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Water supplies are dwindling in Asheville after Helene's devastation
Getting water has been a struggle for people in Asheville, N.C., where the water system was heavily damaged by Tropical Storm Helene.
Washington's new tax could be a solution to fund long-term care
by Eilis O'Neill/KUOW
This month, Washington became the first state to start deducting money from workers' paychecks to fund long-term care benefits. Other states are studying similar solutions.
How to love your daughter, according to this author
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to author Hila Blum about her novel How to Love Your Daughter, which seems to pose a question: is there such a thing as loving too much?
The wonder of music
by Rob Stein
NPR's Weekly Dose of Wonder explores the wonder of music in this installment.
What happened when a doctor only ate ultra-processed foods for a month
by Allison Aubrey
As part of NPR's Living Better series, we look at what happened when a doctor decided to swap his healthy diet for one filled with ultra-processed foods for a month.
Blistering temps and heat-related deaths aren't enough to keep tourists out of Zion
by David Condos
Temperatures have been over 100 degrees for days at Zion National Park. Is it keeping the tourists away? No, even as two hikers in a nearby state park died of apparent heat-related causes Saturday.
The journey for the Emmitt Till and Mamie Till-Mobley national monuments
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with executive director Patrick Weems on the announcement of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.
The DOJ is taking legal action over razor wire-topped floating border wall in Texas
by David Martin Davies
The Justice Department and Texas are headed for a legal fight over Gov. Greg Abbott's floating barrier in the Rio Grande to stop illegal border crossings. The DOJ says the buoys violate federal law.
In Honduras, climate-caused agriculture problems hit women and girls especially hard
by Joel Rose
In Honduras, the changing climate is undermining traditional agriculture. Those disruptions fall particularly hard on women and girls, contributing to what's known as the "feminization" of migration.
Reconstruction is slow in Turkey, which is still reeling from earthquakes in February
by Peter Kenyon
Thousands of survivors of the earthquakes that devastated Turkey in the spring are still displaced and struggling to rebuild, despite the president's promise of rapid reconstruction.
Virginia is investigating if it's safe to eat fish caught from waterways with PFAS
by Roxy Todd
With PFAS, the forever chemicals, showing up in drinking water, researchers in Virginia want to know if they're building up in fish as well.
Public trails are being created on private land to boost hiking on the East Coast
by Emily Russell, NCPR
Good hiking trails can be hard to come by on the East Coast. That's why some people are working to expand the network of available trails by carving new public trails through private land.