Modi declares victory in India’s election, falling short of a landslide Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won a third term, but voters drastically clipped his wings by handing his alliance a narrower margin than predicted. Read more on NPR

Andy Kim upended New Jersey politics. Now he’s on track to become a senator Democratic Congressman Andy Kim challenged the state’s powerful political machine and won in court and on the ground, making him the unlikely favorite in this November’s Senate race. Read more on NPR

After saying Charlotte, a lone stingray, was pregnant, aquarium now says she’s sick Charlotte the ray was touted as a case of asexual reproduction. Her aquarium now says she’s actually sick with a rare disease — not pregnant. “This is a very weird story,” an expert tells NPR. Read more on NPR

New policy suspends asylum claims for most migrants entering the U.S. unlawfully The executive action kicks in whenever the seven-day average of unauthorized crossings along the southern U.S. border exceeds 2,500. Read more on NPR

Rural U.S. health care is in a crisis. We went to a Georgia town to see how people there experience it NPR’s A Martínez visits Georgia to see the problems some Americans have accessing healthcare and to hear from providers about what they need to fix it. Read more on NPR

The push for embryo rights in state legislatures worries IVF patients and doctors 13 states introduced bills this year that could give rights to embryos and fetuses associated with people. None passed yet but IVF patients and doctors fear such laws could limit fertility treatment. Read more on NPR

A family fled Rafah as the war closed in. Now they’re living in a bombed-out school A classroom in a bombed-out school has become a shelter for an extended family of 20 Palestinians. They fled Rafah after Israel’s latest offensive in the southern Gaza city. Read more on NPR

A beleaguered breeder faces a record $35 million fine for mistreating its beagles The companies behind the now-closed Virginia facility pleaded guilty to violating the Animal Welfare Act and Clean Water Act. Animal rights groups applaud the development and say there’s more to do. Read more on NPR