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A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday.

NASA And SpaceX Launch 1st Astronauts To Orbit From U.S. Since 2011

After an aborted launch attempt to the International Space Station on Wednesday, the weather cleared and the launch went ahead on Saturday.

A church in North Hollywood, Calif., stands empty last month after services were canceled because of coronavirus restrictions.

Supreme Court Rejects Church's Challenge To California's Coronavirus Rules

Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the court's liberal bloc in a 5-4 decision issued late Friday. The lawsuit had argued that the state's limits on attendance discriminated against religion.

"In many ways I appear very good at being social," says comic Hannah Gadsby. "But it's an incredibly exhausting process for me." She found her autism spectrum diagnosis in 2016 helped put her experience into perspective.

Fresh Air Weekend: Comic Hannah Gadsby; Behind The Edward Snowden Story

Gadsby says being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder helped her "be kinder" to herself. Maureen Corrigan reviews St. Christopher on Pluto. Barton Gellman discusses reporting of the Snowden story.

Minnesota To Deploy Record Guard Force To Contain Unrest Over Death Of George Floyd

Gov. Tim Walz is fully mobilizing the state's National Guard — "an action that has never been taken in [the Guard's] 164-year history" — to prepare for a fifth night of protests.

Police clear the street for firefighters during protests on Friday in Minneapolis. After demonstrations have grown violent, state authorities have made plans to increase the law enforcement presence.

Pentagon Orders Military Police To Prepare To Deploy To Minnesota

The order follows a night of angry protests in Minneapolis and nationwide. As many as 800 personnel could move within four hours at the governor's request, a U.S. official told NPR.

Dakota Johnson On Her Role In 'The High Note'

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dakota Johnson, star of the new film The High Note.

A woman stands in front of a line of police officers near the White House during a protest in Washington, D.C.

Photos: Protests In Response To The Death Of George Floyd Shake The Nation

Photos show demonstrators and police clashing as anguish and rage swept through cities across the nation in response to George Floyd's death in Minneapolis police custody.

Outpouring of Anger and Frustration Across Virginia

Protests against the killing of African American men and women by police continued all weekend, from one end of Virginia to the other.Governor Ralph…

President Trump, speaking at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, addressed protests in response to the death of George Floyd, striking a milder tone than he has on Twitter in recent days.

Trump Lays Blame For Clashes On 'Radical-Left Anarchists'

As overlapping crises convulse an anxious nation, Trump seeks to cast blame for widespread protests gripping cities on "radical-left anarchists" like Antifa.

On Thursday, Minnesota state police formed a barricade in front of a Target store in the city of St. Paul.

Target Says It Will Temporarily Close Stores In Several States As Protests Continue

The move comes after several Target stores were ransacked and damaged during protests.

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