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Idaho's biggest hospital says emergency flights for pregnant patients up sharply
by Julie Luchetta/Boise State Public Radio
Idaho's biggest hospital system says the number of people needing flights out of Idaho for emergency abortions is up sharply since the state's abortion ban took effect.
Championship Fever Hits Cleveland As Indians Vie For World Series Title
by David C. Barnett
Tuesday will be one strange day for sports fans in Cleveland. On the very same night the Indians host the Cubs for Game 1 of the World Series, right across the street the Cavaliers will raise the banner on their first ever NBA Championship. Pandemonium is all but assured.
Log Cabin Republicans Decline To Endorse Trump Despite Pro-LGBT Leanings
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Gregory T. Angelo, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, about the organization's decision not to endorse Donald Trump, even though Angelo calls Trump the most pro-LGBT presidential nominee in Republican Party history.
Kind World: 6-Year-Old Devises Plan To Cure Best Friend's Rare Disease
by Erika Lantz
Dylan Siegel was 6 years old when he hatched a plan to cure his best friend's rare disease. He ended up raising more than $1 million. Reporter Erika Lantz of the Kind World series brings us their story.
AT&T-Time Warner Merger Raises Concerns Over CNN's Independence
by David Folkenflik
CNN's profitability makes it an attractive part of the Time Warner portfolio that AT&T struck a deal to acquire over the weekend. Concerns have been raised about whether the deal could compromise CNN's independence.
Iraqi Fighters Continue Push Toward ISIS Held City Of Mosul
A coalition of various Iraqi fighters with assistance from the U.S. are continuing to push toward the ISIS held city of Mosul. Is the fight going according to plan? NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks to Jessica Lewis McFate, research director at the Institute for the Study of War, about how it is going so far.
Why Does This Election Have Us So Down? Social Science May Have An Answer
by Shankar Vedantam
U.S. politics have long been marked by disagreement and even rancor. But 2016 feels worse than usual. NPR's Hidden Brain podcast offers one explanation why, from deep in our psychological frameworks.
In 'Fire At Sea,' Glimpse The Migrant Crisis From The Heart Of Mediterranean
Filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi talks about his documentary Fire at Sea. The film tells the story of the ongoing migrant crisis as experienced by residents of Lampedusa, an island off the coast of Sicily.
On Baseball's Biggest Stage, 2 Lovable Losers Square Off To Become The Champ
This week, the World Series features two of professional sports' most famously hapless franchises: the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians. Both teams have gone decades without a championship.
Mass-Eviction Set To Empty 'The Jungle' Of Migrants. What's Next For them?
France says the unofficial migrant camp on the north coast of the country will be demolished "within days." That means up to 10,000 asylum-seekers are being resettled at centers across France.
The U.K. Posthumously Pardons Thousands Of Gay Men
The U.K. justice minister has pardoned thousands of gay men convicted under "gross indecency" laws, which made homosexuality illegal until 1967.