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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.
'Didi' director Sean Wang says 13 is 'old enough to know better, too young to care'
by Ailsa Chang
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with filmmaker Sean Wang about his new coming-of-age movie Didi, which was inspired by his own experiences growing up in an immigrant household in the Bay Area.
Video game performers launch strike over compensation and AI
by Mandalit del Barco
After over a year of negotiations with major video game companies over issues like AI, video game performers in the union SAG-AFTRA are on strike.
Russia sentences Russian American journalist to 6.5 years in secret trial
by Michele Kelemen
On the same day that a Wall Street Journal reporter was convicted of espionage, Russian American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva was sentenced to six and a half years in prison in a similar case.
California's governor issues executive order for cities to clear homeless encampments
by Anna Scott
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday urging cities to remove homeless encampments. But research shows clearing encampments doesn't reduce homelessness in the long term.
This week in science: Chimpanzee 'conversations,' deep ocean oxygen and rogue waves
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about chimpanzee "conversations," oxygen from the bottom of the ocean and how a computer program may warn of rogue waves.
How Delaware — Biden's home state — is reacting to the end of his campaign
by Rachel Sawicki
Joe Biden has been part of the Delaware political scene for decades. Delawareans react to the announcement that he won't run for reelection.
The family politics behind J.D. Vance's 'childless cat ladies' comment
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jessica Winter of The New Yorker about J.D. Vance's politics, particularly his views around the importance of having children.
Travelers will no longer be able to choose open seats on Southwest Airlines flights
by Joel Rose
Southwest Airlines announced that it will drop the open seating model it's used since its founding more than 50 years ago. The airline is under pressure to boost profits.
A preview of tomorrow's unique opening of the Paris Summer Olympic Games
by Eleanor Beardsley
The Olympic games begin Friday. For the first time in the modern era, the opening ceremony won't be in a stadium. The Games will kick off with a parade through Paris in boats along the river Seine.
U.S. gets its first big economic report card after Biden drops his campaign
by Maria Aspan
The health of the economy always looms large for voters. So the report should be great news for President Biden and Vice President Harris. But the reality is, a lot of Americans aren’t feeling it.
COVID is having a summer wave. Here's what it means for older people
by Maria Godoy
What's with the uptick in COVID cases? There's a pattern that's been repeated each year since COVID started -- a late summer wave. Older people and those who are immuno-compromised should be careful.