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Helene recovery in North Carolina is underway
by Scott Detrow
In western North Carolina, officials are struggling to rescue people following Tropical Storm Helene. Many are without power, water systems are offline and cell service is down.
Life Kit: Dealing with anxiety
by Marielle Segarra
Anxiety can feel awful. But it can also be a helpful warning signal — telling us when we're in danger or out of alignment with our true feelings. NPR's Life Kit has tips for dealing with anxiety.
Cities move to enact juvenile curfews to curb crime
At least a dozen cities are enacting or reinstating juvenile curfews to try and combat rising crime. Critics say they aren't effective and target Black and Latinx youth.
Congress returns and works to avoid shutdown
The Senate and House have a narrow window to approve a funding bill to head off a government shutdown on Sept. 30.
Ashnikko's 'Weedkiller' brings listeners into a queer dystopian world
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with rapper and singer Ashnikko, whose studio debut album Weedkiller is out now.
Remembering Jimmy Buffett
Scott Detrow looks back on the musical icon and entrepreneur Jimmy Buffett who died at the age of 76.
Migrants from majority-Muslim countries were unequally imprisoned in Del Rio, Texas
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Hamed Aleaziz of The LA Times about his reporting on asylum seekers from majority-Muslim countries getting disproportionately imprisoned in a Texas district.
'Yellowface' explores cultural appropriation in publishing via an unlikeable narrator
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author R.F. Kuang on her novel Yellowface and why she wanted to write a book about cultural appropriation in the publishing world.
The novel 'Between Two Moons' is Aisha Abdel Gawad's 'love letter' to Arab Americans
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with novelist Aisha Abdel Gawad about her new novel Between Two Moons. It's a coming of age story about teenage twins in Brooklyn and takes place during one month of Ramadan.
Paris says 'au revoir' to electric scooters as ban takes effect
by Eleanor Beardsley
After five years of chaos in the streets, Paris is saying goodbye to electric scooters. One of the first major cities to embrace them is now the first major capital to fall out of love and ban them.
What we won't be seeing on the big screen soon as Hollywood strikes delay premieres
by Mandalit del Barco
The Hollywood strikes are causing studios to push back the release dates of some films. A few will still appear at film festivals but will then not be available to the public for quite some time.
Fish oil labels are misleading, new study shows
by Allison Aubrey
Fish oil is one of the most popular dietary supplements in the U.S. A new study finds most fish oil products make misleading health claims on their labels.
Some of Gen Z wants to return to the office out of a kind of professional FOMO
by Tilda Wilson
As businesses and government agencies try to get workers to return in person, many young professionals feel like they're missing out on mentoring and professional development by only working remotely.