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Talking to voters at a Wisconsin supper club
by Ashley Brown
Customers and staff at a Wisconsin supper club share their thoughts on the upcoming election.
Putin met with leaders from Turkey and Iran
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul about Putin's visit to Tehran on Tuesday.
Dinosaur footprints found at restaurant courtyard
A diner in China spotted what looked like dinosaur footprints in the stone patio of a restaurant. Paleontologists have now confirmed the discovery and say the tracks are roughly 100 million years old.
How to talk to your kids about abortion
How do you talk about abortion — both the medical procedure and the politics around it — with your kids? NPR's Ailsa Chang gets tips from Dr. Elise Berlan and parenting expert Reena Patel.
Missouri ranked #1 for Black homicide victimization
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Josh Sugarmann, Violence Policy Center's executive director, about his analysis of 2019 homicide data and why Missouri was ranked #1 for Black homicide victimization.
The European heatwave is spreading northward, fueling wildfire and drought dangers
by Eleanor Beardsley
The heatwave embroiling southern and central Europe is making its way north. A report says the heat with low rainfall means nearly half the EU's land area will be affected by drought this summer.
In his new book, Jamil Jan Kochai writes of war, displacement and haunting memories
Jamil Jan Kochai's new book, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and other Stories, explores war, displacement, family and the memories that haunt us.
Alabama's abortion laws didn't deter one site from offering reproductive health care
by Kyle Gassiott
After the only abortion clinic in Montgomery, Ala., shut down, a next-door organization has been threading a legal needle to give reproductive health care to those coming from hundreds of miles away.
In her memoir, author Ingrid Rojas Contreras shares her family's mystical history
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Ingrid Rojas Contreras about her memoir, The Man Who Could Move Clouds, and how writing it helped her rediscover herself after losing her memory.
Europe could hit record-breaking temperatures this week
by Willem Marx
Europe is reeling from a massive heat wave, and temperatures could hit records this week across much of the continent.
Biden's trip to Mideast was seen as a reset of relations by Gulf Arab leaders
by Fatma Tanis
Saudi leaders viewed their summit with President Biden as a success, but human rights advocates worry about the message it sent to the kingdom.
New book details the wealth and power of the former richest man in America
by Susan Stamberg
J. Paul Getty was America's richest man in his day, turning oil into billions of dollars. A new biography — Growing Up Getty — reveals Getty's wealth and power.