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Future has dropped three chart-topping albums in just six months
by Stephen Thompson
This week, the rapper Future hit #1 on Billboard's albums chart for a third time in the last six months. Meanwhile, on the songs, chart, stasis is becoming the coin of the realm.
Amid climate change, water managers see promise in recycled wastewater
by Alex Hager
Las Vegas is prepared to pay Southern California $750 million to drink water recycled from sewage. It's because of the southwestern megadrought.
The U.S. Forest Service is behind on prescribed burns in parts of California
The resort town of Big Bear is surrounded by land slated for fire mitigation, such as prescribed burns. But obstacles have prevented the crucial work and heightened the risk of disaster.
Protesters in Mexico City demand to know what happened to 43 college students
by Eyder Peralta
Ongoing demonstrations in Mexico are marking the anniversary of the massacre in 2014 that resulted in the murders and disappearances of 43 students from a college in a rural south-western state.
Results of sham annexation votes in 4 occupied regions of Ukraine may be known soon
NPR's A Martinez talks to Thomas de Waal of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about Russian-organized annexation votes that Ukraine's allies say violate international law.
Most Japanese opposed the state funeral for ex-Prime Minister Abe, polls show
A costly state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July, prompted protests in Japan.
Historic racism creates barriers to beach access in towns across the country
by Chris Burrell
Residents-only policies at many of the nation's town-owned beaches mean low-income people and people of color have less access to the shore.
California struggles with who pays for public charging stations for electric cars
by Kevin Stark
A California ballot proposition to tax the wealthy to pay for electric vehicle incentives has split the state's Democrats. Gov. Gavin Newsom made himself the face of the opposition campaign.
The White House is hosting a conference on nutrition and hunger
The White House is convening a day-long conference this week to review new proposals for tackling food insecurity and diet-related chronic disease.
What meaningful action could the United Nations take to help Ukraine?
As the U.N. General Assembly comes to a close, NPR's Leila Fadel asks Yale law professor Oona Hathaway how nations can unite in responding to Russia for its war against Ukraine.
Kwame Alexander's new book about slavery is 'Door of No Return'
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to Morning Edition's poet-in-resident Kwame Alexander about his new Young Adult book: The Door of No Return.