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Resident Talks About Hurricane Barry Making Landfall In Louisiana

NPR's Scott Simon talks with David Hanagriff, president of St. Mary Parish, in the storm's path.

Scottish Parliament member Monica Lennon (right) joins supporters of the Period Products bill she sponsored, at a rally outside Parliament in Edinburgh on Tuesday. The legislation would make Scotland the first country in the world to make products like pads and tampons freely available.

Scotland Poised To Become 1st Country To Make Period Products Free

In a few short years, Scotland has turned periods from a stigmatized subject to a selling point. The bill takes aim at "period poverty": when girls and women struggle to access menstrual products.

Jeff Jones and his daughters feed grain to their foraging cattle once a day in Callaway County, Mo. They're concerned about the health and environmental effects a potential hog farm next door might have.

Missouri Constitutional Amendment Pits Farmer Against Farmer

The most contentious issue in Tuesday's Missouri primary was the "right to farm" amendment. It is meant to protect farmers and ranchers from state laws that would change or outlaw current practices.

Toxic Chemicals In Pleasanton's Drinking Water / Jaimel Hemphill On Making Comic Books

New tests are showing toxic chemicals in drinking water statewide. Then, a comic book creator shares what drives him.Pleasanton Faces Newly Discovered…

New NHL Team In Las Vegas Honors Victims Of Mass Shooting

Las Vegas got its first major pro-sports franchise this fall with the NHL expansion team Golden Knights. The team played their first home game Tuesday night, and paid tribute to the shooting victims.

Lawyer For Victims Being Sued By MGM Over Vegas Shooting Calls Suit 'Deplorable'

MGM Resorts is suing victims of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. NPR's Ari Shapiro discusses the case with Catherine Lombardo, an attorney representing a number of the shooting victims.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, pictured here at Moscow's courthouse in May, was released from custody on Thursday. He said on Instagram that the prison where he was held for a month has been decked out for World Cup fans.

A Moscow Prison Got A Makeover For The World Cup, Opposition Leader Quips

Upon his release, Alexei Navalny said in an apparently sarcastic Instagram post that the prison was getting upgrades for soccer fans: LCD TVs and three-course meals.

Vocalist and composer iLe is one of the artists featured on this week's Podcast Extra.

iLe And Making Movies Discuss Music, Activism And Mixing The Two

The former Calle 13 vocalist and the roqueros from Kansas City discuss their new albums and how they channel their passions about the world into music.

A 2013 photo of Adelma Tapia Ruiz, provided by her brother Fernando Tapia Ruiz, shows Ruiz with her Belgian husband, Christophe Delcambe, and their twin daughters, Maureen and Alondra. Ruiz died in Tuesday's attacks. A split-second decision saved her husband and daughters from sharing her fate: Delcambe had taken the girls out of the check-in line to play for a moment when the bomb exploded.

The Victims Of The Brussels Attacks: What We Know

The airport and metro station bombings in Brussels killed a total of 35 people, including three attackers, according to Belgium's minister of social affairs and health.

Toxic Chemicals In Pleasanton's Drinking Water / Jaimel Hemphill On Making Comic Books

New tests are showing toxic chemicals in drinking water statewide. Then, a comic book creator shares what drives him.Pleasanton Faces Newly Discovered…

Some Muslims protested against the Indian government Wednesday after it issued an executive order to make the practice of instant divorce a punishable offence.

India Makes Instant Divorce A Criminal Offense

Muslim men could terminate their marriages by repeating "talaq," Arabic for "divorce," three times. The practice continued despite a Supreme Court rule outlawing it.

Toronto Zamboni Driver David Ayres Makes His NHL Debut As Goalie

David Ayres, 42, is a NHL emergency goalie. Over the weekend, two goalies got injured in a game between the Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs — and Ayres stepped in. He helped Carolina win.

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