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A divided Kodiak Island borough assembly recently voted to dismiss its manager who’s held the job for the past five years. It came up to a vote last Thursday following an hour-long closed executive session. The motion, called by Geoff Smith, carried 4-3, with Geoff Smith, Dennis Symmons, Aimee Williams, and Scott Arndt in favor. …

NPR's Scott Simon remembers theater critic and playwright Terry Teachout, who died this week at the age of 65.

Four days, dozens of speakers and many balloons later, the 2024 Democratic National Convention is officially over.

NPR's Scott Simon muses about the passage of parental time, now that his eldest daughter has turned 21.

Cones marking testing lanes are packed away, as cars line up for COVID testing. COVID-19 continues to gain traction in Kodiak. The Kodiak Emergency Operations Center says four new cases were detected since Friday evening. Two cases are Kodiak residents who recently traveled. The other is a close contact of a previous case, and the …

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

Justin Sun uploaded a video of himself eating the $6.2 million absurdist piece conceptualized by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.

There are other, more meaningful guns to pursue than Al Capone's "Sweetheart."

The 28-year-old rocketed past Andretti Global's Marcus Ericsson in the final laps of the contest and held onto the top position until the end.

Chlamydia in koalas can cause blindness, infertility and even death.