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Colombia's lone Amazon port faces drying river and rising tensions with Peru
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/07/nx-s1-5525686/colombia-peru-amazon
Published: September 7, 2025 13:30
Colombia's only Amazon port town could soon be cut off from the river that keeps it alive. As drought and a shifting river spark a tense border dispute with Peru, locals are scrambling to adapt—and politicians are raising flags, literally.
Chicago unites against Trump across protests and the Mexican Independence Day parade
Published: September 7, 2025 13:01
A Mexican Independence Day parade went on as planned, despite fears of increased immigration enforcement from the Trump administration in Chicago this weekend. There were also some protests in Chicago, where the president has threatened federal…
Solar flares are hotter than previously thought
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/07/nx-s1-5527011-e1/solar-flares-are-hotter-than-previously-thought
Published: September 7, 2025 13:01
Solar flares can be many times the size of Earth and can damage things like satellites. A new study suggests that eruptions from the sun can be even hotter than researchers thought.
Vance tries to win support for Trump's spending bill from Wisconsin's steelworkers
Published: September 7, 2025 13:01
Vice President JD Vance hopes President Trump's mega spending bill is received favorably, especially in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional district, which is a key race in next year's midterm elections.
A DC conference brings together a group of conservative political and religious leaders
Published: September 7, 2025 13:01
Pastor Doug Wilson is in Washington, DC this week to start a new church and spread his vision of a nation run by White Christian men. His views were echoed by other conservatives at a conference in Washington this week.
One professor spread the word about Florida's declining oyster population through song
Published: September 7, 2025 13:01
Heather O'Leary, professor of anthropology at St Petersburg's University of South Florida, sets the story of Florida's declining oyster population to music.
Literary center named for author Larry McMurtry honors hometown son
Published: September 7, 2025 13:00
A literary center in Archer City, a tiny ranching town in Texas, keeps alive the legacy of famed Western author Larry McMurtry.
'The Long Walk' brings Stephen King's first novel to the movies
Published: September 7, 2025 13:00
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with director Francis Lawrence about adapting Stephen King's first completed novel "The Long Walk" into a film, six decades since the story was written.
The artist known as sombr discusses his new album, growing up in New York and more
Published: September 7, 2025 13:00
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Shane Michael Boose, who performs as "sombr," about his new album, "I Barely Know Her."
Sunday Puzzle: Common denominator
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/07/nx-s1-5524250/sunday-puzzle-common-denominator
Published: September 7, 2025 12:33
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz along with listener Cynthia Rose of Littleton, Colorado.
LA's booming gothicumbia scene mixes goth counterculture and traditional cumbia music
Published: September 7, 2025 12:16
The booming gothicumbia scene in Los Angeles mashes together goth counterculture with traditional Latin American cumbia music.
Sunday Puzzle: Plus one
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/24/g-s1-85004/sunday-puzzle
Published: August 31, 2025 19:44
Israel orders the around 1 million Palestinians living in Gaza City to evacuate
Published: August 31, 2025 12:55
Israel plans to seize Gaza City and is telling civilians to move south. The International Red Cross says forcing the population out is unsafe.
A new artifact at the civil rights museum in Mississippi tells Emmett Till's story
Published: August 31, 2025 12:54
70 years since the lynching of Emmett Till, the state of Mississippi is embracing Till's story as the federal government flinches from showcasing painful moments of America's racial history.
Congress returns from recess, with a month-end government shutdown looming
Published: August 31, 2025 12:54
Lawmakers return to Congress this week from their August recess. They face a long to-do list, with the risk of a government shutdown looming.
The federal government will issue new dietary guidelines. Here's what to expect
Published: August 31, 2025 12:54
The Trump administration is planning to release its new guidelines on nutrition and diet and Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr., has said the latest update could leave out experts' advice.
Some in Colorado Springs remember James Dobson for his anti-gay rights agenda
Published: August 31, 2025 12:54
Colorado Springs' LGBTQ community recalls that James Dobson, who died Aug. 21, used his media and political power to advance an evangelical, anti-gay agenda.
Waking up with neck pain? Here's how to sleep better
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/31/nx-s1-5503977/waking-up-with-neck-pain-heres-how-to-sleep-better
Published: August 31, 2025 12:54
Experts have advice on best sleep practices to avoid pain in the morning.
Remembering longtime CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller
Published: August 31, 2025 12:09
Longtime CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller has died at age 73. He was known by colleagues for his encyclopedic knowledge of the White House.
A hometown hero wins the Air Guitar World Championships in Finland
Published: August 31, 2025 12:09
Aapo "The Angus" Rautio has won this year's Air Guitar World Championships in his hometown of Oulu, Finland. It's the first time since 2000 that a Finnish air guitarist has won the world title.
How clergy in Minneapolis are preaching to their congregations after the shooting
Published: August 31, 2025 12:09
How will clergy in Minneapolis preach to their congregations, just days after a shooter attacked a Catholic church and school in their city?
The Wizard of Oz is back in a modern reimagining at the Sphere in Las Vegas
Published: August 31, 2025 12:09
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Variety's Chris Willman for his thoughts about the experience of seeing "The Wizard of Oz" at the Las Vegas Sphere.
State-run detention facilities are growing — and pushing the limits of immigration law
Published: August 31, 2025 12:09
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Shannon Heffernan, criminal justice reporter at The Marshall Project, about the growing number of state-run immigration detention facilities.
Politics chat: White House defends legality of tariffs, Russia-Ukraine talks deadline
Published: August 31, 2025 12:09
President Trump's tariffs remain after yet another court determines them illegal. Meanwhile, warships are off the Venezuela coast and Monday is Trump's deadline for Moscow-Kyiv talks to be scheduled.
Books We Love: NPR staff recommends their favorite non-fiction books of 2025
Published: August 31, 2025 12:09
2025 has had some stellar non-fiction. NPR staffer recommend their picks from our Books We Love list - with subjects ranging from Desi Arnaz to women and war.
Macon Blair's "The Toxic Avenger" is a gory "live action cartoon" with a heart of gold
Published: August 31, 2025 12:00
Macon Blair's take on 1984's gore-core classic is as much a movie about love of family as it is a violent shock comedy.