, CA on May 28, 2021.

OB Pier Partially Opens Just In Time For The Holiday Weekend

The iconic Ocean Beach Pier partially opened Friday, for the first time since January.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, jogs onto his rocket landing pad ahead of his trip to the edge on Space on Tuesday. When top executives like Bezos have dangerous hobbies, there's often little company boards can do.

Why Companies Can't Stop Top Execs From Blasting Off To Space or Flying Fighter Jets

Corporate boards often try, but fail, to rein in CEOs and other top execs like Jeff Bezos from risky hobbies — like traveling to the edge of space.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flashes a victory sign to the crowd from a helicopter as he leaves after an election rally ahead of state elections in Muradabad, India, Tuesday, Feb.8, 2022.

Indian state begins voting in key test for PM Narendra Modi's ruling party

The state polls in Uttar Pradesh – India's most populous with over 230 million people – are a test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party ahead of general elections in 2024.

Robert Santos, president of the American Statistical Association, has been approved to lead the U.S. Census Bureau as its new Senate-confirmed director through 2026.

The Senate has confirmed the 1st Latino to lead the U.S. census, Robert Santos

Robert Santos, one of the country's leading statisticians, is set to lead the Census Bureau through 2026 during key preparations for the next head count that forms U.S. democracy's foundations.

Dr. Francis Collins, left, and Dr. Anthony Fauci are two of the most public faces of the U.S. fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

In The '24th Mile' Of A Marathon, Fauci And Collins Reflect On Their Pandemic Year

Dr. Francis Collins and Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health discuss their fight against "egregious" distortions of reality and when they think life will start to feel more normal.

A scene from <em>Midwives</em>: A baby whose face is adorned with thanaka — a kind of sunscreen made from wood bark.

Sundance prize goes to 'Midwives' — about a Buddhist midwife and her Muslim apprentice

The documentary follows a Buddhist and a Muslim — who don't always get along — as they provide health care to Muslim women and children despite growing political and religious tensions in Myanmar.

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, is pictured on Capitol Hill in September. Collins tells NPR that scientists from the FDA have been closely analyzing data from vaccine trials to determine safety.

NIH Director Predicts Vaccinations Will Start This Month

Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, says people in some of the highest-risk groups will likely be starting vaccinations this month.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen as President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington.

5 takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address

The president drew a clear distinction with House Republicans, baiting them into several moments of hectoring, while seemingly getting them to agree to not cut Social Security or Medicare.

NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speak during at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Totenberg and Ginsburg met in the 1970s and remained friends until Ginsburg's death in 2020.

Nina Totenberg looks back on her decades-long friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The NPR legal affairs correspondent met the future SCOTUS justice in the early '70s, when Totenberg interviewed Ruth Bader Ginsburg for a story about a decision pertaining to women's rights.

Photographer Lola Flash is honored for creating images that challenge invisibility

Lola Flash has challenged gender, sexual and racial preconceptions, and in the '80s was a key figure in ACT UP. Now she's being honored for sustained achievement.

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