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Packages pass through a scanner at an Amazon fulfillment center. (Patrick Semansky/AP)

Amazon becomes top deliverer, surpassing UPS

The feat has only heightened concerns about Amazon and monopolization.

Osama bin Laden's top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is reportedly cornered by Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border. The United States has offered a $25 million reward for the Egyptian-born Zawahiri's capture. Pakistani officials say a fierce battle with al Qaeda fighters is being waged. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

South Korean professional Go player Lee Sedol reviews the match with other professional Go players after the fourth match against Google's artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo.

Achievement Unlocked: Google AlphaGo A.I. Wins Go Series, 4-1

A top world Go champ lost the last of five games against Google's AlphaGo. But both sides are going home from the match with a lot more to learn.

NOAA's GOES satellite shows Hurricane Irma as it moved toward the Florida Coast in the Caribbean Sea on Sept. 07, 2017. Irma was a Category 5 hurricane, and in its aftermath, some people want a Category 6.

Some Survivors Of Category 5 Hurricane Irma Want A Category 6

Some top researchers now say that climate change has led to stronger hurricanes. Now, there's a push to expand the wind scale to include a Category 6 for winds as powerful as those seen last year.

International Cricket Returns To Pakistan For The First Time Since 2009 Terror Attack

Pakistan hosts Sri Lanka Sunday in their major first international match at home since a terrorist attack in 2009.

Croatia players celebrate after winning the tournament's first penalty shoot out during the 2022 World Cup round of 16 match between Japan and Croatia at Al Janoub Stadium on December 05, 2022 in Al Wakrah, Qatar.

Croatia defeats Japan in penalty kick shootout to advance to World Cup quarterfinals

Croatia and Japan ended 90-minutes of regulation and 30-minutes of extra time tied 1-1. The Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livaković stopped three Japanese penalty attempts in the shootout.

U.S. to Replace Top General in Iraq

The Pentagon is expected to replace Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez as the top U.S. commander in Iraq. President Bush called Sanchez "exemplary," and officials say his transfer is part of a long-planned reorganization. Nevertheless, the move leaves the impression in some quarters that the administration is not satisfied with Sanchez's performance in Iraq. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

Pop Smoke's <em>Meet the Woo 2</em>, released less than two weeks before his death, is one of the best albums of the month.

NPR Music's Top 10 Albums Of February

We kept coming back to Pop Smoke's Meet the Woo 2, Soccer Mommy's deceptively sunny '90s pop and Makaya McCraven's creative reimagining of Gil Scott-Heron's poetry.

Bon Iver's <em>i,i</em> appears on NPR Music's best albums of August.

NPR Music's Top 12 Albums Of August

Lana Del Rey balanced bleak beauty with real insight, Young Thug's So Much Fun culminated his influence and Bon Iver offered an album just in time for autumn.

'Rocky Top' Songwriter Felice Bryant Dies

Songwriter Felice Bryant dies at age 77 at home in Gatlinburg, Tenn. She collaborated with her husband to pen some of the best-known tunes in country music and early rock 'n' roll. Her songs Bye Bye Love and Wake Up Little Susie were Everly Brothers standards, just as Rocky Top became a country standard. NPR's Melissa Block offers a remembrance.

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