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Over the years, Hollywood filmmakers have used solar eclipses as devices to mark moments of irrevocable transformation for their characters.

Gas stations were packed and long lines for water and plywood formed as residents made preparations for the storm to strike the Florida coast.

A new study shows that women think more highly of female lawmakers, and that for men, there's no difference. But broken down by party, the results get more complicated.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Alissa Walker, urbanism editor of Curbed, about the 80 percent rise in pedestrian deaths in Los Angeles since the mayor launched his initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities two years ago. This comes as pedestrian deaths nationwide are at a 33-year high.

Pilot Tammie Jo Shults is being called a hero after she landed Southwest Flight 1380 when an engine explosion damaged the plane and ultimately killed one passenger. It's a remarkable moment in a pioneering career.

Guns are the most common method used for suicide, accounting for the deaths of almost half the people who kill themselves, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study finds.

In Oceans 8, an all-female crew attempts a heist in New York City at the Met Gala.

People in Ellicott City, Md., are surveying the damage to their homes and businesses after a historic flash flood raged through the city — the second in as many years. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mark Hemmis, whose restaurant Phoenix Emporium was badly damaged back in 2016 and again on Sunday.

Here are a few of the messages delivered by globally-minded speakers to members of the Class of 2018.

As students across the country walked out of their schools in a show of solidarity and a demonstration for gun control reform, music — as always — was a constant presence.