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Republican Rep. Warren Davidson Advises Trump To 'Continue To Play Offense'

Republican Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio talks with NPR's David Greene about his reaction to President Trump's statements about Russian interference in the U.S. election.

The people of Rwanda are required to take part in the national cleanup day, Umuganda, on the last Saturday of every month. (Above) Getting grass under control in Kigali, the capital city.

How Rwanda Tidied Up Its Streets (And The Rest Of The Country, Too)

On the last Saturday of the month, citizens must spend three hours beautifying the nation. Some people question the authoritarian approach. But the results are impressive.

EU Fines Google $5 Billion

Officials in Europe say Google is violating antitrust laws. NPR's Noel King talks with Politico's Mark Scott.

Harssh Poddar, a senior police official, addresses a village meeting at a rural school near Malegaon, in northern Maharashtra state. He warns families to be skeptical of what they read online. Earlier this month, Poddar helped rescue five people from being killed by a mob in his constituency.

Viral WhatsApp Messages Are Triggering Mob Killings In India

In recent months, about two dozen people across India have been beaten to death by mobs driven to violence by what they've read on social media and messaging apps.

Passengers pose for a selfie picture inside an Ethiopian Airlines plane that departed from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and flew to Eritrea's capital, Asmara, on Wednesday. It was the first commercial flight between the two African countries in two decades.

Commercial Plane Flies From Ethiopia To Eritrea For First Time In 20 Years

After two decades of deadly conflict, the neighboring countries are rapidly reconciling. Demand was huge for the historic commercial flight, which was marked with champagne and roses.

Marriott International became the latest company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its more than 6,500 properties by next July.

Marriott Follows Starbucks In Dropping Plastic Straws

The giant hotel chain became the latest company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its more than 6,500 properties by next July.

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Justice Department Calls Russian Woman, Maria Butina, A Flight Risk

The Russian woman living in the U.S. has been charged with working as an unregistered foreign agent. The Justice Department wants her detained until trial.

Elon Musk said that "the fault is mine and mine alone," as he apologized to a British diver who had criticized Musk's offer of help in rescuing 12 boys and their soccer coach in northern Thailand. Musk had called him a "pedo," or pedophile.

Elon Musk Apologizes To Diver In Cave Rescue For Words 'Spoken In Anger'

The tech entrepreneur apologized after tweeting a personal attack on Vern Unsworth — the diver who used a vulgar comment to dismiss Musk's offer of help in the Thai cave rescue.

Writer and director Bo Burnham talks with Elsie Fisher on the set of <em>Eighth Grade. </em>Burnham says the anxiety he felt as a young performer helped him understand the social pressure teenage girls can experience.

Director Bo Burnham On Growing Up With Anxiety — And An Audience

The former YouTube star explores adolescence in the age of social media in his film Eighth Grade. "This awful D-list celebrity pressure I had experienced onstage has now been democratized," he says.

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