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It's too early to call who she will face in the runoff election. Wright is the widow of Rep. Ron Wright, who died in February after contracting COVID-19.

Sharon Stone is a survivor — of a stroke, and some of the worst Hollywood has to offer. She writes about her life in a funny, tender, sometimes shocking new memoir called The Beauty of Living Twice.

Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar playing Cher's mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck, has died. She was 89.

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NPR's Scott Simon remembers Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who appeared on this program two years ago.

President Biden makes a hard push against trickle-down economics with 2 expensive plans. There's more friction among the House GOP leadership, and more trouble for one Rudy Guiliani.

The widow of Rep. Ron Wright, who died after a COVID-19 diagnosis, will face state Rep. Jake Ellzey, who came in second place. Saturday's special election drew 23 candidates.

The Iowa Board of Regents has named Barbara Wilson to be the next president of the University of Iowa. The second-in-command at the University of Illinois system, her background as a researcher, educator and administrator represents a return to a more conventional leadership profile for the school.

Collins, who died April 27, orbited in Apollo 11 while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic moon walk. Speaking to Fresh Air in 1988, he described his solo orbit as "completely serene."

An experimental medicine seems to ease symptoms of Fragile X syndrome, a genetic disorder that is the most common inherited cause of intellectual disabilities and autism.