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Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Heather Reed of Eureka Springs, Ark., and puzzle master Will Shortz.

The Richmond, Va., neighborhood of Fulton was once home to a large number of the city's middle class African-American families. But by the 1960s, it had fallen on hard times. A new album by bluesman Corey Harris pays tribute to the Southern neighborhood with a haunted past.

The U.S. military said it carried out another strike on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean, killing three in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205.

Truss beats George Canning, who was prime minister for 119 days in 1827.

Gambon was best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in most of the Harry Potter movies. The Irish-born actor got his start on stage and worked under Laurence Olivier.

A record number of people watched NCAA women's basketball this year. The Iowa-South Carolina game average almost 19 million viewers.

On Monday, a man beat his own record for the largest pumpkin ever grown in North America. This one was 2, 749 pounds — almost 200 pounds heavier than last year's fruit!

NPR's Michel Martin asks Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut about President Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence.

In this interview, recorded June 25, Reps. Tom Suozzi and Brian Fitzpatrick discuss President Donald Trump's housing bill delay and the challenges of bipartisan governing in a polarized Congress.