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Boeing is in talks to buy Spirit AeroSystems, the supplier that builds the fuselage of the 737 at its factory in Wichita, Kan. Courtesy of Spirit AeroSystems hide caption

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Wichita Air Capital

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On weekends, Philadelphia's Center City has fully rebounded to its pre-pandemic volume of people out and about. Other cities are also seeing after-hours activity rebound with a vengeance. Jumping Rocks/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption

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Caitlin Clark, the heralded Indiana Fever rookie, signs autographs after a game against the Washington Mystics that was attended by more than 20,000 fans, the highest attendance for a WNBA game in 17 years. Greg Fiume/Getty Images hide caption

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This image shows Capt. John Sax, one of five U.S. Marines killed in 2022 when their MV-22B Osprey crashed in California. Over the last two years, four Osprey crashes have killed a total of 20 service members. On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, the House subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing into the Osprey's safety record and Pentagon management of the program. Courtesy Amber Sax/AP hide caption

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In this image provided by the Baker County Sheriff's Office, responders aid in rescue efforts after a vehicle went into an embankment on U.S. Forest Service Road 39 on June 3, 2024, in Oregon. A dog helped his owner get rescued after the crash by traveling nearly four miles to the campsite where the man was staying with family, which alerted them that something was wrong, authorities said. (Baker County Sheriff's Office via AP) Baker County Sheriff's Office/AP hide caption

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This city-run shelter for migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, is next to an international bridge that connects with El Paso, Texas. Michelle Jokisch Polo/ WKAR/Michelle Jokisch Polo/WKAR hide caption

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How Biden's asylum policy is affecting one Venezuelan family

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The Rev. James Lawson, an architect of the Civil Rights Movement who preached nonviolent protest, has died. He's shown here speaking to union workers in 2011 on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images North America hide caption

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LAWSON, JAMES

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The American Flag waves before a game between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Tulane Green Wave on September 17, 2005 at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. Ronald Martinez
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Migrants walk to the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry for a CBP One meeting in Nogales, Arizona on Friday, June 7, 2024. Ash Ponders for NPR hide caption

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Biden's policies aimed at curbing illegal migration face many challenges

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U.S. President Joe Biden greets President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during a welcome ceremony as part of the '2023 North American Leaders' Summit at Palacio Nacional on January 09, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Librarian Sabrina Jesram arranges a display of books during Banned Books Week at a public library branch in New York City on Sept. 23, 2022. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption

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What’s a book ban anyway? Depends on who you ask

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[StateImpact OK] ESSER after-school programs

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Students continue to miss large amounts of school, but parents aren't concerned. Yunyi Dai for NPR hide caption

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Some states are seeing chronic absenteeism soar to more than 40% of students

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American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., in 1999. Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has a parole hearing Monday, June 10, 2024. Joe Ledford/The Kansas City Star/AP hide caption

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Students listen to their teacher during their first day of transitional kindergarten at Tustin Ranch Elementary School in Tustin, CA, August 11, 2021. (Photo by Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images) MediaNews Group/Orange County Re/MediaNews Group via Getty Images hide caption

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COVID Funding Is Ending For Schools. What Will it Mean for Students?

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A trash can overflows as people sit outside of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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Your future's in the trash can: How the plastic industry promoted waste to make money

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Corey Harris went viral for driving his car during a virtual court appearance. It turns out, he was never eligible to drive in the first place. Video courtesy Honorable Judge Cedric Simpson/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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Clockwise from top left: Gabriella Garbero of St. Louis, Karen Williams of Philadelphia, Ryan Rodriguez of Atlanta and Courteze Goods of Baltimore have all have disabilities and have tried to live responsibly. But then Social Security cut off much-needed benefit checks. Neeta Satam, Kriston Jae Bethel, Alyssa Pointer and Rosem Morton for NPR hide caption

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Supplemental Security Income rules can limit the people the program is meant to help

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