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The Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm, will shutter its grant program for Black women as part of a settlement, ending a year-long affirmative action battle. Here, co-founders and CEOs of The Fearless Fund Arian Simone (center left) and Ayana Parsons (center right) speak to journalists outside federal court in Miami on Jan. 31. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption

A venture capital grant program for Black women officially ends after court ruling

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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a presidential debate with Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Alex Brandon/AP/AP hide caption

Climate

At the debate, Harris made climate change a pocketbook issue

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The Central Park 5 are exonerated. Trump doesn't seem to think so

Porkchop Singleton, 78, prepares his generator ahead of Hurricane Francine's arrival on Wednesday in Morgan City, La. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane

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NPR's Climate Solutions Week

Is getting food delivered worse for the climate? Sometimes it’s better

GROCERY DELIVERY

Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, participate during ABC News' presidential debate Tuesday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

2024 Election

The debate between Harris and Trump wasn’t close — and 4 other takeaways

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Police maintain a presence following a school lockdown after 911 calls falsely reported a gunman in Oakland Catholic and Pittsburgh Central Catholic schools on March 29, 2023. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images hide caption

Fearing the worst, schools deploy armed police to thwart gun violence

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Code Switch

The park. Sunday. Queens, New York.

The park. Sunday. Queens, New York.

U.S. Soccer has tapped Mauricio Pochettino to be the next coach of the men's national team. Pochettino, the former manager of Chelsea, is shown here last December in a Premier League match between Luton Town and Chelsea in Luton, England. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images hide caption

Sports

Mauricio Pochettino is named the new coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team

A Delta aircraft clipped the tail of another plane on the tarmac Tuesday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, officials said. Here, a man is shown waiting for a Delta flight at Hartsfield-Jackson on Jan. 7, 2022. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption

A Delta plane's wing damages another airliner on Atlanta airport runway

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Weather

Francine becomes a hurricane as it approaches Louisiana

Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee, speaks to reporters in front of the border wall with Mexico on Sept. 6 in San Diego. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption