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NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Buenos Aires-based journalist Natalie Alcoba about the failed assassination attempt on Argentina’s vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Read More at NPR

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Judah, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, about British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who will likely succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister. Read More at NPR

A Minneapolis school district contract drew a storm of conservative media coverage. A lawsuit alleges the district is racially discriminating against white teachers to protect teachers of color. Read More at NPR

Progress has been slow but Ukrainian military officers say U.S.-supplied rockets and training are making a difference from when NPR visited in the spring. (Image credit: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images) Read More at NPR

NPR is asking for your submissions to capture the variety of ways the new abortion laws across the country are having an impact on people’s lives. (Image credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images) Read More at NPR

NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about the CDC’s authorization of new omicron-specific booster shots. Read More at NPR

People can get the Moderna booster if they’re 18 or older, and the Pfizer-BioNTech version if they’re 12 and up. In both cases, they must wait at least two months since their last COVID vaccine. (Image credit: Stefani Reynolds/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) Read More at NPR

Este año, mientras Nicole Ogburn prepara su salón de clases, su prioridad ya no son las decoraciones. En cambio, está comprando cosas para hacer que el salón sea más seguro. (Image credit: Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR) Read More at NPR

This year, as Nicole Ogburn prepares her classroom, her first priority is not the decorations she usually spends the summer picking out. Instead, it’s buying things to make the classroom safer. (Image credit: Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR) Read More at NPR