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After nearly a year at sea, the USS Ford is finally home. That means the crew can take some well-earned leave, but it also means plumbing problems on the $13 billion carrier can be fixed.

For years, political parties in most states have avoided getting involved in primary races -- leaving the choice to voters. But in many places, those elections are looking different this year.

It's been a chaotic scramble to find the new leader of California. After former Vice President Kamala Harris decided not to run, there hasn't been a clear candidate to pick up from Gov. Gavin Newsom.

1: TOM BLANTON is the editor of the book "White House E-Mail: The Top Secret Computer Messages The Reagan/Bush White House tried to Destroy." It is published by New Press. Blanton is the executive editor of the National Security Archive, a freedom of information advocacy group.REV 1: MILO MILES reviews Sister Rosetta Tharpe's Complete Recorded Works 1938-1944 by Document Records. also Mahali Jackson's Apollo recordings.INT 2:WALTER TURNBULL is the founder and of the Boys Choir of Harlem. He has written about his work in "Lift Every Voice" by Hyperion.

The Trump Administration stopped admitting refugees and created a new program for white South Africans. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers this week that they "assimilate" more easily.

Britain's deputy prime minister says he told U.S. Vice President JD Vance he was wrong to blame immigration for the death of a university student who was handcuffed as he lay dying from a stab wound.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his governing party are looking for a strong mandate for a new geopolitical course for Armenia. The opposition includes some parties that are vocally pro-Russia.

There is an effective vaccine for Ebola — but not for the variety spreading rapidly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Trials are going on for several candidates. How long will it take?

ISAAC HAYES is a renowned soul musician, who rose to the top of the charts in the 1970's on the Stax label, a soul record label. He released his first solo album, "Presenting Isaac Hayes," in 1968. His next album, "Hot Buttered Soul," became a gold record in the 1970's. His 1972 soundtrack to the movie "Shaft," went platinum and won an Oscar for "Theme From Shaft." HAYES is also an actor, who has held roles in the movies "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka," and "Posse." He is in the new Nicholas Cage movie, "It Could Happen to You," in which he plays a news photographer who puts Nicholas Cage into the media spotlight when he wins the lottery.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with "Rivals" star Danny Dyer. The series follows a group of upper-class Brits as they jostle for power and double-cross each other along the way.

President Trump faced some pushback to his agenda and policies this week from both the courts and Republican lawmakers in Congress.

At the Art Institute of Chicago, cleaning the Thorne Rooms, shoebox-sized rooms presenting a visual history of interior design in miniature, is a meticulous and delicate process.