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Still recovering from devastating July flash flooding, the Kerrville community gathered for the Texas tradition of high school football Friday night. As Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies reports, the Tivy Antler varsity football team took on Del Rio in their season opener at Kerrville's Antler Stadium, the same location that was a volunteer hub after the July 4th flooding and where a recent massive memorial was held.

Far from Colombia's tourist hubs, the Mavecure Mountains rise from the Amazon jungle. Once off-limits during conflict, they now draw adventurous visitors to rare wildlife, sacred sites and vast views.

Inflation fell in June, as a drop in gasoline prices more than offset the modest monthly rise in rent. This could help clear the way for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in September.

Three months into the U.S. bird flu outbreak, only 45 people have been tested and clinical labs aren't approved to detect the virus. They complain of slowness and uncertainty from the CDC and FDA.

In 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Now she shares the lessons she learned with future generations.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Katie Roiphe about her essay on the #MeToo movement in this month's Harper's Magazine. It's called "The Other Whisper Network."

In the Netflix film Good Grief, Dan Levy of Schitt's Creek fame plays a recent widower who flees to Paris to come to terms with life after the death of a spouse.

Reviewer Maureen Corrigan says Amy Waldman's debut novel might be the Sept. 11 novel — the one that finally does justice, artistically and historically, to the aftershocks of that day.

The election system shuddered in 2020 as Donald Trump sought to overturn the result. Now, election deniers and defenders have eyes on the nuts and bolts of the process itself.

More than 1,455 lobbyists weighed in on the 21st Century Cures Act in this congressional cycle. Only one health bill since 2011 has garnered more attention.

A drought is driving a hunger crisis in Somalia. UNICEF says global funding cuts have hampered its ability to respond.

It is difficult to find work if you've been incarcerated. Outside Seattle, one women's prison is trying to give inmates a better chance by training some of them for nontraditional jobs.

What the overturning of Roe v. Wade could mean for U.S. politics. The field is set for Ohio's U.S. Senate race in November. Some civilians and Ukrainian soldiers are still trapped in a steel plant.

Faced with lost revenue from canceled elective procedures, hospitals laid off 1.4 million health care workers in April, including nearly 135,000 from hospitals.

The Border Patrol recorded nearly 1.7 million apprehensions last year, eclipsing the record set in 2000. Still, the number of migrants crossing illegally is likely far below the all-time high.

Tallahassee Community College Professor Monte Finklestein described how the Nazis justified banning certain books and how they kept those books from the public.

This is the second time the Wyoming Republican faced calls for her removal as the No. 3 Republican in the House. But this time, she did not have support from top Republicans.

David Greene talks to Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota about his party's attempt to repeal Obamacare. Graham-Cassidy, the latest bill appears to be dead. NPR's Geoff Bennett analyzes Rounds' comments.

In a turbulent economy, here's how to weather the inflation storm. Experts offer ways to make better financial decisions as the government struggles to control inflation and head off a recession.

Twenty-two-year-old Simone Fratus is sitting in a computer lab at the Art Institute of Tampa, doing homework with a friend."Right now, I have on…

Artist Emily Quinn is intersex. She's one of over 150 million people in the world who don't fit neatly into the categories of male or female. She explains how biological sex exists on a spectrum.

Public places don't always fully meet the needs of a community. Shari Davis explains how participatory budgeting can give us all a voice in creating safer and more equitable public spaces.

Tobias Wolff's new collection of short stories, Our Story Begins, centers on moments of quiet epiphany. "If you change the direction of your life by a little degree, years later you're going to end up in a very different direction than if you hadn't," Wolff says.

A new horror-tinged adventure game delivers stunning visuals and an emotionally resonant story. But lackluster action and sticky controls get in the way.

Following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, the debate over gun control has been reignited. Many have said that if there is going to be any action on gun control, law-abiding, responsible gun owners will need to be a part of the conversation. Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep talks to Steven Rinella, a writer and avid hunter, about how he views the current debate.