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On the Fourth of July, President Trump plans to deliver a speech on the National Mall — a break from how Independence Day festivities in the capital are traditionally celebrated.

Alex Chadwick talks with Slate Hollywood economist Edward Jay Epstein about the business of insuring movie stars. Epstein says that these days, insurance rules Hollywood.

The Dow Jones industrial average has plummeted, closing below 10,000 points for the first time in four years. Ted Weisberg, a floor trader at the New York Stock Exchange, says much of stock trading is driven by human emotion and the decision-making process is being driven by fear and concern.

Utah's new law is part of a larger effort by Republicans to limit the window in which mail ballots can be counted during an election.

Rubio spoke to NPR about his run for president, Indiana's religious freedom law, the president's deal with Iran and immigration.

Folks in the U.S. are in a panic about catching Ebola. Let's just say, you're more likely to be eaten by a shark. The situation in Liberia, however, is starkly different.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Brad Kieserman, the Red Cross vice president of disaster operations and logistics, who is running the Harvey relief efforts.

When Hurricane Delta sloshed ashore in Louisiana a few days ago, it inundated the state and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of household. It also managed to bring out the best in people.

The only man ever convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, is being released from prison. The Scottish government says terminally-ill Abdel Baset al-Megrahi will be allowed to return to his home country of Libya on compassionate grounds. All 259 people aboard the flight were killed as well as 11 on the ground

Hundreds of thousands of people were expected on the mall Sunday for the inaugural concert. Washington, D.C., officials were anxious about the city's trains, buses and roads holding up. Things were slow going through the security checkpoints. And when the concert was over, everyone tried to leave at once.