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Speaking on television, Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis calmly swallowed a wasp when it came at his face. He said it was "pure protein."

David Greene talks to Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, about Wednesday's hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The jury found Dominique Heaggan-Brown, the former Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot Sylville Smith in a foot chase last summer, not guilty of first-degree reckless homicide on Wednesday.

Rodents, primates and bats likely carry hundreds of thousands of viruses we haven't yet identified. But how do you know which ones might infect humans?

Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio has been critical of his party's election strategy, saying that their "brand is worse than Trump." He talks to David Greene about the way forward for Democrats.

The Senate is about to release its plan to overhaul health care. Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Buddy Carter of Georgia about how the bill might be different from the House version.

Senate Republicans have released their health care bill. They are hoping to have a vote before the July Fourth recess.

A new study of lightning in Alaska …Lightning sparked about a quarter of the 218 wildfires reported in Alaska as of Monday. But those fires account for 97…

Germany's ruling party wants to avoid debating same-sex marriage before this year's election. Unlike most other western nations, "equal marriage" still isn't legal in Germany.

Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and NPR's Alison Kodjak about the health care bill that Senate Republicans released on Thursday.