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Tens of thousands of listeners voted in the All Songs Considered poll for the year's best CDs.

The relentless series of storms caused deaths or damage from the Plains to Canada to New England. Hundreds of thousands of people lost power and air conditioning during days of sweltering heat.

Biologists and researchers in New York have noticed a disturbing trend: an increase in lead-related deaths.

The region played a key role in the Underground Railroad. Today, thousands of asylum seekers who came to the U.S. are heading north, too.

Authorities in the United Kingdom say they have arrested more than 20 people in a terror plot to plant bombs on airliners headed to the United States. Police say the suspects were planning to carry liquid explosives onto as many as 10 planes, and detonate them in mid-air. Experts and callers look at the science behind the alleged plot.

Gun control advocates and some NRA members had called for the cancelation or postponement of the event.

Manuel and Patricia Oliver co-founded the gun reform group Change the Ref after losing their son Joaquin in the 2018 Parkland shooting.

Óscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez was trying to bring his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, to safety and a new life in the U.S.

More than 1,000 people are serving life sentences in Pennsylvania, even though they never intended to kill anyone — 70% of them are Black. A lawsuit calls the concept cruel and unconstitutional.

As international leaders convene in Paris to talk about solutions for climate change, one tribe on the Washington coast reluctantly plans its retreat from the encroaching Pacific Ocean.