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History The Mount Rushmore we know wasn't the one originally planned Matthew Davis, author of a Mount Rushmore biography, explains how four presidents ended up on a mountain that was never meant to honor them. Gabriel J. Sánchez
World Amid smouldering wreckage, anger at Ukraine peace proposal many consider lopsided As residents of the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil face bombardment by night, and wreckage by day, they share their anger at an American peace proposal that many say favors Russia above Ukraine Eleanor Beardsley
World 50 schoolchildren escape captivity in Nigeria, more than 200 still held Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria's Niger state have escaped and are now with their families. The Associated Press
Rare Superman comic book sets new record at auction A rare comic book featuring Superman fetched over $9 million at an auction last week, making it the world's most expensive comic. Ayesha Rascoe
Remembering Rebecca Heineman, video game pioneer and LGBTQ rights advocate NPR's Ayesha Rascoe looks back at the life of video game and LGBTQ pioneer Rebecca Heineman. Ayesha Rascoe
National The Trump administration is softening its tone on FEMA NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to New York Times reporter Scott Dance about efforts to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency. President Trump's review panel failed to meet a deadline last week. Ayesha Rascoe
Economy Consumer spending is the U.S. economy's main driver. Here's how it's doing NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Bankrate analyst Ted Rossman about consumer spending and debt, and what it tells us about the overall health of the economy. Ayesha Rascoe
History Why do we kiss? New research finds the answer goes back 21 million years Kissing could be 21 million years old. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Matilda Brindle an evolutionary biologist from Oxford University about the origins of smooching. Ayesha Rascoe
Bible sales are booming. Political uncertainty might have something to do with it Bible sales have boomed in recent years. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bob Smietana of Religion News Service about what's behind the trend. Bob Smietana
National Kids are highly supervised in physical spaces, but not online. Here's what that does NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to researcher Eli Stark-Elster about the imbalance of how adults supervise children in physical spaces versus digitally. Hadeel Al-Shalchi