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Roots of R&B: Singer Ruth Brown

Brown started out in the '40s and influenced a host of singers, including Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin. Her hits include "Teardrops from My Eyes." She died in 2006. Originally broadcast in 1997.
- Terry Gross
Arts & Life

Roots of R&B: Singer LaVern Baker

Baker was one of Atlantic Records' first big success stories, with a series of hits in the 1950s, including "Bumblebee" and "Jim Dandy." She died in 1997. Originally broadcast in 1991.
- Terry Gross
Environment

Many older forests spared by Washington state order. Others to be logged

An executive order by Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove has put 77,000 acres of older forests off-limits to logging.
- John Ryan
National

Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility to be empty 'within a few days'

The immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades will soon be empty. State officials expect the facility to have no detainees "within a few days."
- Greg Allen
World

Israel increasingly bars foreign doctors who want to volunteer in Gaza

Foreign doctors have been serving as medical volunteers, but must be approved by Israel to enter Gaza. The World Health Organization says denial rates have increased by 50% since March.
- Jane Arraf
Business

Fed governor Lisa Cook sues Trump over firing

Lisa Cook is challenging the president's attempt to remove her from office based on what she says is "an unsubstantiated allegation" of mortgage fraud prior to her Senate confirmation as governor.
- Scott Horsley
Why people are protesting Microsoft tech used by Israel

Big Tech companies are powerful, influential, and often hard to hold accountable. But No Azure for Apartheid is trying to get Microsoft to make changes through protests. Those protests have escalated recently. There’s lots to talk about and Geekwire reporter and co-founder Todd Bishop is here to discuss.
- Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers
The Insurance Warrior battles a $61 billion company (from 2021)
- Emily Pisacreta
Politics

Denmark summons U.S. envoy over claims of interference in Greenland

Denmark's foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country for talks after the main national broadcaster reported that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland.
- The Associated Press
Environment

These investigators patrol Las Vegas looking for one thing: water waste

The Southern Nevada Water Authority has investigators who patrol Las Vegas neighborhoods in search of wasted water.
- Yvette Fernandez

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