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With Forest Fires raging in Canada, Robert Hughes of the Shawnee Natural Area Guardians and Friends of Bell Smith Springs. Robert gives information on how to manage our forests without depleting our forests.
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As Canadian wildfires spread smoke across the U.S. the air pollution is dangerous to health. But there are ways to protect yourself. Here's what to know.
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Smoke from wildfires in Canada and Minnesota is sending air quality indexes to record levels, posing a hazard for millions of people. Here are tips for how to breathe easier in your home.
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The military said Friday it used intelligence sources to target militants over the previous 24 hours. The operations were in response to attacks by militants earlier in the week.
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In Jem Calder's debut novel, the characters have boarded a plane, baggage first -- with no idea where it will land. Will it lead to an actual relationship, nevermind happiness?
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NPR member station photographers captured images of World Cup watch parties outside stadium gates, on street corners and in public parks and squares as the World Cup became, for a brief period, a part of local life.
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The U.S. and Iran expanded their targets in the latest round of strikes on Friday, as fighting over the control of the Strait of Hormuz reignites fears of an all-out war.
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The Wet Hot American Summer director talks about his new film, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, and why he's still making comedies with the friends he met in college.
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The larvae of a beetle native to South and Central America, the critters are the perfect solution to sticky problem: How to prepare an animal skeleton for scientific use.
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Both Marco Rubio and Elon Musk, who led the effort to sunset the foreign aid agency, have said that no deaths have been linked to the cutting of its funding. These parents tell a different story.
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Plus: Jurassic Park, U.K. politics, conspiracy theories, Pete Hegseth and numismatics.
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A search will begin for a replacement for Christina Shutt, who will stay on until the end of the year.
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