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Victims of the shooting at a birthday party in Colorado Springs on Sunday, May 9. Clockwise from top left: Sandra Ibarra-Perez (28 years old), Jose Ibarra (26), Mayra Ibarra De Perez (33), Melvin Perez (30), Jose Gutierrez (21) and Joana Cruz (52).

Police: Man Killed 6, Self After He Wasn't Invited To Party In Colorado Springs

A man who fatally shot six people at a Colorado Springs birthday party before killing himself was upset after not being invited to the weekend gathering thrown by his girlfriend’s family, police said Tuesday, calling the shooting an act of domestic violence.

Florida's 6-week abortion ban is now in effect, curbing access across the South

Florida has been a major access point for abortion in the South. Now its residents, along with thousands more in the region, will have to seek abortion care elsewhere after six weeks of pregnancy.

Highland Park mayor tries to comfort her community after a gunman killed 6 people

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Nancy Rotering, the mayor of Highland Park, Ill., about the mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in which six people died. Police say a person of interest is in custody.

A mural marking Black Wall Street, also called the Greenwood District, in Tulsa, Okla. The Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921 devastated Black Wall Street and claimed some 300 African American lives.

Tulsa Race Massacre investigators say they've sequenced DNA from 6 possible victims

The work is part of a years-long effort to get an accurate count of how many people were killed when a white mob decimated the city's prosperous Greenwood enclave, leaving upward of 300 people dead.

How a CU researcher’s team is hunting for water in craters on the moon – and what they’ve found so far

The Artemis II astronauts got lots of attention as they flew around the moon. Today we're highlighting a lesser known story of lunar exploration. A CU-Boulder researcher is part of a team examining where traces of water might be found in craters on the lunar surface. That water might one day help astronauts travel to other planets.

The highest level of education an Afghan girl can now get is 6th grade

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Pashtana Durrani, executive director of LEARN — a nonprofit that helps Afghan girls access education.

6 months after polls closed, dispute over North Carolina Supreme Court seat drags on

The last 2024 election to be decided is for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. With the Democrat ahead by about 700 votes, the GOP challenger has taken thousands of ballots to court.

Shoppers buy face masks on O'Connell Street in Dublin city centre on Tuesday. Ireland's government is putting the country at its highest level of coronavirus restrictions for six weeks in a bid to combat a rise in infections.

Ireland To Impose 6-Week National Lockdown, Estimates 150,000 Job Losses

Under the lockdown, nonessential retail businesses will be closed, and restaurants and bars will be takeout only. Residents are to stay within about a 3-mile radius of their homes.

In this March 22, 2017 file photo, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala. is interviewed on Capitol Hill in Washington.

The DOJ Won't Defend Rep. Mo Brooks In Court Against Claims He Incited The Jan. 6 Riot

A lawsuit accuses the Alabama Republican of helping incite a pro-Trump mob into storming the Capitol on Jan. 6. Named alongside Brooks in the suit are former President Donald Trump and others.

Regina Spektor releases new album 'Home, Before And After' after a 6-year break

NPR's Melissa Block speaks to musician Regina Spektor, who's known for her lyricism, about her first album in six years, "Home, Before And After."

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