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In this image taken from video, shoppers load purchased items into their vehicle Monday, July 31, 2023, at a Walmart in Lincolnton, N.C., where police say migrant workers were intentionally hit by an SUV in the parking lot of the store a day earlier.

An SUV strikes 6 migrant workers in Walmart parking lot in North Carolina

Police are still working to identify the vehicle and driver in the Sunday afternoon incident.

Greetings from a Paris park, where a lone sequoia tree is a marvel to behold

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

Steven Lopez listens during a court hearing, July 25, 2022, in New York. Lopez, a co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five, whose convictions in a notorious 1989 rape of a jogger were thrown out more than a decade later, had his conviction on a related charge overturned Monday.

A 6th teenager charged in the 1989 Central Park jogger case is exonerated

A co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five, whose convictions in the notorious rape of a jogger were thrown out more than a decade later, had his conviction on a related charge overturned.

Park Service erases 'transgender' on Stonewall website, uses the term 'LGB' movement

The website deleted all mentions of "transgender" and "queer" in its history of the Stonewall riots, and only referred to the riots' impact on lesbian, gay and bisexual people.

Orbital Reef is a new commercial space station that Blue Origin says will be operational by the end of the decade. It's seen here in a promotional photo released by the company.

Blue Origin says it will build an orbiting mixed-use business park in space

By the end of the 2020s, Blue Origin says its planned Orbital Reef commercial space station will become "the premier mixed-use space station in low Earth orbit for commerce, research, and tourism."

The view from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The mountain is the tallest peak in the park and sits on the Tennessee-North Carolina border. It's sacred to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who hope to see the name of the mountain changed to Kuwahi, which their ancestors called the mountain for hundreds of years.

Cherokee tribe supports renaming Clingmans Dome in Smoky Mountains National Park

The Cherokee Indians referred to the mountain as Kuwahi for hundreds of years, long before it was dubbed Clingmans Dome in 1859.

Naida Lavon, 67, lives in her minivan after losing her housing and being furloughed from her job.

For Portland, Ore., Woman, Home These Days Is Where She Parks Her Minivan

Naida Lavon, 67, was recently furloughed from her job because of the pandemic and lost her housing in March. Now, she lives out of her minivan as she navigates the changed world around her.

Meteorologists Confirm Tornado In Pinellas Park As Strong Winds Hammer Tampa Bay

A tornado touched down in Pinellas Park on Thursday night, downing trees, billboards and power lines while ripping roofs off houses. Construction cranes...

Ten people were killed and 10 more were injured at a dance studio near a Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday night. Here, a woman is seen praying for victims outside Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, Calif., on Monday.

New details emerge in the Monterey Park, California shooting that left 11 dead

Authorities say they are searching for a motive for the deadly mass shooting that took place over the weekend in a city east of Los Angeles at the beginning of the Lunar New Year.

A half dozen horses run through sagebrush with the Grand Teton mountains in the background.

Wyoming offers to sell land to Grand Teton park -- or it could go to developers

Wyoming lawmakers have given two years for the Grand Teton National Park to buy the Kelly Parcel for $100 million. But the pristine land has become a bargaining chip for other things, too.

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