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Florida mom runs world-record mile while pushing a stroller
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Kaitlin Donner, who set a new world record time for running a mile with a child in a stroller.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces an impeachment trial next week
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sergio Martínez- Beltrán, political reporter for The Texas Newsroom, about the impeachment trial Attorney General Ken Paxton faces with charges including bribery.
Ukraine's counteroffensive gains traction in the south
by Brian Mann
Ukraine has made significant progress but at great cost, and the terrain ahead is heavily defended.
Firefighters struggle to contain severe wildfires in northern Greece
by Lydia Emmanouilidou
Northern Greece is experiencing the worst wildfires the European Union has ever seen. Extreme weather attributed to climate change is partly responsible.
Employers added jobs in August, but the unemployment rate went up
by Scott Horsley
U.S. employers added 187,000 jobs in August. The unemployment rate rose, but only because hundreds of thousands of people came off the sidelines and started looking for work.
Georgia cleans up after Hurricane Idalia
by Grant Blankenship
Idalia was still a hurricane when it hit south Georgia where people will spend the Labor Day weekend cleaning up downed trees and power lines.
Afghans, weeks from losing their jobs, wait to hear if they can stay in the U.S.
by Paul Flahive
Tens of thousands of Afghans were given temporary immigration status into the U.S. Now, many are worried about losing their jobs before their stays can be extended.
Arkansas lawmaker describes going on the first congressional trip to Syria in 5 years
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with GOP Rep. French Hill of Arkansas about his trip that he took to Syria with two other Republican members of Congress.
A big group of student loan borrowers are learning their debt has been forgiven
by Cory Turner
Federal student loan borrowers are expected to resume payments this fall. But more than 800,000 borrowers are finding out that their loans have suddenly been forgiven.
Novel 'The Covenant of Water' tells of a family in India haunted by a medical mystery
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the author Abraham Verghese about his new novel The Covenant of Water in which a family in India is haunted by a medical mystery.
A neurology professor weighs in on the health questions surrounding Mitch McConnell
For a second time in a little over a month, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze up while taking questions a press conference, raising questions about his health.
Now-released forms reveal more trips gifted to Justice Clarence Thomas by Harlan Crow
by Nina Totenberg
Justice Clarence Thomas, who has been the subject of scrutiny over gifts he received from billionaire Harlan Crow, reported additional trips Crow paid for in newly released financial disclosure forms.