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One lucky Star Wars fan won the lightsaber on Sept. 4. Prior to the auction, NPR's Andrew Mambo interviewed Brandon Alinger, the COO of the auction house Propstore, which hosted the sale.

Last May, Michael Brelo was found not guilty of two counts of voluntary manslaughter — in part, because it was too hard to determine which shots had killed the pair.

Supreme Court's decision to review the controversial bankruptcy deal involving the maker of Oxycontin means the settlement will remain on hold at least through December.

Separately, the select committee investigating the Capitol riot indicated that former Trump strategist Steve Bannon is not planning to comply with the subpoena it issued to him.

Russia's Defense Ministry says Wagner mercenaries are marching on Moscow. Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin has been formally charged with "inciting an armed revolt" by Russia's Federal Security Bureau.

A report from the Bipartisan Policy Center suggests that seniors should start paying more for Medicare to help the nation's deficit. It also wants the government to check the growth of both Medicare and Medicaid programs in the future.

The stock markets may be sinking, but the price of gold is on the rise — it topped $1,700 an ounce Monday. The spike in gold is a sign that nervous investors think there's nowhere else safe to put their money, economists say.

Because of past administrative failures, the some 78,000 affected public service workers such as nurses and teachers never got the relief they were entitled to under the law, Biden said.

Revelations from Jones' defamation trials point to the existence of a rarified class of extreme internet personalities who are better shielded from efforts to stem the reach of their content.

Inflation, the curse of our pocketbooks and the Federal Reserve, has hit almost every good in the U.S. But the price of a beloved toy has managed to hover around $1 — for more than 50 years.