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Blinken tells China it's in their interest to stop helping Russia
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken following his talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and top Chinese officials in Beijing.
As North Korea and Russia consider an arms deal, what can they offer each other
by Anthony Kuhn
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia where he's expected to meet President Putin amid Western worries about a potential arms deal and more.
Twinkies are sold — J.M. Smucker scoops up Hostess Brands for $5.6 billion
by Alina Selyukh
Hostess, the maker of snacks such as Twinkies and HoHos, is being sold to J.M. Smucker in a cash-and-stock deal worth nearly $6 billion. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 11, 2023.)
Are you dying for new digs? A killer new property just hit the market
It's the home where Jamie Lee Curtis' character lived in the 1978 slasher film Halloween. It was in a fictional Illinois town, but it's really in South Pasadena, Calif. It's listed for $1.8 million.
The switch to electric vehicles is playing a role in UAW contract talks
by Camila Domonoske
The auto industry's transition to electric vehicles is a complicating factor in tense union talks, proving to be both a headwind for the UAW and, in some ways, a source of leverage.
How can residents in Morocco guard against the next deadly earthquake?
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Mehrdad Sasani, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University, about construction concerns in Morocco's earthquake zone.
Displaced family in Morocco will have to start over following earthquake
A young woman in a remote mountain town in Morocco describes how her family's world has been turned upside down by Friday's earthquake that destroyed their home and took their neighbors' lives.
Lost hiker uses bear cam in Alaska's Katmai National Park to get rescued
Wildlife enthusiasts love to watch the camera to see passing wildlife, and then some saw a hiker who mouthed the words, "Help me." Park rangers found the hiker within hours.
McCarthy faces another leadership test as government funding talks heat up
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Sarah Ferris of Politico about House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who's being pressured by moderates and the far-right in his party as another government funding battle looms.
Morning news brief
Moroccan and international teams work to rescue earthquake survivors. The government opens its antitrust case against Google. The House returns to Washington with Speaker Kevin McCarthy in a bind.
If autoworkers strike, business up and down the supply chain will be affected
If members of the UAW strike, it will affect more than automakers. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jeff Rightmer, professor of Global Supply Chain at Wayne State University in Detroit.