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At least 24 people are dead after flash flooding on the Guadalupe River in Texas. Rescue efforts are underway to find 20 people who are still missing.

Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who rejected writing in the language of the colonizer, died at 87. NPR's Scott Simon previously spoke to him about his latest novel and waiting for the Nobel Prize.

President Trump addressed U.S. Steel workers and local officials in Pittsburgh, Pa., Friday, trumpeting a deal between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel.

The movement of moths inspires a new music project by composer Ellie Wilson. She used data shared by ecologists to create a piece where the insects take center stage.

President Trump had a major legislative victory this week as his party once again rallied around his agenda. Looming next week is another major priority of his: new tariffs and trade deals.

A new study estimates that 19 million children in the U.S. have a parent with a substance use disorder and that alcohol is the most commonly used substance by the parents.

Broadway composer Charles Strouse, creator of the hit musicals Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, died at his home in New York City on Thursday.

The Broadway composer of Annie and Bye Bye Birdie died Thursday at 96.

President Trump returns to Washington Friday after a four-day tour through the Gulf where he struck business deals and was treated like royalty by the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.

NPR's A Martinez talks with Doug Silliman, president of the Arab Gulf States Institute and former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, about President Trump's Gulf trip and Iran's offer to revive a nuclear deal.