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The environmental agency has proposed permits that would allow oil companies to continue releasing contaminated wastewater onto the Wind River Reservation in central Wyoming. NPR found last year that the EPA has been allowing oil companies to send so much wastewater onto dry land that it was creating raging streams.

On Sunday, South Sudan marks six years as independent country. Between its civil war and humanitarian crisis, things are so bad that anniversary celebrations were canceled.

Vanita Gupta has been the first woman of color to serve as associate attorney general. It's a job with a huge portfolio that ranges from civil rights to immigration to abortion.

For some newly naturalized U.S. citizens in Arizona, they see voting in next year's elections as an important responsibility.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Republican political consultant Douglas Heye about the deceptions of Rep.-elect George Santos and the response from the GOP.

The White House says there's no immediate threat to safety. National security adviser Jake Sullivan is briefing a small group of lawmakers on Thursday.

Roughly 1.4 million Palestinians sheltering in Rafah are bracing for a potential Israeli assault, but hoping for a diplomatic breakthrough as negotiators work to secure a cease-fire.

Russian election authorities rejected Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate in next month's presidential balloting.

Alexei Navalny's funeral draws crowds and a heavy police presence. Israeli troops fired on Palestinians getting aid in Gaza.

Assumptions that older people are one big, frail, homogenous group can lead to problems, says the author of Elderhood.