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Hundreds of NPR readers recounted their first memory of a news event. These are some of their stories.

In recent years, monarch butterflies have all but disappeared from their annual Pacific Coast migration. But there are promising signs the population could stage a comeback.

Journalist Mirta Ojito arrived in the United States from Cuba as a teenager in 1980, part of an influx of Cuban refugees from the Mariel boatlift. Her new book, Finding Mañana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus, explores that time.

Seemingly arcane exercises in the days and weeks ahead will in fact represent – and may even resolve — real conflicts over national issues of enormous importance.

Albright, who arrived in the U.S. as an 11-year-old refugee, became the first woman to serve as secretary of state. She died on Wednesday at the age of 84.

Voting by mail is easier now across the U.S. Officials in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, a swing region in a critical state, are making changes to manage the time-consuming process of counting ballots.

Architect Wayne McAllister shaped the landscape of 20th Century America with swank hotels and funky drive-in restaurants. Chris Nichols, who wrote a book exploring the architect's work, took Laugh-In legend Gary Owens and Alex Cohen on an L.A. tour in 2007.

Climate change hasn’t recently been a Republican priority. But some young conservatives are hoping to change the narrative within their party.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have hosted dueling rallies within miles of each other in a fevered final push for votes in swing state Wisconsin’s largest city.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with playwright Wallace Shawn and director André Gregory about their newest play, "What We Did Before Our Moth Days." They've been working together for five decades.