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The president of Catalonia says he has a mandate to declare his region's independence from Spain — but he's suspending the process to allow possible mediation and talks with the Spanish government.

Jason De León, Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Derek Peterson are among the 24 winners of this year's MacArthur Fellowship, which honors "extraordinarily talented and creative individuals."

Betsy Levy Paluck is a newly minted MacArthur fellow. Her research in Rwanda looked at how people become more tolerant.

The president seems intent on keeping everyone on their toes, but it's not at all clear that there's a strategy behind it all.

California's wildfires have moved quickly, but in some cases official information hasn't. Some people only learned their houses were destroyed from their neighbors or on the news.

The EPA plans to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era effort to combat climate change. Steve Inskeep talks to lawyer Jeff Holmstead, who represents a group which has challenged the plan in court.

The Americans had good odds of making the 2018 tournament. They've been consistently in the tournament since 1990. Steve Inskeep talks to Jason Davis, host of "United States of Soccer" on SiriusXM.

An officer in Palmdale, Calif., had her walk in a straight line. Then instructed her to turn around. That's when she saw another officer on his knee, holding a ring. It was all a stunt. She said yes.

Also: The EPA promises to speed cleanup of Superfund sites; more fires erupt in northern California; and Catalonia's leader stops short of a call for independence from Spain.

With contractions four and five minutes apart, Nicole Veum started to see and smell smoke at a Santa Rosa, Calif., hospital.