The Latest Sports The World Series starts tonight, with Ohtani and Guerrero Jr. set to shine The World Series gets underway Friday evening in Toronto between the Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani and Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. are set to shine. Steve Futterman Business Western Union says its core business of money transfers in the U.S. is down A core business line for Western Union is migrant workers in the U.S. sending money back home. An earnings call reflects a lot less of that since President Trump took office. Sarah Mulholland Politics Why a little-known utility board election is a big deal in Georgia Republicans in Georgia are worried about losing a rare off-year election in November because rural voters might not show up at the polls. Emily Jones National A U.S. citizen detained by ICE is pushing to hold agents accountable NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with George Retes, a U.S. citizen who was detained by federal immigration officers in July while attempting to enter his workplace. Adrian Florido Music New Music Friday: Miguel returns with 'CAOS' On his first album in nearly a decade, global superstar Miguel pulls inspiration from his personal life and Mexican heritage. Kira Wakeam Latin America U.S. imposes sanctions on Colombia's president and family over drug trade allegations The sanctions sharply escalate tensions with the leftist leader of a country that has traditionally been one of the closest U.S. allies in South America. The Associated Press Environment Coffee-driven deforestation is making it harder to grow coffee, watchdog group says In Brazil's coffee-producing areas, more than 42,000 square miles of forest have disappeared over about two decades, says Coffee Watch. Deforestation leads to drought, which harms crop yields. James Doubek Arts & Life It's been a rollercoaster few years for Six Flags. Can Travis Kelce help? Travis Kelce is teaming up with activist investors in hopes of transforming the embattled theme park operator Six Flags. No word yet on a Taylor Swift-themed rollercoaster. Rachel Treisman Politics The federal government is still shut down. Here's what that means across the country The federal government shutdown continues. Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Many federal workers are missing full paychecks and don't know when they will resume. The NPR Network Health Some viruses can play a deadly game of hide and seek inside the human body Ebola is one of the nasty viruses that can hide in the body even after a patient recovers and tests negative. It can reemerge and trigger a new outbreak years later. How do they survive? And how can they be kayoed? Gabrielle Emanuel Prev 698 of 1647 Next Sponsored
Sports The World Series starts tonight, with Ohtani and Guerrero Jr. set to shine The World Series gets underway Friday evening in Toronto between the Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani and Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. are set to shine. Steve Futterman
Business Western Union says its core business of money transfers in the U.S. is down A core business line for Western Union is migrant workers in the U.S. sending money back home. An earnings call reflects a lot less of that since President Trump took office. Sarah Mulholland
Politics Why a little-known utility board election is a big deal in Georgia Republicans in Georgia are worried about losing a rare off-year election in November because rural voters might not show up at the polls. Emily Jones
National A U.S. citizen detained by ICE is pushing to hold agents accountable NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with George Retes, a U.S. citizen who was detained by federal immigration officers in July while attempting to enter his workplace. Adrian Florido
Music New Music Friday: Miguel returns with 'CAOS' On his first album in nearly a decade, global superstar Miguel pulls inspiration from his personal life and Mexican heritage. Kira Wakeam
Latin America U.S. imposes sanctions on Colombia's president and family over drug trade allegations The sanctions sharply escalate tensions with the leftist leader of a country that has traditionally been one of the closest U.S. allies in South America. The Associated Press
Environment Coffee-driven deforestation is making it harder to grow coffee, watchdog group says In Brazil's coffee-producing areas, more than 42,000 square miles of forest have disappeared over about two decades, says Coffee Watch. Deforestation leads to drought, which harms crop yields. James Doubek
Arts & Life It's been a rollercoaster few years for Six Flags. Can Travis Kelce help? Travis Kelce is teaming up with activist investors in hopes of transforming the embattled theme park operator Six Flags. No word yet on a Taylor Swift-themed rollercoaster. Rachel Treisman
Politics The federal government is still shut down. Here's what that means across the country The federal government shutdown continues. Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Many federal workers are missing full paychecks and don't know when they will resume. The NPR Network
Health Some viruses can play a deadly game of hide and seek inside the human body Ebola is one of the nasty viruses that can hide in the body even after a patient recovers and tests negative. It can reemerge and trigger a new outbreak years later. How do they survive? And how can they be kayoed? Gabrielle Emanuel
