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Hurricane Milton is poised to hit Florida's Gulf Coast. It's expected to be historic
by A Martínez
Sarasota is still cleaning up from Hurricane Helene which hit less than two weeks ago. Mayor Liz Alpert tells NPR's A Martinez the city is likely to take a direct hit from Milton, a stronger storm.
Social justice groups' monuments are a counternarrative to Confederate memorials
by Debbie Elliott
Two new monuments in Montgomery, Ala., are meant to provoke racial reckoning in public spaces. The creators hope they can serve as a counternarrative to monuments intended to glorify the Old South.
North Dakota is digging out from a historic Spring blizzard
by Kirk Siegler
That snowfall could offer some reprieve to farmers and ranchers who have been struggling through a punishing drought. Many of them have been teetering on bankruptcy.
Amid lawsuits over Sandy Hook shooting denial, InfoWars files for bankruptcy
by John Burnett
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's website Infowars has filed for bankruptcy. The move could put on hold defamation lawsuits over false claims that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax.
Florida's legislature meets in a special session to adopt new congressional maps
Republican leaders say they'll approve maps drawn by the governor that eliminate two Black voting districts. Gov. Ron DeSantis insisted on district maps that give an extra advantage to Republicans.
Encore: 'First Lady' series is compelling when it dramatizes the unseen moments
by Eric Deggans
Showtime's limited series, The First Lady, weaves together the stories of three of America's most distinctive presidential spouses. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on April 17, 2022.)
What's behind the mass detentions in El Salvador?
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Tamara Taraciuk Broner of Human Rights Watch about 10,000 gang suspects arrested in El Salvador as the president consolidates power.
What are the ripple effects of sanctioning Russia's richest and most powerful?
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Alex Finley, a former CIA officer and novelist who's tracking super-yachts used by oligarchs, about what sanctions against Russia mean for the country's super-rich.
HIV experts provide lessons for mitigating COVID
by Selena Simmons-Duffin
Federal officials have a favorite refrain about COVID-19: "We have the tools." There's just one problem: As those who have worked to end HIV for decades know, just having the tools is not enough.
Residents give updates from Lviv after multiple missile strikes were reported
by Eyder Peralta
At least six people have been reported killed and more injured in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, where missile strikes were reported.
NASA sent a doctor to International Space Station as a hologram
Dr. Josef Schmid's hologram talked to the crew and looked around. He called it "a new way of human exploration."
New Smithsonian exhibit will look at America's pop culture history
Muhammad Ali's boxing robe, Selena's leather jacket, Ali Wong's dress from her Baby Cobra stand-up, and Mister Rogers' sneakers will all be part of an exhibit at National Museum of American History.