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The plan clears up confusion over Harris' position, allowing private Medicare plans that follow certain standards. New taxes would be added on stock trades and households earning over $100,000.

Massive blooms of blue-green algae are choking Florida's waterways. On Lake Okeechobee, the Army Corps of Engineers is testing methods based on wastewater treatment to remove the green slime.

Worries are growing among environmentalists in Brazil, who say an indigenous leader in the Amazon was killed after gold miners invaded the area.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware about the Senate, which will try again to override President Trump's veto of resolutions blocking his arms deal with Saudi Arabia.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Caley Fretz, editor-in-chief of Cycling Tips, about this year's Tour de France. It is the first time that a cyclist from Colombia has won the race.

Mongolia's herders are accustomed to cold, but the extreme conditions of the country's terrible winters, known as dzuds, killed countless livestock and livelihoods. Herders have had to adapt.

The former vice president is expected to be tested again on race, as he spars with Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, the two leading African American candidates, over policing and health care.

"He was joyful, always wanted to play, always positive," Alberto Romero said of his 6-year-old son, Stephen. Police say the gunman got an AK-47-style rifle into the area by cutting through a fence.

The departure of the director of national intelligence means that almost every senior member of President Trump's original national security team is gone from his or her job.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with David Herbst of Inverness, Calif.