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NPR's Short Wave team talks about a wildflower's ability to adapt to climate change, the grooming habits of birds, and the social lives of sharks.

Since the Iran war began, Israel has restricted public gathering and isn't letting worshippers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque. As Ramadan ends, religious leaders say the ban on prayers is political.

This week, more than 2,000 mental health care workers at Kaiser Permanente, in northern California went on a 24-hour-strike. A major reason is disagreement between Kaiser and therapists over the future role of AI in mental health care.

The war on Iran is leaving Indians scrambling for cooking fuel and natural gas to power factories.

NPR has learned that mediators have quietly given Hamas a proposal to hand over all its weapons to ensure Gaza's reconstruction.

California law allows for the review and potential reduction of sentences — often sentences handed down many years ago — based on various factors, such as changes in law, good conduct, age at the time of the offense, or rehabilitation efforts. Legislation includes laws related to "Three Strikes" reform, changes to felony murder laws, and broader changes allowing for the prosecutor's office or California prison system itself to initiate resentencing petitions under various codes, and ultimately to take the issue before the courts.Why do we resentence?How did this paradigm evolve?What resentencing laws are out there?Where are they good?Where do they fall short?Do only deserving people get relief?Do all deserving people get relief?To explain all this, and more, YLR Host Jeff Hayden is joined by Deputy Santa Clara County District Attorney David Angel, and by Mitri Hananiah, a Managing Attorney for the Private Defender Program of the San Mateo County Bar Association.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call, toll free at (866) 798-8255.

The "Because I Got High" rapper made waves in 2023 with the album and song "Lemon Pound Cake," using home video to mock a police raid on his Ohio home. The deputies lost their civil suit against him.

A popular monthly dance party in New Jersey brings the vibes of a dance club without the late nights.

The Grammy-winning singer describes herself as a "53-year-old woman who is maneuvering her career the way she wants to, how she wants to." Scott's new album is To Whom This May Concern.

Bomba is more than just music. Today, we’ll hear how one of Puerto Rico’s oldest musical traditions lives on in the Bay. Then, we hear a very scary Sudanese folk tale.

There’s a loneliness epidemic in America that’s hitting two generations especially hard: boomers and zoomers.

In the late 1950s, the Green Book, which listed locations in the U.S. where Black visitors would be welcome, added the lodge at Zion National Park.