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FILE - This combination of photos shows Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich at the Moscow City Court in Moscow and the Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg, from top left to right, on April 18, 2023, Sept. 19, 2023, Oct. 10, 2023, and from bottom left to right, on Dec. 14, 2023, April 23, 2024, July 19, 2024. A Russian court convicted Gershkovich on espionage charges that his employer and the U.S. have rejected as fabricated. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison Friday, July 19, after a secretive and rapid trial in the country's highly politicized legal system. (AP Photo, File)

US, Russia work biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, Gershkovich, Whelan now free

The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational deal that set two dozen people free, the White House said.Astonishing in scope, the trade followed years of secretive back-channel negotiations despite relations between Washington and Moscow being at their lowest point since the Cold War after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Photographing the assassination attempt of former President Trump

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with photojournalist Doug Mills about the viral photograph he took of what appears to be a bullet passing by former President Donald Trump's head at yesterday's rally.

Obama's campaign echoes as Milwaukee delegates go to the DNC

Milwaukee delegates head to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. This DNC is drawing comparisons to the campaign that launched Barack Obama’s presidency.

ExxonMobil sued over plastic pollution. And, nearly 500 killed in Israeli strikes

California is suing ExxonMobil for allegedly misleading the public for decades about the recyclability of plastic. And, Israeli strikes in Lebanon yesterday left nearly 500 people dead.

2nd apparent assassination attempt on Trump: Everything we know so far

The FBI is investigating a second apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump Sunday. The gunman was about 300 to 500 yards from Trump with an AK-style rifle with scope.

As conflict on Israel's northern border grows, residents agonize over whether to stay

The pace of attacks across the Lebanon border has quickened since a strike in Beirut killed a Hamas official. Some residents have vowed to stay. Others wonder whether it's time to move away for good.

Spillways from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers will look like this on Saturday morning when the Army Corps of Engineers open the floodgates on the spillways to the east and west, and to Lake Worth Lagoon to the south

Lowering Lake Okeechobee before the rainy season is going to be a rush

The Army Corps of Engineers is planning to open three spillways in the dike surrounding Lake Okeechobee this weekend

Combative billionaire Bill Ackman uses bare-knuckle boardroom tactics in a wider war

Hedge fund boss Bill Ackman has fought bitter battles in corporate boardrooms. He fights with lengthy public letters and for years. He's taking those tactics to Ivy League universities and the media.

SS United States, record-setting ocean liner, makes its final voyage

The SS United States, a record-breaking 1950s ocean liner, may soon sail from Philadelphia to the Gulf. NPR explored this ship, a relic of the grand liners that once connected North America with Europe.

Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow and Tinman on the yellow brick road as the good witch, Glinda, watches over them.

Fort Myers Theatre's 'Oz' surprises audiences with gorgeous wicked witch and Winkies dance

Director Robin Dawn Ryan has included numerous surprises in her production of "The Wizard of Oz," including a gorgeous wicked witch and the Winkies dance done under a black light.

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