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While in China to cover President Trump's visit to meet with leader Xi Jinping, host of NPR and WBUR's Here & Now Scott Tong spent time learning about a difficult chapter in his family's history.

Motivated to avenge their families in China, Uyghur mercenaries became valued fighting partners for Syria's rebels. Their participation helped Syria's new president ultimately win Syria's civil war.

Amy Clampitt was named a MacArthur genius in 1992. Today, the home she bought with her award money is used to house rising poets in tuition-free residencies.

Netflix's foray into live boxing, with the bout between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, attracted millions of viewers but was marked by technical glitches.

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks to the acclaimed poet, Gioconda Belli, one of more than 300 Nicaraguans stripped of their citizenship earlier this month.

A newly published series of reports calls attention to a dire situation facing millions of women after childbirth — and the solutions that can prevent death from postpartum hemorrhage.

David Bianculli offers an appreciation of the star of Newhart and The Bob Newhart Show, who died July 18. In 1998, Newhart told Terry Gross that his signature stammer was not an affect.

A 13-year-old Palestinian girl was shot and killed by a security guard at a West Bank settlement after she attempted to stab him, according to Israeli police.

The class of 2021 has had a strange senior year. Three teens, Gerald Burton, Emily McNichol, and Kimberly Rochin, talk about the weirdness and what they actually learned about life and themselves.

When Morning Edition asked millennials what their concerns are, almost two-thirds responded college debt. David Greene talks to three women, who are wading through massive college debts.