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National Alaska owns dozens of crumbling schools. It wants underfunded districts to take them on Rural school district superintendents are trying to find the best use of limited resources. Taking on the state's unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden. Emily Schwing
Environment Disaster and insurance costs are rising. The middle class is struggling to hang on Middle-class families are struggling to afford insurance in southwest Florida. Realtors say a wave of foreclosures could be coming. Ryan Kellman
Business More women are renting dresses, coats and ugly sweaters as clothing prices tick up More women are planning to deck the halls in rented fashion this year, just as inflation and tariffs are poised to push clothing prices higher. Kristian Monroe
National She lost her purse — but strangers stepped in to save the day On a trip to Chicago, Lavonne Schaafsma lost her purse. Two women saw a man rifling through it — and stepped in to help. Laura Kwerel
Politics Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean. Ryan Lucas
Environment A guerrilla gardener installed a pop-up wetland in the LA River. Here's how — and why Well-meaning city dwellers forgo permits and official procedure to rewild urban areas across the country. In downtown LA, artist Doug Rosenberg is trying to push the grassroots movement forward. Emma Bowman
Arts & Life How women over 30 are rewriting the single mom narrative in America Forty percent of babies in the U.S. are born to unmarried mothers. Increasingly, those moms are over 30, at a time when teen pregnancy has fallen off a cliff and births are declining for younger women. Pallavi Gogoi
National Morning news brief Trump now says that House Republicans should vote for Epstein files' release, Trump says the U.S. may hold talks with Venezuela, Border Patrol agents arrest dozens in Charlotte, North Carolina. Steve Inskeep
Former Meta exec Nick Clegg talks about his new book, 'How to Save the Internet' NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Nick Clegg, Meta's former president of global affairs, about his new book, "How to Save the Internet." Steve Inskeep
World Ukraine's $100 million energy scandal triggers resignations and tests Zelenskyy Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will reform state-owned energy companies after investigators accused his close associates of skimming millions from the country's nuclear power company. A Martínez