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It'll be hot and hazy throughout much of the weekend.

Several news organizations report Oprah Winfrey has picked 'Freedom,' by Jonathan Franzen, for Oprah's Book Club. After comments he made about the club and show in 2001, Franzen was uninvited by Winfrey.

Millions of Americans have started investing during the pandemic. For many it's been a great ride, with stocks hitting all-time highs. But now the market is wobbling, with wild swings up and down.

The remnants of what appears to have been an eighteenth-century ship have been unearthed by workers excavating ground zero in New York.

Senator Patrick Leahy spoke with NPR's Michele Norris.

Steinbrenner rebuilt the Yankees into a sports empire. For more than 30 years, Steinbrenner lived up to his billing as "the Boss," a nickname he earned as he ruled with an iron fist. The Yankees won six World Series titles during his reign.

Because they lived outside the city limits, the local fire department required the Cranicks and their neighbors to pay $75 for their services. The Cranicks didn't. Their house was destroyed.

An oil rig, 90 miles off the Gulf of Mexico, is on fire, the U.S. Coast Guard reports. Thirteen people on board the rig are accounted for. An explosion was reported shortly after 10:30 a.m. ET.

An artist from Allentown, Pennsylvania, made a life-sized bust of actor Kevin Bacon out of bacon bits. It is for sale now, on eBay. All proceeds will go to charity.

Suraya Dalil, Afghanistan's Acting Minister of Public Health, told NPR health care in the country is improving, but geography and security risks make wider implementation difficult.