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PolitiFact founder says both parties need factchecking. But they don’t lie equally
by David Folkenflik
CBS said that its moderators would largely leave fact checking up to the vice presidential candidates in Tuesday's debate. Journalist Bill Adair said the network sent a powerful message, though.
Defense rests in Trump's hush money trial
by Andrea Bernstein
Witness testimony has concluded in Donald Trump's hush money trial. The defense has rested without calling the former president to the stand.
First-time director Chris Pine draws a Wild Card and answers a big question
by Rachel Martin
Actor and first-time director Chris Pine joins NPR's Rachel Martin to draw a card from the Wild Card deck.
Biden responds to the ICC seeking arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas
by Michele Kelemen
President Biden called it outrageous that the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israel's prime minister and defense minister and three Hamas leaders.
A long drought in Zambia has left people with no crops or money for food
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Cindy MCcain, executive director of the World Food Programme, about her current trip to Zambia, where people are enduring a severe drought and going hungry.
Phoenix is making changes to cooling centers to protect more people from heat
by Katherine Davis-Young
Phoenix, Ariz., area leaders are opening cooling centers that are open all night. About a third of heat related emergency calls happen after most centers close.
Israeli authorities seize The Associated Press' broadcasting equipment from
by Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Israeli authorities have seized broadcasting equipment of The Associated Press. It had been used to create a live feed into Northern Gaza filmed from the Israeli border.
Meet ZiG, Zimbabwe's latest baffling currency
by Kate Bartlett
The ZiG is Zimbabwe's latest currency — yet another attempt to unravel the economic catastrophes of the past decades. According to many there, it's every bit as baffling as its predecessors.
Amid a crumbling media landscape in India, journalist Ravish Kumar is resolute
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with filmmaker Vinay Shukla and journalist Ravish Kumar about the new documentary While We Watched.
Learning to sing (again) on testosterone
by Manola Secaira/CapRadio
Eli Conley is a singer-songwriter who specializes in helping trans people on testosterone re-learn how to sing as their voices change.
Texas Medical Board faces backlash over lack of clarity around abortion ban exception
by Selena Simmons-Duffin
For years now, Texas has banned practically all abortions. There is a medical exception to the ban — and the Texas Medical Board has been tasked with clarifying that exception.
Rescuers are searching for a helicopter that was carrying Iran's president
by Peter Kenyon
A helicopter with the Iranian president on board made a "hard landing," according to state-run media.