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Cesar Sayoc, a 56-year-old Floridian, has been charged in a case in which suspicious packages were mailed to several prominent Democrats and others.

On Sunday, 26 people were killed in a shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Since then, family and friends have started the painful process of mourning including gathering to hold vigils and prayers for those they lost.

The death of the exiled oligarch in the U.K. has prompted speculation that he might have been poisoned.

Steve Inskeep has a remembrance of Parveen Rehman, a Pakistani woman he meet there while reporting in 2008. Rehman was head of the Karachi-based Orangi Pilot Project, a research center that aids in the development of impoverished communities. She was killed on Wednesday at the age of 56.

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Miami Heat 105-94 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

Beijing officially launched its Summer Olympics with a four-hour opening ceremony that combined high-tech pyrotechnics, a celebration of China's heritage and some glittery show business. The event appeared to go off without a hitch.

Novelist Bebe Moore Campbell died Monday. She was known to many NPR listeners as a long-time commentator. Her novels about African-American life were best sellers, winning praise for their authenticity and readability, as well as their serious themes.

German police said that a 26-year-old man claimed to be behind the deadly Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary.

Liz Schlemmer is WUNC's Education Policy Reporter, a fellowship position supported by the A.J. Fletcher Foundation. She has an M.A. from the UNC Chapel Hill School of Media & Journalism and a B.A. in history and anthropology from Indiana University.

The Gallup poll, conducted after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, says that 55 percent of Americans now identify as pro-choice, up from 49 percent last year.