The Latest Environment Public media stations in rural America say emergency-alert funding is in jeopardy Without Congressionally-approved funding, public media stations say communities will be left with aging infrastructure amid growing risks from extreme weather. Michael Copley Health Former CDC director weighs in on leadership shakeup The White House says CDC Director Susan Monarez was fired because she was not aligned with President Trump's mission to make America healthy again. What does the exodus mean for the agency? Mary Louise Kelly Health CDC leaders resign after RFK Jr. moves to fire director Susan Monarez The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be facing a huge leadership vacuum, as Director Susan Monarez is forced out by RFK Jr. and the Trump administration. Mary Louise Kelly Books How to get out of a reading rut, according to one of Seattle's most decorated readers Online reading companions like The StoryGraph and the Libby app have made tracking how many books you read easier than ever. And that might cause some anxiety among the most avid bookworms. Katie Campbell National New train connects Mississippi towns 20 years after Katrina Amtrak just reopened a route from Mobile, Ala., to New Orleans that's connecting communities along the Gulf Coast for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. It's called the Mardi Gras line. Stephan Bisaha Business The market's reaction to Nvidia tells a larger story about the ongoing AI frenzy Big Tech's AI spending spree has kept investors optimistic through all the other economic turmoil this summer. Can it last? Maria Aspan Politics As recess winds down for Congress, town halls offer window into voters' top concerns Townhalls in two very different districts — a safe red seat in Missouri and a competitive blue seat in Ohio — offer a window into the issues that could help decide next year's midterm elections. Barbara Sprunt National Security Minnesota shooter's online persona emulated mass shooters FBI director Kash Patel says yesterday's mass shooting at a Minnesota church was domestic terrorism, driven by hate-filled ideology. But extremism analysts say their research points to something else. Odette Yousef Climate How homeless residents nationwide suffer the effects of hotter summers With climate change causing hotter summers, states from Arizona to Illinois to Connecticut are exploring the idea of around-the-clock care during heat waves. Abigail Brone Joe Hickerson didn't just document American folk music. He shaped it Library of Congress archivist Joe Hickerson has died at 89. For decades, he worked to preserve America's collection of folk music and served as director of the library's American Folklife Center. Kathryn Fink Prev 528 of 1650 Next Sponsored
Environment Public media stations in rural America say emergency-alert funding is in jeopardy Without Congressionally-approved funding, public media stations say communities will be left with aging infrastructure amid growing risks from extreme weather. Michael Copley
Health Former CDC director weighs in on leadership shakeup The White House says CDC Director Susan Monarez was fired because she was not aligned with President Trump's mission to make America healthy again. What does the exodus mean for the agency? Mary Louise Kelly
Health CDC leaders resign after RFK Jr. moves to fire director Susan Monarez The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be facing a huge leadership vacuum, as Director Susan Monarez is forced out by RFK Jr. and the Trump administration. Mary Louise Kelly
Books How to get out of a reading rut, according to one of Seattle's most decorated readers Online reading companions like The StoryGraph and the Libby app have made tracking how many books you read easier than ever. And that might cause some anxiety among the most avid bookworms. Katie Campbell
National New train connects Mississippi towns 20 years after Katrina Amtrak just reopened a route from Mobile, Ala., to New Orleans that's connecting communities along the Gulf Coast for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. It's called the Mardi Gras line. Stephan Bisaha
Business The market's reaction to Nvidia tells a larger story about the ongoing AI frenzy Big Tech's AI spending spree has kept investors optimistic through all the other economic turmoil this summer. Can it last? Maria Aspan
Politics As recess winds down for Congress, town halls offer window into voters' top concerns Townhalls in two very different districts — a safe red seat in Missouri and a competitive blue seat in Ohio — offer a window into the issues that could help decide next year's midterm elections. Barbara Sprunt
National Security Minnesota shooter's online persona emulated mass shooters FBI director Kash Patel says yesterday's mass shooting at a Minnesota church was domestic terrorism, driven by hate-filled ideology. But extremism analysts say their research points to something else. Odette Yousef
Climate How homeless residents nationwide suffer the effects of hotter summers With climate change causing hotter summers, states from Arizona to Illinois to Connecticut are exploring the idea of around-the-clock care during heat waves. Abigail Brone
Joe Hickerson didn't just document American folk music. He shaped it Library of Congress archivist Joe Hickerson has died at 89. For decades, he worked to preserve America's collection of folk music and served as director of the library's American Folklife Center. Kathryn Fink