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Science Fire-making materials at 400,000-year-old site are the oldest evidence of humans making fire Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery moves our understanding of when humans started making fire back by 350,000 years. Nathan Rott
Health I hate getting Pap smears. Is there a safe alternative? You may have heard about HPV testing and self-swabbing to collect the sample. Does that work as well? Here are the ins and outs of this newer option. Mara Gordon
Politics Competing health care plans fail in the Senate as ACA premium hikes loom The outcome was widely expected after Democrats and Republicans released dueling bills. Congress is under pressure to address health care costs before federal subsidies lapse at the end of the year. Saige Miller
Politics Elizabeth Warren says both bids to buy Warner Bros. Discovery are bad for consumers Sen. Elizabeth Warren cautions that the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to either Netflix or Paramount Skydance could reduce competition and concentrate power over what films and news American see. Steve Inskeep
National This refugee's family faced persecution in Bhutan. Now, he could be deported there Mohan Karki's family and others with Nepali ancestry were persecuted and driven out of Bhutan in the 1990s. Karki himself was born in a refugee camp in nearby Nepal. Yet, the U.S. government claims he is a Bhutanese citizen and seeks to deport him there. Juliana Kim
Politics Trump calls affordability crisis a 'hoax.' The data tells a different story As Democrats campaigning on affordability pick up wins, Trump's messaging about a strong economy is at odds with widespread voter sentiment that he's not doing enough to tackle rising costs. Joe Hernandez
Animals Colorado ranchers say wolves are killing livestock. The state is stepping in to help Two years after residents voted to reintroduce wolves in Colorado, ranchers there say too many of their cows are being killed. The state is now hiring people on horseback to help. Halle Zander
National Morning news brief Senate to vote on two health care proposals Thursday to address rising cost, the Fed approves its third straight interest rate cut, Trump says the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast. Steve Inskeep
New film tells the story of the desperate attempt to rescue a girl in Gaza NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with the director of "The Voice of Hind Rajab," a film based on the true story of Palestinian emergency workers trying to save a girl in Gaza. Leila Fadel