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The murder of the 14-year-old black boy and subsequent trial before an all-white jury was an early landmark in the civil rights movement.

Senate Democrats plow ahead with a showdown over the filibuster and voting rights. Details emerge about the hostage taking at a Texas synagogue. Efforts continue to revive the Iran nuclear deal.

Host Lisa Simeone visits the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., to learn about its breeding program and meet its newest arrivals. See the zoo babies at play in our web extra coverage.

NPR's Matt Hackworth reports on an archaeologist in Chicago using volunteers and a Web site to help recover artifacts missing from Iraq's National Museum.

The Web site uglydress.com maintains a visual record of ugly bridesmaids' gowns. NPR's Renee Montagne reports.

The FCC is moving toward repealing net neutrality, the rules that make internet providers treat all web traffic the same.

The Department of Agriculture introduces a new food pyramid that incorporates a symbol for physical activity. The nutritional guidelines, accompanied by a Web site offering tailored recommendations, are aimed at changing American lifestyles.

The latest installment in NPR's War Diaries series has the story of Ziad Ezzat, a young Iraqi American who expresses himself through a satirical Web site called wackyiraqi.com.

Workers at a northern Virginia Starbucks explain why they're seeking a union, and what they hope membership will bring.

Just outside this coastal city, five rivers converge in what feels like an alien world — what one conservationist calls "America's Amazon. It is the wildest, most diverse place ... in the country."