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Lilla Lanivich, 14, of Rochester Hills, Mich., wins NPR podcast contest
by Leila Fadel
The middle school winner of NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge tells how her golden retriever, Lopez, helped restore her independence.
This French app aims to fight sexual harassment on beaches
by Rebecca Rosman
Women who are subject to unwanted attention and harassment on the beaches of southern France are experimenting with an app that summons police. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 31, 203.)
Post-Idalia, residents in Horseshoe Beach consider whether to rebuild or move on
by Bobby Allyn
Hurricane Idalia's storm surge and powerful winds raked across several of Florida's older and rural Gulf Coast communities. Now, the cleanup begins.
Justices Thomas and Alito file 2022 financial disclosure forms with new trips, gifts
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Virginia Canter, chief ethics counsel for the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, about whether the justices have gone far enough.
Celebrating a couple who got engaged in a StoryCorps booth 2 decades ago
StoryCorps is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Michael Wolmetz and Debora Brakarz got engaged at a StoryCorps booth nearly 20 years ago. They return to share an update about marriage and parenthood.
Marking 2 years since the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan
by Quil Lawrence
Veterans of the war in Afghanistan, religious groups and diplomats are still fighting to evacuate Afghans who helped the U.S. during the war.
A nurse in Tennessee holds the record for the longest mullet
Tami Manis has been growing out her mullet since 1990. She's in the 2024 edition of the Guinness World Records. At 5 feet, 8 inches, her mullet is longer than the average American woman is tall.
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson help people displaced by Maui wildfires
Winfrey has a house on Maui and Johnson spent part of his childhood in Hawaii. They've started a $10 million fund to help victims get back on their feet.
Morning news brief
The aftermath of Hurricane Idalia could cause delays over the busy Labor Day weekend. Settlement talks falter in the Sept. 11 terrorism case. The Labor Department will release job numbers for August.
Employers add enough jobs to keep the unemployment rate near a 50-year low
by Scott Horsley
The Labor Department reports on job gains for July Friday morning. Forecasters expect the report to show a gradual cooling of the job market, with a still-low unemployment rate.