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Sports
Saturday Sports: WNBA All-Star game, Kansas City Chiefs aim to get third-time lucky
The WNBA All-Star game takes place Saturday. Also, football's Kansas City Chiefs are attempting a three-peat.
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Politics
Week in politics: Trump addresses the RNC, more Democrats call for Biden to step down
Donald Trump capped the Republican National Convention this week, while Joe Biden faced calls to exit the presidential race.
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World
A Communist Party meeting in China aimed to chart a new course for the country
China’s ruling Communist Party has held an important meeting in Beijing to plan China’s development and reform for the next five years.
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National
The director of the Secret Service will face questioning from a House committee
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn. He's on the House committee that will question the head of the Secret Service about the attempted assassination of former President Trump.
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Arts & Life
A comic novel from M.T. Anderson follows a heist to swipe the remains of St. Nicholas
A sensitive monk, a charming mercenary, and the contested bones of St. Nicholas: NPR's Scott Simon talks with M.T. Anderson about his rollicking comic novel, "Nicked."
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Music
Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley discusses the band's existential new album
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley about the band's new album, which focuses on love and longing in the vastness of the universe.
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World
Israeli military strikes humanitarian zone in Gaza, targeting Hamas leader
Israeli forces struck a humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip, targeting the chief of the armed wing of Hamas. Dozens of people were reported killed.
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Arts & Life
A tourist under attack in San Francisco was saved by an unlikely duo
San Francisco's latest crime-fighting duo doesn't wear capes. Nor anything at all.
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Music
Tiny Desk Contest finalist Ollela reflects on her entry 'Tea Kettle Tea'
Ellie Barbor, who performs as "Ollela," talks about memory, loss, and on-going love with her Tiny Desk Contest entry, "Tea Kettle Tea."
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Climate
Extreme temperatures are impacting rescue helicopters in California
Extreme temperatures cause big problems for rescue helicopters. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Douglas Evans, a rescue pilot in California, about conditions in his state.