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Russia’s unmanned robot lander crashed after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country’s space agency Roscosmos reported. (Image credit: AP) Read More at NPR

A wind-driven wildfire in eastern Washington state has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and left one person dead, authorities said Saturday. Read More at NPR

Nearly all 20,000 residents of Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories, have evacuated, while thousands more in neighboring British Columbia have fled, too. (Image credit: Darren Hull/AFP via Getty Images) Read More at NPR

As more research shows how noise pollution can have severely harmful impacts on our health, there is a growing movement looking for ways to make communities quieter and healthier. Read More at NPR

NPR’s Pien Huang speaks to Jennifer Gray Thompson, founder and CEO of After the Fire USA, about what to expect from long-term recovery after a wildfire. Read More at NPR

In Maui, while crews continue the search for victims of the Lahaina fire, the governor and residents are beginning to talk about how the historic community should be rebuilt. Read More at NPR

After years of pressure to set the Miami Seaquarium orca free, Lolita was scheduled to spend her final days in her natural habitat sometime next year. On Friday, she died of a “renal condition.” (Image credit: Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty) Read More at NPR

Many residents had just finished a morning of festivities and were leaving church in Chernihiv, north of Kyiv, when a Russian missile struck the city’s center, heavily damaging a theater building. (Image credit: Anatoli Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images) Read More at NPR

We asked photographers around the world to make pictures of how the locals cope with this year’s record heat. They created some really cool images. (Image credit: Atang L.S Arnold for NPR) Read More at NPR

Besides the challenges of displacement and recovery, officials are scrambling to support the enormous mental health needs of Lahaina residents traumatized by the deadliest wildfire in modern history. Read More at NPR