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The new infrastructure legislation makes money available to remove potentially poisonous pipes around the country. In Flint, Mich., mistrust runs deeper than the plumbing does.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Phil Bryant, the former governor of Mississippi who signed a bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks. The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments over the law.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Charles Coleman Jr., a civil rights lawyer and former prosecutor, about the three men found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.

NASA is launching its first-ever practice mission to redirect an asteroid. The launch is part of a planetary defense strategy if an object ever threatens Earth in the future.

For almost 60 years, Justus Rosenberg was a beloved professor at Bard College. But before he made a living writing and teaching about artists and intellectuals, he helped rescue them in World War II.

Hair loss is a common side effect of COVID-19 and the trauma of the pandemic itself. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Atlantic writer Amanda Mull about her article, "The Year America's Hair Fell Out."

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Zachary Abuza, Southeast Asia expert and National War College professor, about the White House's options following Myanmar's release of American journalist Danny Fenster.

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told NPR the declaration spurs mutual accountability. "I'm absolutely convinced that that is the fastest, best way to get China to move from where it is today," he said.

The country's top infectious disease doctor says he is looking for "a level of control" over COVID-19 such that it is less disruptive to society — and he again stressed the importance of vaccination.

Pat Maginnis helped women obtain abortions when it was illegal — and courted arrest to challenge that legal status. She was 93 when she died earlier this year.

The highest rate of COVID-19 vaccination in the United States is not in a liberal-leaning Northeastern or West Coast state. It's in a place with a notably different political culture.

Since 2016, Demi Adejuyigbe has made increasingly lavish videos dancing to the Earth, Wind and Fire hit "September." "It just feels like doing the impossible with a bunch of friends," he says.

In celebration of Mexico's Independence Day, many people will eat the green, white and red dish of stuffed peppers in walnut sauce. Noted chef and cookbook author Pati Jinich is among them.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jainey K. Bavishi, director of the New York City Mayor's Office of Resiliency, on recent flooding and how the city can prepare for weather events caused by climate change.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jackie MacMullan, who's retiring after covering sports since 1982. Careers that span four decades are rare in sports journalism — even more so for women.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Haris Tarin of the Afghan American Foundation about how his family fled Afghanistan 30 years ago, and what it's like to work with the new wave of refugees fleeing now.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Kyle Hightower, Associated Press reporter in Boston, talk about the New England Patriots cutting quarterback Cam Newton, and starting rookie Mac Jones instead.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with a woman desperately trying to get her grandmother out of a violent situation in Afghanistan.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with award-winning songwriter Diane Warren about the release of her debut studio album, The Cave Sessions, Vol. 1.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Congressman Jason Crow, D-Colo., about his thoughts on the withdrawal and evacuation from Afghanistan and the attacks in Kabul.