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After Mar-a-Lago, officials are analyzing the potential damage to national security

7:09am August 29, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

The intelligence community is counting the cost of what might have been compromised as they review the classified material former President Donald Trump had at his Florida property.

National

A former federal prosecutor reacts to the redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit

7:09am August 29, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with former federal prosecutor Brandon Van Grack about the investigation into materials seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida home.

People buy fruits and vegetables from street vendors in Kandahar in August.

In the Taliban's Afghanistan, the near-broke central bank somehow still functions

5:44am August 29, 2022

by Steve Inskeep

A recent visit to Afghanistan showed a country facing an economic crisis. The banking system has seized up. Credit cards aren't working. Afghans abroad struggle to send money to relatives back home.

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Environment

Long overlooked, Oregon's Swastika Mountain may have a new name soon

5:30am August 29, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Swastika Mountain, located about 30 miles outside Eugene, Ore., was named after a local ranch in the early 1900s. Now it's in the process of being renamed.

NASA is set to launch another rocket to the moon

5:09am August 29, 2022

by Brendan Byrne

NASA is set to launch a rocket that will carry its first human-rated capsule into lunar orbit since the Apollo era. NASA hopes the scheduled launch will be a springboard for a return to the moon.

National

Morning news brief

5:09am August 29, 2022

Intelligence officials look at the classified materials found at Mar-a-Lago. NASA will launch a rocket to the moon. And, more than 1,000 people have died from flooding in Pakistan.

What will school look like for you and your family this year?

A new school year begins. What are your goals for teachers and students?

5:09am August 29, 2022

With a new school year underway, we're wondering what goals you might be setting for yourselves. NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander asks you to write about one of your goals in the form of a poem.

Arts

Discovering the forgotten women of silent cinema

5:09am August 29, 2022

by Chloe Veltman

An exhibition of theater lobby cards at New York's Poster House celebrates women's contributions to silent movies both in front and behind the camera.

Tents for flood-affected people are loaded to a helicopter by frontier constabularies, in Swat valley, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022.

International aid reaches Pakistan, where floods have claimed more than 1,000 lives

5:01am August 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday as evacuations were underway for widespread flooding that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer.

Minda Dentler handcycling at mile 32 of The Kona Ironman in Hawaii, 2013. She's the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship. When she was an infant, her legs were paralyzed by polio. "I wish all people who may be on the

Health & Safety

Striving to outrace polio: What's it like living with the disease

5:00am August 29, 2022

by Ari Daniel

As polio makes a comeback, Minda Dentler reflects on her life with the disease. Paralyzed as an infant in India, she's gone on to become a champion wheelchair triathlete and an immunization advocate.