Why did Tim Walz call himself a ‘knucklehead’ this week? Find out in the quiz
This week, apex predators were in the news, though not at the relatively non-confrontational vice presidential debate. How you do on the quiz will, in part, depend on your knowledge of the Vance-Walz showdown, so we hope you managed to stay awake.
There is also a question about birds. Good luck!
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At 110 years old, an Alabama woman credits one thing for her long life: faith
Lillie Cunningham recently celebrated her 110th birthday. She has lived through two pandemics and two world wars and is looking forward to voting in November's presidential election.
Garth Brooks is accused of rape and sexual assault in a lawsuit
The unnamed woman claims Brooks sexually assaulted her several times while she worked for him as a makeup artist. Brooks says the woman is exploiting him for money.
The October surprise: Harris is navigating a pair of them
Devastation left by Hurricane Helene. Escalated tensions in the Middle East. The Harris campaign is navigating a pair of October surprises as Election Day draws closer.
We visited a Sikh temple that sits at the intersection of multiple election issues
NPR visits the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, where a white supremacist mass shooting took place 12 years ago.
Israeli airstrikes cut off a key crossing between Lebanon and Syria
The latest strikes came after Israel warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon that are outside a United Nations-declared buffer zone.
The ‘reddit bro’ vs. the ‘wife guy’; plus, Fat Bear Week!
Tuesday night, JD Vance and Tim Walz faced off in their first debate. Host Brittany Luse is joined by NPR's national race and identity correspondent Sandhya Dirks and political correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben to discuss how the candidates display competing brands of white masculinity.Then, Fat Bear Week is back! The annual March Madness-style bracket of the fattest bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park is in full swing after a rocky start. In honor of Fat Bear Week, Brittany revisits a journey through time to unpack what bears mean to us — and why they're family, friend and foe all at once.
