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Experts worry a devastating wildfire in New Mexico, partly started by a controlled burn that got out of control, may create a backlash against this important forest management tool.
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The pop star has spent a life on the go, so the pandemic offered him a rare chance for reflection, to separate the person from the pop star. Also, of course, to record a new album.
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In this week's StoryCorps, a worker at Mississippi's last remaining clinic that performs abortions, talks about her experiences.
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A grid reliability report says power outages are likely in parts of the Midwest, California and Texas. The Western drought and a mismatch between supply and peak summer demand are some reasons why.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. special envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, about the racism and hatred that motivate violence in America and around the world.
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If you want to get into Ukraine by vehicle, you might have to wait hours at the Medyka border, where people sit in a line of cars that stretches for miles and takes hours to move.
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Law professor Kim Mutcherson said that while states are bound by HIPAA laws, individuals are not. This means that abortion "bounty hunters" could help punish people who seek abortions in other states.
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Scientists went to extraordinary lengths to eradicate smallpox from the world. Rahima Banu is now recorded as having the last known naturally-occurring case of the deadly form.
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A security guard at the Tops market tried to fire back at the shooter, but his fire struck body armor instead. Experts say use of body armor by mass shooters has trended up in recent years.
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A New York Times/FX documentary explores the dangers of Tesla's self-driving technology and the fatal accidents it has caused.
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A cultural chameleon with a handful of viral hits, the rising rapper's Come Home The Kids Miss You misses the mark.
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Sri Lankan authorities closed schools and asked public officials not to come to work in a desperate move to prepare for an acute fuel shortage during the nation's worst economic crisis in decades.