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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.
The latest in Phoenix's efforts to remove biggest homeless encampment after lawsuit
by Kirsten Dorman
A lawsuit required Phoenix officials to show they've making progress clearing the city's largest homeless encampment. Businesses and homeless people have differing opinions.
Sweden's deal with Turkey to enter NATO stirs concern in Kurdish community
Attorney Miran Kakaee talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about how Kurds in Sweden are responding to the concessions the country has made in response to Turkey's demands over their NATO membership.
Nearly 120 people have been rescued as flooding continues in Vermont
by Peter Hirschfeld
Vermont is dealing with major flooding issues — including washed-out roads, flooded homes and businesses and dams straining to hold back high waters.
Native Americans argue in court that 2 mining projects would destroy religious sites
by Kirk Siegler
Two large mines important for America's green energy transition are being fought in federal court by Native Americans who say the developments would destroy sacred, religious sites.
Bank of America ordered to reimburse millions for 'junk fees'
by David Gura
Federal regulators have ordered Bank of America to reimburse customers and pay the government a $150 million penalty for so-called "junk fees."
Israel's protests start again after prime minister tries to weaken judiciary
by Daniel Estrin
The Israeli prime minister's move to take up measures that weaken the judicial system have revived Israel's democracy protests, where the move is seen as a threat to democracy.
Main suspect in the 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders dies
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Chicago Tribune reporter Stacy St. Clair about the Tylenol Murders that happened in the Chicago area in 1982. The prime suspect, James Lewis, died Sunday at age 76.
Silicon Valley is less promised land, more black hole in new novel, 'Ripe'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with writer Sarah Rose Etter about her new novel Ripe, which explores the darker sides of Silicon Valley as a woman tries to make sense of her career and growing dread.
PJ Harvey's latest album unfolds out of an epic narrative poem
by Ann Powers
PJ Harvey's new album, I Inside The Old Year Dying, builds off of a narrative poem she wrote about a year in the life of a 9-year-old girl in a fictional town in western England.