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These are some headlines from across the country and abroad from National Public Radio that have appeared here on KASU.org. See more headlines at NPR.org.
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A police commando stands guard at the High Court complex ahead of a verdict related to the 2019 Easter bombings in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026.
Eranga Jayawardane
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AP
Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over deadly 2019 Easter bombings
The Associated Press
The Islamic State group-inspired attacks were among the deadliest in Sri Lanka's history, killing 42 foreigners.
The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House is seen in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 21, 2026.
Alex Wroblewski
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AFP via Getty Images
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump. And, Paramount settles in massive merger lawsuit
Brittney Melton
Yemen's Houthi armed forces patrol as Yemeni prisoners loyal to the Houthi authorities arrive in the capital Sanaa on Sep. 12, after being released on the west coast where they were being held by Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces.
Mohammed Huwais
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AFP via Getty Images
Houthis try to push deeper into western Yemen, upending life, witnesses tell NPR
Aya Batrawy
A clipping of hair labeled as Thomas Jefferson's in the collections of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello, his primary home and plantation.
Hugh Talman/Smithsonian
Education and Community Culture
New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings
Michel Martin, Adriana Gallardo
Tristan Buckmaster is a mathematician at New York University. He poses for a portrait in his office in Manhattan on September 11, 2026. Buckmaster and his collaborator Levent Alpöge have been working on the Navier-Stokes equations. They are clashing with OpenAI, which claims to have cracked the equations.
Karsten Moran/for The Washington Post
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Getty Images
Education and Community Culture
AI solved one of math's hardest problems. Humanity learned nothing (so far)
Geoff Brumfiel

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A man places a photograph of Nolan Xavier Wells in front of the podium before a news conference at McCormick Place in Chicago, on July 22. Wells, an 18-year-old Mississippi college student, was found dead after a boat trip with friends on July 4.
Octavio Jones
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AFP via Getty Images
Public Safety and Social Justice
Grand jury finds no evidence of criminal conduct in the death of Nolan Wells
Elise Gregg
A grand jury found Wells' cause of death "consistent with drowning," and decided not to bring indictments. The teenager was found dead on Horn Island, after he boated there with friends to celebrate Independence Day.
FILE - Diana, Princess of Wales waves to the crowd as she leaves the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Sydney Australia, Friday, Nov. 1, 1996.
RICK RYCROFT
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AP
New book by Princess Diana's brother prompts war of words with King Charles III
The Associated Press
The sun creates a "Chicagohenge" effect in Chicago, as the sun rises and falls straight down streets such as Kinzie and Madison one or two days each year, as seen here on Sept. 22, 2017.
Bilgin S. Sasmaz
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Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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What the equinox 'henge' effect tells us about U.S. cities
Bill Chappell
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