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Warmer temperatures are leading to more extreme precipitation, dry periods and dangerously humid heat waves all at once. But in a complicated system, some things aren’t changing as expected.

In Detroit, a one-mile freeway is slated for removal, where a Black neighborhood once stood. It's part of an effort to reimagine divisive infrastructure — but the plan itself has been contentious.

Depending on how close one is to the blasts and how powerful the explosions are, fireworks can be as loud as 150 decibels. That’s as loud as a jet plane taking off or a close-range gunshot.

Warmer temperatures are leading to more extreme precipitation, dry periods and dangerously humid heat waves all at once. But in a complicated system, some things aren’t changing as expected.

Will Scharf is trying to oust Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey in the Aug. 6 Republican primary.

A Democrat on the committee says the move is election year posturing.

The federal government says new safety standards and building materials mean home buyers priced out of site-built houses have viable options. As storms become stronger and more frequent, experts are tempering expectations.

A Louisiana law requires classrooms to post the 10 Commandments, but Jews and Christians don't necessarily agree on what they are. Even among Christians, views vary on what Commandments are for.

As news outlets contract and falsehoods circulate online, researchers want to know if trusted community messengers can help link people to quality information.

The decision likely ensures that the case against Trump won't be tried before the election, and then only if he is not reelected.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean about Democrats' response to President Biden's debate performance, and whether Biden should drop out of the race.

St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell is running against U.S. Rep. Cori Bush and former state Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal for the Democratic nomination in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District.