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For 61 million schoolchildren, it is one of the biggest days of the year: the last day of school. Audio snapshots from across the nation capture the sounds of school kids eager for summer freedom.

Before Ken Jeong played Señor Chang in Community and the infamous Mr. Chow in The Hangover, his patients knew him as Dr. Jeong. This piece originally aired on All Things Considered on April 5, 2014.

Isabel Gillies grapples with the sudden dissolution of her marriage in the memoir Happens Every Day. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls this "all too-true story" a "compulsive" and "chilling" late-night read.

A congressional ban on the sport was a victory for animal rights activists, but on the island, many say that cockfighting is part of their culture — and they're willing to take the sport underground.

Tuesday's theme was Make America Work Again. Steve Inskeep examines economic realities with Kyle Kondik, author of The Bellwether: Why Ohio Picks the President. NPR's Mara Liasson wraps up the night.

First lady Melania Trump is expected to headline the second night of the Republican National Convention with a speech from the Rose Garden.

The first suspected U.S. case of novel coronavirus infection through "community spread" was left undiagnosed for days, hospital officials said, because the case didn't fit the CDC's criteria.

A day after scoring a bigger-than-expected win in North Carolina and coming within 20,000 votes of victory in Indiana, Barack Obama's campaign is relatively quiet Wednesday. Meanwhile, Sen. Hillary Clinton holds a town hall meeting in West Virginia. She is also meeting with superdelegates on Capitol Hill and holding a fundraiser.

Two ousted presidents, journalists and many activists are all on trial in the overburdened court system. Many cases stem from the country's political turmoil and there's no guarantee of a fair trial.

Eve Pell found love late in life. She shared her story in The New York Times' "Modern Love" column, and on WBUR's Modern Love podcast. Lulu Garcia-Navarro catches up with her for Valentine's Day.