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'Being dismissed for being different': Adam Duritz on new music with Counting Crows
by Leila Fadel
In 1993, Adam Duritz and his band Counting Crows took roots-rock to new heights with their debut August and Everything After. More than 30 years later, they offer a new album, cut from the same cloth.
It's been more than 50 years since Congress created a federal family planning program
by Ben Paviour
Title X, the federal family planning program, was created in 1970. Advocates say it has always been underfunded, and that restrictions on abortion access means money is needed now more than ever.
The search of Mar-a-Lago leads to outrage against the FBI by Trump supporters
Threats against the FBI from supporters of former President Donald Trump have jumped, even as court documents related to the search of his Florida home are made public.
The importance of sweat: We need it to keep cool
by Joe Palca
NPR begins a celebration of sweat — what it's made of, where it comes from and what it smells like. Spoiler alert: most of the time it doesn't have any smell at all.
Missile strikes near a nuclear power plant in Ukraine leave residents on edge
by Joanna Kakissis
Fighting at Europe's largest nuclear power plant, now occupied by Russia, turns a Ukrainian city across the river into a target for Russian missiles and a danger zone for a nuclear accident.
A year after the Taliban seized power, what is life like in Afghanistan now?
The Taliban are marking their first year in power. How do Afghans in the capital city of Kabul feel about this anniversary?
Scientists scramble to explain why western Alaska wild salmon stocks are low
by Olivia Ebertz
On Alaska's Yukon River, residents usually depend on catching salmon to eat all year. This year, a disruption in the supply of fish, in addition to inflation, is galvanizing a food crisis.
Ridley turns a horrific true story involving Hurricane Katrina into a scripted drama
by Eric Deggans
The Apple TV+ series Five Days at Memorial explores a terrible question: How did 45 patients die at a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina? Executive producer John Ridley has answers.
2 Charlottesville, Va., residents remember the 2017 'Unite the Right' rally
Five years ago a car slammed into a crowd of counterprotesters. One person was killed and a dozen injured. Lisa Woolfork was in that crowd. She remembers that day with her friend Kendall King-Sellars.
Justice Department asks a federal court to unseal warrant used to search Mar-a-Lago
NPR's A Martinez talks to former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti about U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland's request to unseal the warrant for the FBI search of Donald Trump's home.
An armed man was killed after trying to breach an Ohio FBI office
An armed man clad in body armor who tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office on Thursday was shot and killed by police after he fled the scene and engaged in an hourslong standoff.
Trump says he won't oppose the release of documents tied to the Mar-a-Lago search
Attorney General Merrick Garland has moved to unseal the warrant used to search former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.
New Yorkers are noticing something odd: Squirrels are laid out on all fours
People across the city noticed the squirrels flat on their stomachs — all four legs splayed out. The city's parks department said it's normal for four-legged critters to cool down by flattening out.