Home mortgage demand surges as rates drop to 6.35% Rates saw the biggest one-week drop in a year, spurring a spike in new purchase and refinance applications. Laurel Wamsley
NSA leaker Reality Winner is rebuilding her life -- and looking back at her past Winner was working at the NSA in 2017 when she leaked a classified document to the press. Soon after, the FBI showed up at her door. Winner's new memoir is I Am Not Your Enemy. Terry Gross
The killing of Charlie Kirk adds to a time of political upheaval and violence The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk Wednesday at a college in Utah is the latest in a series of politically motivated violent acts just in recent months. Domenico Montanaro
TB is the #1 killer among infectious diseases. A new study says its toll could mount New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent. Jonathan Lambert
Inflation climbs in August as grocery and gas prices jump Inflation accelerated in August as Americans paid more for gasoline and groceries. Over the last 12 months, consumer prices have risen 2.9%. Scott Horsley
U.K. fires its ambassador to Washington over emails to Jeffrey Epstein In one email, Peter Mandelson wrote to Jeffrey Epstein, "I think the world of you and I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened." In another note, he called Epstein his "best pal." Lauren Frayer
Seattle's theater scene is surviving by coming together It’s a new theater season in Seattle. And this year, Seattle's venues are getting creative to stay afloat. We’ll talk about what’s changed with arts reporter Marcie Sillman. Brooklyn Jamerson-Flowers
Hundreds of South Koreans arrested in a U.S. immigration raid are being sent home U.S. immigration authorities are preparing to send more than 300 South Korean workers home on a chartered flight from Atlanta, a week after detaining them for allegedly working illegally. Anthony Kuhn
Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to fossil fuel producers' pollution A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies. Julia Simon
Love, drugs and condoms: Couples with different HIV status face a new reality They're called "serodiscordant" couples. One is HIV positive, the other negative. Aid from the U.S. enabled them to obtain medicines and condoms for protection — until this year. Viola Kosome
