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Settling In -- Not For -- Downtown Springfield

After living both in the Mountain West and Europe, commentator Steve Shultis, came back home to settle in his native Springfield. Out West, Shultis says,…

A grizzly mother and her cub in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

After 42 Years, Yellowstone Grizzly Will Be Taken Off Endangered Species List

Citing a population rebound, the Interior Department has announced plans to strip the bear of federal protection. But some groups are skeptical, and they've signaled they're prepared to resist.

Trucks wait to be loaded at the Port of Los Angeles in 2012. (Nick Ut/AP)

Los Angeles Port Truckers Forced Into Indentured Servitude, Investigation Finds

Drivers are signing lease-to-own contracts for their trucks that condemn them to modern-day indentured servitude, according to a USA Today Network report.

People cross Las Vegas Boulevard as the sun beats down, Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Las Vegas. The first day of summer is forecast to bring some of the worst heat the southwestern U.S. has seen in years. (John Locher/AP)

Impacts And Infrastructure In Extreme Heat

Commuter planes that can’t fly. Door handles too hot to touch. The heat dome crushing the southwestern U.S. This week puts other heatwaves to shame. We’ll look at dealing with heat in abnormal new normal.

NEPR News Now Podcast: Pot-Related Crime, A Sanctuary Church, Teenaged Memoir, Supermarket Piersall

NEPR News Now is a collection of recent features, interviews and commentaries.On this episode:Despite Legalization, No Spike in Marijuana Related Crimes…

Georgia Inmates Come To Aid Of Unconscious Guard

The Polk County Sheriff said he will recommend the inmates' sentences be reduced after they called 911 when the deputy guarding them collapsed.

The world's population is growing by about 83 million people each year. The growth is largely driven by birth rates in the world's poorest countries.

U.N. Says World's Population Will Reach 9.8 Billion By 2050

The population growth is being driven by high birth rates in developing nations as well as higher life expectancy worldwide.

Cover art for Roland Merullo's "The Delight of Being Ordinary."

Summer Fiction: Roland Merullo's 'Road Trip With The Pope And The Dalai Lama'

We begin the 2017 summer fiction series with a heartfelt look at two world religious leaders.The author is Roland Merullo from Williamsburg,…

The FBI's J. Edgar Hoover Headquarters is aging and obsolete, and officials want to replace it with a more modern structure in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Real Estate Firm With Ties To Trump May Build The New FBI Headquarters

Some critics say Vornado Realty Trust should recuse itself from bidding on the project because of its financial relationship to the president and his family.

An illustrated scene from Shakespeare's <em>A Midsummer Night's Dream</em>, the play Mendelssohn celebrates in his expansive, beautiful Overture in E major, Op. 21.

Meet Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Of The Original Song Of The Summer

Celebrate the sunniest of seasons with the German prodigy's timeless Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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