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NPR's Michelle Kelemen reports on fears that the government of Belarus may be involved in the deaths of opposition leaders. A number of members of the opposition have died mysteriously or disappeared in the last few years, and investigators on the cases say the government is trying to keep them from being solved.

Commentator Liam Callanan says that modern spies have forsaken their seedy urban haunts and that today's espionage has gone suburban. He says citizens who want to keep the world safe for democracy should keep an eye on their neighborhood parks.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports on the plan to save the power company Southern California Edison, which is virtually bankrupt after huge losses last quarter. California Governor Gray Davis says he expects the state's government to work through summer recess to solve the problem.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Don Gonyea about President Bush's meetings with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Pope John Paul the Second in Italy today. The Pope condemned embryonic stem cell research, and warned against the dangers of globalization.

In the latest National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR's Alex Chadwick visited Dry Tortugas National Park, which, despite its name, is mostly underwater. The new ecological preserve off the coast of Florida is the government's first attempt to protect the ocean as a wilderness area. (5:19

More states are allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses.

A jury convicted Trump adviser Steve Bannon of criminal contempt of Congress for defying the Jan. 6 committee, but Bannon vows to appeal.

Many Republican allies of former President Trump were outraged in 2021 when the Capitol was attacked. But as Trump's popularity endures, the party's elected leaders now largely overlook Jan. 6.

Sanders laid out his brand of Democratic socialism in a speech Thursday, explaining how it informs with his views on higher education, poverty, health care, the minimum wage and more.

When the world's top-scoring international soccer player takes to the field Wednesday, it will be for the last time. To mark her retirement, here are some highlights from her career.