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NPR's David Greene spoke with Roza Otunbayeva, who assumed leadership of Kyrgyzstan on an interim basis in April, following a bloody coup.

Steinbrenner rebuilt the Yankees into a sports empire. For more than 30 years, Steinbrenner lived up to his billing as "the Boss," a nickname he earned as he ruled with an iron fist. The Yankees won six World Series titles during his reign.

Flooding has displaced hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis, leaving many of them without shelter, or access to food and medical supplies. Punjab Province, one of the country's poorest parts, has been left in particularly bad shape.

As NPR reported earlier, the Department of Justice unsealed indictments against more than a dozen individuals, charging them with aiding al-Shabab, a Somali terrorist group.

Several news organizations report Oprah Winfrey has picked 'Freedom,' by Jonathan Franzen, for Oprah's Book Club. After comments he made about the club and show in 2001, Franzen was uninvited by Winfrey.

Suraya Dalil, Afghanistan's Acting Minister of Public Health, told NPR health care in the country is improving, but geography and security risks make wider implementation difficult.

This year's class of MacArthur Fellows, recipients of unrestricted $500,000 awards, include Matthew Carter, a type designer; Kelly Benoit-Bird, a marine biologist; and David Simon, the creator of "The Wire"

President Biden is set to announce higher capital gains taxes — the taxes owed to the U.S. government from profits made after the sale of an asset like stocks — for wealthier Americans.

An artist from Allentown, Pennsylvania, made a life-sized bust of actor Kevin Bacon out of bacon bits. It is for sale now, on eBay. All proceeds will go to charity.

Van Jones Relates To Shirley Sherrod, Worries About Attacks On Democracy

An oil rig, 90 miles off the Gulf of Mexico, is on fire, the U.S. Coast Guard reports. Thirteen people on board the rig are accounted for. An explosion was reported shortly after 10:30 a.m. ET.

After 106 years with a name many found offensive, Cleveland's baseball team will have a new moniker after this season. They will become the Guardians, a nod to a local bridge.

The new chief, Tom Manger, said the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection should not define the department and that necessary changes to its procedures have been made in the months since.

They died when a freezer malfunctioned at the Foundation Food Group's poultry plant in Gainesville, Ga., in January. OSHA cited the company and three others for failing to ensure worker safety.

Officials had vowed to continue the search for people among roughly 11 tons of rubble that remained until all missing persons had been recovered. Now firefighters have finished their search.

Federal prosecutors in New York filed a request on Friday that they be allowed to enter more evidence of uncharged crimes allegedly committed by the R&B singer in his trial next month.

The Serbian tennis star is aiming for a "golden slam" — meaning winning all four major tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in a single year. No male tennis player has ever done it.

Team USA scored big, rebounding after a disappointing loss to Sweden. The 6-1 win keeps alive the Americans' goal of becoming the first women's team to take Olympic gold after winning the World Cup.

A 21-year-old woman from China came out on top in the 10-meter air rifle competition. Qian Yang narrowly beat out a competitor from Russia and beamed as she held up her gold medal.

About 300 unarmed soldiers are joining local police in the city of 6 million to enforce coronavirus restrictions as authorities try to quell a new outbreak linked to the delta variant.