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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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President Trump speaks as Bud Denker, president of the Penske Corporation, also in a suit and tie, applauds at a Freedom 250 Grand Prix showcase outside the White House in July.
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What to know about this weekend's IndyCar race on the National Mall
Rachel Treisman
Why is the car race in this part of D.C.? Will it be streaming? Who's paying for it? Here's what to know before the Freedom 250 Grand Prix hits the National Mall this weekend.
A trailer of wild mustangs is transported to a temporary holding facility during the federal Bureau of Land Management's wild mustang roundup in the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area in Rio Blanco County, Colo., on Aug. 5.
McKenzie Lange
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Weather, Environment, & Infrastructure
Federal government thins the herds of wild horses in Colorado
Stina Sieg
Brady O'Rourke in Crystal, Minn., holds a sign he made to block the view of a Flock camera, which tracks vehicles driving along the road. It's one of several actions Americans are taking to oppose this police surveillance technology.
Meg Anderson
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NPR
Public Safety and Social Justice
Amid intense backlash, people are vandalizing Flock surveillance cameras
Meg Anderson
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on August 20, 2026. North Korea fired around 10 short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea's military said on August 20, hours after US President Donald Trump said he would meet Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un later this year.
JUNG YEON-JE
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As Trump courts Kim, Pyongyang ups price while Seoul fears being sidelined
Anthony Kuhn
The USS Abraham Lincoln conducts U.S. blockade operations related to the Strait of Hormuz on April 16, 2026 in the Arabian Sea. The aircraft carrier is now headed homeward after reports of deteriorating conditions onboard.
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Health and Sports
As USS Lincoln heads home, mental health experts tally the stressors of life at sea
Katia Riddle

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Record cyclosporiasis outbreak tests the response of a 'weakened' health system
Yuki Noguchi
From state and local food-safety response to the federal health agencies that fund that work, a record-breaking year for cyclosporiasis cases runs up against the Trump administration's cuts last year.
Ian Stamy, 38, a sixth-generation cash-crop soybean and grain farmer, walks into his field in Mechanicsburg, Pa., on Aug. 12. Stamy pivoted to soybeans and grain because he says dairy farming was no longer turning a profit.
Michelle Gustafson for NPR
The Iran war and tariffs are costing farmers. Will Republicans pay in November?
Scott Neuman, Michael Levitt
The federal debt topped $40 trillion for the first time this week. Investors who buy government bonds are demanding higher interest rates to finance the growing debt load.
Mandel Ngan
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