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The Olympic flame arrives in France from Greece ahead of the Summer Olympics
by Eleanor Beardsley
France has officially welcomed the Olympic flame in a ceremony in the southern port city of Marseille. The event featured fighter jets and fireworks, and some 200,000 spectators.
in California it's peak seaweed season. Let's go foraging
We take a trip to the California coast to forage for seaweed.
Major gas pipeline from Russia to Europe restarts after a break for maintenance
The operator announced that natural gas started flowing through a key pipeline after a 10-day shutdown. The gas flow was expected to fall well short of full capacity and the outlook was uncertain.
Why rural Americans feel inflation's effects more than people in cities and suburbs
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to professor Dave Peters, an economist and sociologist with Iowa State University's extension service, about the pain rural Americans are feeling because of inflation.
A bipartisan group of senators blocks a Trump-era plan to realign the VA
by Quil Lawrence
The plan would have shut many of the Department of Veterans Affairs less-used clinics and aging hospitals. The senators say they're working on a way to rebuild the VA' infrastructure.
Biden order promises more help for Americans detained or held hostage abroad
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Diane Foley, mother of journalist James Foley, who was kidnapped and killed by ISIS in 2012, about an executive order meant to help wrongfully detained Americans abroad.
News brief: Sri Lanka's new president, New Mexico wildfire, Netflix earnings
Sri Lanka's Parliament chooses a new president. New Mexico firefighters have nearly contained a historic wildfire. And, Netflix says it lost nearly 1 million subscribers between April and June.
The Chainsmokers will perform high above the Earth for their next concert
A space tourism company is producing Drew Taggart and Alex Pall's concert. They plan to perform in a pressurized capsule, 20 miles high — attached to a balloon.
Why did a man who bought a real Picasso sketch try to pass it off as a fake?
Investigators say the collector was at an airport in Spain and had the 1966 work called "Three figures" in his luggage. He didn't declare the piece, worth nearly half a million dollars, to customs.
Encore: Examining a major part of China's aggressive 'zero-COVID' strategy
by John Ruwitch
Testing is the cornerstone of China's aggressive efforts to eradicate COVID-19. Even when it's not mandatory, it's still necessary. (Story aired on ATC on July 14, 2022.)
Why Colorado's inventive plan to create an emergency mental health care system failed
by Ben Markus
Ten years ago when 12 people died in the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., leaders promised mental health system reforms. But established providers fought to maintain the status quo.
It was supposed to be a controlled burn, but a New Mexico fire got out of control
by Alice Fordham
The biggest wildfire ever recorded in New Mexico is all but contained now, and residents are assessing the damage and challenges to recover.