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Biographer Frances Wilson discusses the intense connection between William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy — and the "vortex of poetry" in which they lived.

Prosecutors in New York are broadening their investigation into an SAT cheating ring at Great Neck North High School. They allege Sam Eshaghoff was paid thousands of dollars to impersonate and take the test for at least six high schoolers. Educational Testing Services, the company that makes the SAT, says this is a rare and isolated incident. But investigators and lawyers say this is the tip of the iceberg, more arrests are coming, and hard questions are being asked of ETS.

Here's what we learned from a hectic spate of financial report cards shared by top U.S. retailers.

Underdog Sacramento Republic FC, which plays in the lower-division USL, is trying to do what hasn't been done since 1999 — topple a Major League Soccer team in the U.S. Open Cup final.

A drone strike that killed al-Qaida's top leader marks the first major U.S. operation in Afghanistan in a year, and comes at a time when national security interests seemed to be focused elsewhere.

August is a busy month of statewide primaries. Five states hold primaries on Tuesday. In Arizona, there are key races for governor, Congress, attorney general and secretary of state.

Oklahoma City is on top in the NBA Finals. The Thunder is playing great team basketball, despite their youth and relative inexperience.

The deaths have been climbing since mid-June. Soldiers and rescue workers are evacuating stranded residents to the safety of relief camps and providing food to thousands of displaced Pakistanis.

Longtime Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg is expected to plead guilty on Thursday to a tax fraud scheme in New York.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Sarah Kate Ellis, the president and CEO of GLAAD, about the organization working in partnership with the White House on the response to and messaging around monkeypox.