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Séamas O'Reilly reflects on how he grieved his mother anew as he grew older, on the way grief multiplied within his family, and on mourning rituals — but it's woven through with amusement.

Despite low unemployment, solid spending, and continued job growth, signs are flashing that the U.S. economy is headed for another downturn.

Sellers of body armor are reporting an increase in business due in part to several high-profile mass shootings, police shootings and civil unrest during the pandemic.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Dr. Juan Sanchez, CEO of Southwest Key Programs and Alexia Rodriguez, vice president of Immigrant Children's Services about the facilities that children are being sent to after being separated from their families at the border.

Republicans, fresh off electoral wins this week, are looking ahead to the 2010 midterms with their hit lists ready. Some of their top House targets: Blue Dog Democrats, many of whom have pushed back on the president's top domestic initiatives.

The day after a massive bomb tore apart an armored vehicle, killing two soldiers of the Army's 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, the troops head out to recover the still-smoldering vehicle in Afghanistan's Arghandab Valley. The soldiers struggle to stay focused on their mission as they lose friends on the battlefield.

The only thing you can predict about any given Broadway season is it'll be unpredictable. Jeff Lunden looks back at this year's hits and misses and predicts which shows will go home with the top honors at Sunday's Tony Awards.

New Hampshire has no income or sales tax -- but its neighbor Vermont has both. Fiscal conservatives say New Hampshire's long history of low taxes has forced the state to keep spending in line. But New Hampshire residents say that tradition of fiscal austerity has exacted a price on the state's schools.

The four-term Arizona senator's huge investment and hardened positions on issues like immigration have put him on a path that seems to head toward wins in next Tuesday's GOP primary and the November election.

Wealthy candidates on both sides of the political aisle may fall short in upending political veterans in contests for the Senate and gubernatorial nominations. But the ugly races may leave the winners damaged going into the fall campaign.