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EPA administrator says it's 'all hands on deck' in Jackson, Miss.

4:27pm September 07, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan about the ongoing water crisis in Jackson, Miss. The city has now gone 39 days without safe drinking water.

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California's record heat wave put so much stress on the power grid it nearly broke

4:27pm September 07, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jan Smutny-Jones, CEO of the Independent Energy Producers Association, about how California's record heat wave nearly broke the state's power grid.

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How strippers hoping to unionize in LA adds to the history of organizing in the U.S.

4:27pm September 07, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with professor Siobhan Brooks of California State University — Fullerton about the issues strippers face and their history of organizing and unionizing in the U.S.

The extreme heat in California is causing disruptions in the state's classrooms

4:27pm September 07, 2022

by Kyle Stokes

Extreme heat across California is causing trouble in schools. It's straining aging air conditioning systems, making recess dangerous and highlighting ventilation problems in many classrooms.

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Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, comments on a cyberattack on the LAUSD information systems at a news conference on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022.

A cyberattack hits the Los Angeles School District, raising alarm across the country

3:15pm September 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

The ransomware attack on the country's second-largest school district sounded alarms across the country, from urgent talks with the White House and the National Security Council.

Bruno the Brake Car is the first autistic character on the Thomas & Friends TV series. "He is funny, smart, and he's a very relaxed character," says Elliott Garcia, who voices the character for the show's U.K. version.

Thomas the Tank Engine and Peppa Pig welcome friends with autism and 2 mommies

12:48pm September 07, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The beloved children's TV shows are adding diverse new characters that reflect real people more fully. On Thomas & Friends, child actors with autism will voice the new character, Bruno the Brake Car.

Steve Bannon speaks to the media as his lawyer Matthew Evan Corcoran listens after his trial for contempt of Congress began at the U.S. District Courthouse on July 19 in Washington, D.C.

Steve Bannon faces fraud charges in New York over the We Build the Wall charity

12:19pm September 07, 2022

by Andrea Bernstein

New York state is charging ex-Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon with fraud related to fundraising to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Bannon is accused of skimming money for personal use.

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Basketball icon Sue Bird plays her last game after two legendary decades in the WNBA

12:08pm September 07, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The Seattle Storm lost its semifinal game on Tuesday, bringing a bittersweet end to what the 41-year-old had said would be her final season. She retires as the winningest WNBA player of all time.

Mar-A-Lago documents reveal nuclear capabilities of foreign powers

11:56am September 07, 2022

by Rachel Martin

Rachel Martin speaks with Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig about the documents seized at Trump's Mar-a-Lago home that reveal the nuclear capabilities of foreign powers.

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Orlando's Exploria Stadium is set to rock for the finals of the U.S. Open Cup between Orlando City SC and Sacramento Republic FC.

David vs. Goliath duel pits Sacramento and Orlando City in U.S. Open Cup soccer final

11:25am September 07, 2022

by Tom Goldman

Underdog Sacramento Republic FC, which plays in the lower-division USL, is trying to do what hasn't been done since 1999 — topple a Major League Soccer team in the U.S. Open Cup final.