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In the weeks leading up to the 20th anniversary of 9/11, NPR set up a phone booth in New York City and invited people to leave voicemails for someone they lost that day. Here's what they had to say.

In Perry County, Ala., nurse Ashley Moore brings joy to residents with her beautiful singing. It's a bright spot during an otherwise bleak coronavirus time.

Voters outside Philadelphia react to President Trump's racially-charged tweets about Baltimore. They're mixed on how seriously they should take the president's words.

Some rookie farmers in northern Michigan are growing saskatoon, a shrub that looks like blueberry. They're also experimenting with it in the kitchen — in jams and pies.

In 1795, a young man named William-Henry Ireland signed a tattered piece of paper "Wm Shakespeare." It was the first of hundreds of documents that he forged and passed off as William Shakespeare originals. Doug Stewart tells his story in The Boy Who Would Be Shakespeare.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature last week added the migratory monarch butterfly to the endangered species list. WVXU turned to the Hayes Arboretum in Richmond, Ind. to find out how the monarch is fairing around here and for tips on how you can help.

Detroit says goodbye to Aretha Franklin at her funeral today. Services will be live-streamed, in the culmination of a week-long tribute to the singer whose voice and soul touched millions.

July is Disability Pride Month, an event celebrating the diversity and contributions people with disabilities have made. NPR wants readers to share what they wish other people knew about disabilities.

Tim Kaine has worn many hats in Virginia politics: Richmond mayor, governor, senator. He's also a recognizable face at a majority-black Catholic church in Richmond — and has been for 30 years.

MIKE STROUD and his companion Ranulph Fiennes were the first people to cross Antarctica on foot. Their 95-day expedition culminated in 1993. STROUD has just written a book, "Shadows on the Wasteland," (The Overlook Press) about the 95-day, 1350-mile journey. STROUD is a doctor, nutritionist, and survival consultant to the British Ministry of Defense, and has participated in other Polar expedition