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Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has died from cancer at age 61. He was serving a jail term for trying to overthrow China's government.

Turkey is marking the one-year anniversary this week of an attempted coup against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. NPR has the story of one victim of the Turkish government's sweeping crackdown after last year's attempted coup.

For her project, "Stains on the Sidewalk," photographer Amy Berbert is memorializing each murder in Baltimore last year with a photograph taken on the "same day, same time, same place."

Police were chasing a man who was hiding in an attic space in a woman's apartment. The woman said he wasn't inside. Then a neighbor called police when a man fell through the ceiling into the shower.

Customers at an ATM in Texas got a curious extra with their cash. Along with a receipt, they got a little slip of scribbled-on white paper. It was a plea for help from the man trapped inside.

We first met Desiree Armas back in January. She graduated with honors from high school, but her home state of New Jersey doesn't allow state financial aid for students in the country illegally.

Steve Inskeep talks with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., about the latest in the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian election interference, and developments about Donald Trump Jr.

Governor Snyder signs the 2018 budget. Late Comstock fire chief Ed Switalkski is named Michigan Fire Chief of the Year. Switchblades are legal now.…

There were many great moments at Wimbledon this week — including off the tennis court — thanks to Andy Murray.

It's not Shakespearean but the no-nonsense leading lady of the new movie Lady Macbeth lives up to her name.