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Public media is not a perfect system, but it may be the best chance for local journalists in a news ecosystem that is rapidly degrading. WHQR News Director Ben Schachtman makes the case for it in the middle of a pledge drive — when the whole thing seems a little fragile, but also urgently necessary.

U.S. conducts another strike against Iran, Democrats are hopeful about their chances to retake GOP-held Senate seats, a town in eastern DRC is emerging as the epicenter of the latest Ebola outbreak.

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Nick Aldworth, a former U.K. counterterrorism national coordinator, about the investigation into a suspected bomb plot near U.S. operations at an air base in England.

From Nobel Prize-winning research to the Laffer Curve, Scabby the Rat, Veblen's peacock, and more — the economic ideas and inside jokes hiding throughout Planet Money's new board game.

Severe heat is forcing Independence Day event organizers across the country to change and even cancel festivities.

As part of America's 250th birthday celebrations, IndyCar is holding a race on the streets around the National Mall in Washington, D.C. this weekend.

Community colleges are often charged with training students for the jobs that already exist in their communities. But what if the jobs that need filling are at a data center?

Several goats at Farm Adventures in Iredell County have tested positive for rabies and may have been in direct contact with people at events while infected.

The USDA's flagship agricultural research lab could close this week. Scientists warn that could hurt U.S. food supply.

President Trump will be the first president to oversee an IndyCar race in Washington, D.C. — the next in the country's 250th birthday celebrations.