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Timber mill workers in Montana have a tough time finding affordable housing
by Austin Amestoy
One of the last remaining sawmills in Montana is closing, but not for lack of logs. Housing is too expensive for the labor force, and the mill can't hire enough workers.
3 more GOP presidential candidates are expected to enter the race this week
As former Vice President Mike Pence and other Republicans are set to launch presidential campaigns, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with conservative commentator Al Cardenas about the GOP field.
Boom-bust cycles are normal for the U.S. oil industry, but that may be changing
by Camila Domonoske
In the Permian Basin, America's busiest oil-producing region, business is good. It's not quite booming, though — and that's on purpose. Producers are aiming for steady growth.
Prince Harry is set to testify in a phone hacking trial involving British tabloids
by Lauren Frayer
He is scheduled to appear in a London court Monday — one of several plaintiffs suing British papers for allegedly hacking their phones. It's a practice the British tabloids have been notorious for.
Sudan and South Sudan's ethnic and religious divisions play a role 'Goodbye Julia'
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Mohamed Kordofani about his film Goodbye Julia. It's about two very different Sudanese women who form a friendship against the backdrop of a civil war.
Latin music style known as Regional Mexican marks another milestone in its popularity
by Anamaria Sayre
A collaboration between chart-topping artist Peso Pluma and Argentina's influential producer Bizzarap is collecting millions of YouTube views.
Winning word: psammophile. 14-year-old from Florida wins national spelling bee
Dev Shah, an eighth-grader from Largo, Fla., has won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee after spelling "psammophile" correctly.
2 members of support group for living with mental illness find love in Utah
Julianne Larsen, who's been living with schizophrenia since her 20s, and Mar Fenix Nauta, who manages bipolar disorder and PTSD, discuss how they're about to celebrate 13 years as a couple.
Carpenters are working at a frenzied pace to finish repairing Notre Dame Cathedral
by Eleanor Beardsley
Workers across France are rushing to restore various parts of Notre Dame Cathedral, with a goal to reopen the site in Paris in December 2024 — five years after a destructive fire.