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Air India’s midair emergency sparks new alarm over the safety of the Boeing Dreamliner

India’s leading body of pilots has asked the civil aviation regulator to inspect all Boeing 787 Dreamliners operating in the country for electrical issues after one of the planes abruptly deployed an emergency power system midair over the weekend.
- Associated Press
Arts & Life

Remembering 'The Twilight Zone' creator Rod Serling

It's been 50 years since the Emmy Award-winning TV writer and producer died. But watching reruns of The Twilight Zone confirms that the themes Serling tackled remain relevant.
- David Bianculli
Arts & Life

'Dopesick' author Beth Macy on escaping poverty -- and then going back home

Macy returned to the Ohio factory town where she grew up to find jobs have left, families are struggling and old friends now embrace conspiracy theories. Her new memoir is Paper Girl.
- Dave Davies
Seattle spent millions to shelter people in hotel rooms. Then it stopped filling them

In the years following the pandemic, the city of Seattle leaned into a strategy to convert hotels into shelters. At one point, the Civic Hotel was full of residents. But later, many of the rooms sat empty, even though the City of Seattle was still paying the rent. KUOW investigative reporter Ashley Hiruko is here to tell us what happened.
- Patricia Murphy
Health

Babies take a lesson from soldiers in the war against malaria

Inspired by a military strategy to ward off disease-carrying mosquitoes, researchers see if the technique will help cut malaria infections in little ones.
- Jonathan Lambert
Health Care

What you need to know about the healthcare subsidies at the heart of the shutdown

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with KFF Health News' Chief Washington Correspondent Julie Rovner about the healthcare subsidies at the center of the government shutdown.
- Michel Martin
Politics

New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on where negotiations to end the shutdown stand

NPR's Michel Martin interviews Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire about the state of negotiations in Congress to end the government shutdown.
- Michel Martin
National

Illinois AG responds to Trump's push to send National Guard to Chicago

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul about President Trump's efforts to deploy National Guard forces to Chicago, over state and local objections.
- Steve Inskeep
Science

The Nobel Prize for physics is awarded for discoveries in quantum mechanical tunneling

The Nobel committee said that the laureates' work provides opportunities to develop "the next generation of quantum technology, including quantum cryptography, quantum computers, and quantum sensors."
- The Associated Press
World

With U.S. leadership in doubt, can its allies chart their own course?

U.S. allies in Europe and the Indo-Pacific are showing willingness to coordinate and cooperate across a wide range of shared interests, from trade to defense and alliance management to China.
- Ben Bland

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