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The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision upholding a restrictive Arizona voting law has activists elsewhere concerned. In Texas, state lawmakers are set to unveil a new voting bill.

Hopes of rescuing more people from the collapsed building in Surfside, Fla., are fading.

The ruling this week essentially gutted what's left of the Voting Rights Act, but there's a lot of action — and inaction — happening elsewhere on the topic. Here's what to watch for next.

It could take thousands of years to meet some of Iowa’s nutrient reduction goals if conservation efforts continue at current rates. That’s according to a recent analysis of the state’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy by the Iowa Environmental Council.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with NPR's Nina Totenberg and lawyer Tom Goldstein and Colombia Law School professor Jamal Greene for a wrap up of the Supreme Court's most recent term as it comes to an end.

Carlos Ghosn arrived in Japan as a bold new auto executive. He became a corporate superstar and the CEO of two car companies. Now he's a fugitive. We hear from Carlos Ghosn about his rise and fall.

The court also turned away challenges to longstanding decisions on qualified immunity and defamation, prompting dissents from the court's conservatives.

U.S. employers added 850,000 jobs in June as the unemployment rate reached 5.9%. Job growth accelerated in the last two months, but many employers say they'd happily hire more workers if they could.

U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson was poised to be a breakout star at the Tokyo Summer Olympics until a positive test for marijuana disqualified her from the 100 meter race.

Bagram Airfield was the United States' largest base in Afghanistan. The U.S. military has now withdrawn and handed control over to the Afghan National Security and Defense Force.