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A security guard at the Tops market tried to fire back at the shooter, but his fire struck body armor instead. Experts say use of body armor by mass shooters has trended up in recent years.

A new study finds American companies are using remote work as a way to avoid giving workers raises; so much so that it's helping to moderate inflation.

Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman's expected return to the campaign trail comes as issues such as abortion rights and gun violence have taken on a new intensity.

Every year, we ask NPR staff and contributors to tell us about their favorite books. From a list of 167 books so far this year, here are the 14 that the most people chose as their top pick.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Isabelle Leighton of the Donors of Color Network, which has secured $100 million in pledges to fund environmental justice initiatives centered on communities color.

Ron Avi Astor, a mass shooting expert and UCLA professor, said the approach to gun law reform should begin at the community level, with discussions between parents, schools and residents.

This isn't the first time the NRA has held its convention days after a nearby mass shooting. Some politicians and musicians are dropping out, and gun control advocates are preparing protests.

In a speech Tuesday night, the president will announce he will boost the total number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan to about 100,000. He also will try to convince a skeptical public that the U.S. still has the time — and the capability — to reverse the deterioration in Afghanistan.

The U.N. said it needs at least 40 more helicopters to ferry lifesaving aid to people reachable only by air. The appeal was an indication of the massive problems facing the relief effort more than three weeks after floods hit Pakistan, affecting more than 17 million people and raising concerns about possible social unrest and political instability.

The Marines known as "America's Battalion" are heading to Afghanistan as part of the 21,000 additional forces President Obama is deploying to bolster the war effort. The mission of these Marines will take them to places American forces have rarely been in southern Afghanistan, the heart of the Taliban militant operations.