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These missionaries have volunteered at a dozen disaster sites this year
by Jeff Brady
Volunteers from across the country are in southern Appalachia to help with recovery from Hurricane Helene. Among them are a Texas couple who have volunteered at a dozen disaster sites this year.
PBS Show 'Arthur' Introduces Children To Same-Sex Marriage
Longtime PBS kids' show Arthur featured a same-sex marriage on its Season 22 premiere. Beloved teacher Mr. Ratburn gets married to his "special someone," who the children later find out is a man.
News Brief: U.S.-Iran Tensions, Ala. Abortion Bill, Facebook Changes
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to escalate. Alabama's Senate passes a controversial abortion bill. And, Facebook announces it is tightening rules around its livestreaming feature.
American Business People In China React To Latest Tariff War
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jake Parker of the U.S.-China Business Council in Beijing about China's retaliatory tariffs after the Trump administration last week increased tariffs on Chinese goods.
Trump Adviser On China Offers Grim Assessment Of Escalating Tariffs
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Pillsbury, informal adviser to Trump on China, and the author of The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America As the Global Superpower.
U.S. Sanctions Have Cubans Bracing For Tough Economic Times
by Carrie Kahn
Cubans are feeling the effects of the Trump administration's tough new sanctions there, which include limiting both U.S. visas and also the funds that U.S.-based relatives can send back to the island.
Pompeo To Confer With Putin And Other Russian Leaders In Sochi
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Russian journalist Vladimir Pozner for a preview of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's meeting with Russian President Putin and others in Sochi.
Minnesotans Fiercely Debate Name Change Of Minneapolis Lake
by Elizabeth Shockman
Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes. An effort to rename one of the lakes is the focus of a challenge that echoes similar fights across the country.
Canadian Government Won't Repatriate Toronto Man Who Joined ISIS
by Jane Arraf
Kurdish-Syrian forces hold hundreds of Westerners in camps in northeast Syria, pleading for their countries to take them back and put them on trial. But most countries are washing their hands of them.
Jim Baker Writes In 'Lawfare': Why I Do Not Hate Donald Trump
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to former General Counsel of the FBI Jim Baker on his choice not to respond to President Trump with hatred, but instead with love.
Smell Forces Library At Australian University To Temporarily Evacuate
The library at the University of Canberra sent out message saying the smell was from a durian fruit left in a garbage can — which apparently wasn't enough to contain the odor of the infamous fruit.
Expensive Cup Of Coffee Sells Out In Southern California
Klatch Coffee Roasters of Los Angeles sold coffee made from Panama beans at $75 per cup, according to KABC-TV. A company vice president says, "It's like nothing you've ever tried."