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NASA is about to launch the first mission of its new planetary defense office. A spacecraft will attempt to knock a small asteroid off course by ramming into it.

No coin shortage here: While it's closed for the pandemic, the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores has drained a 30-foot waterfall and cleaned off 100 gallons of pocket change.

NR's Steve Inskeep gets an update from NPR's Becky Sullivan, who's in France, about what to watch for in the Games.

NPR's A Martínez asks veteran political analyst and pollster Frank Luntz how Kamala Harris' entry into the presidential race might affect the fight for control of Congress.

Incumbent socialist leader Nicolas Maduro is running for a third term amid the country's grave economic crisis and an increasingly authoritarian political climate.

Every four years, the Olympics puts a spotlight on gymnastics. But for boys in many parts of the U.S., it's hard to even find a place to learn the sport.

Republicans are attacking Kamala Harris for being soft on crime. But her record as a district attorney and California attorney general isn't so simple.

Venezuela's electoral authorities made it official: Socialist President Nicolás Maduro will be in office for another six years. Opposition leaders are crying foul as protests break out.

Gov. Newsom is encouraging cities and counties to do the same. The move comes a month after a Supreme Court ruling made it easier to force people to move even if they have nowhere else to go.

So, you've grown a pumpkin that weighs over 1,000 pounds. What now? For Rick Swenson, competitive pumpkin grower, the answer was clear: Get in and paddle it down the river as far as it'll go.