Consider This from NPR - As debate looms political impressionists get into character

Ahead of the presidential debate, host Scott Detrow talks to comedians Matt Friend and Allison Reese. They're two of the most prominent political impressionists out there, who are trying to channel the candidates.

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Up First from NPR - Wilderness in the Age of Climate Change

Wilderness is a designation of an area intended to be free from human intervention unless it's deemed absolutely necessary. But as climate change increases the frequency and severity of wildfires when does it become necessary for land stewards to intervene?

In Sequoia National Park this question of whether or not to intervene has land managers and environmentalists at odds with one another. Host Ayesha Rascoe talks with reporter Marissa Ortega-Welch about her new podcast series How Wild. In a segment from the first episode Marissa asks: with increasing wildfires threatening giant sequoias, known as some of the world's oldest trees, should we intervene or leave the wilderness to evolve on its own?

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Up First from NPR - Glitchy Starliner Returns Without Its Crew; Foreign Policy in The Elections

What can NASA and Boeing engineers are learn from the trouble-plagued Starliner capsule, which has just returned back to Earth without its crew? Plus, a look at where Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump stand on key foreign policy issues.

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Are Polls Accurate? Here’s What to Know Before Election Day

We are less than two months away from Election Day now, so what can we learn from those weekly polls? Should we even pay attention to them? 

Our guest today analyzes American campaigns and elections.

Kyle Kondik is the managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

He explains how polls work in today’s world, why the polls failed in 2016, and whether we should rely on them this time around.

 

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CBS News Roundup - 09/07/24 | Weekend Roundup

On the "CBS News Weekend Roundup", host Allison Keyes gets the latest on the high school shooting in Georgia that left four dead and nine injured from CBS's Dave Malkoff and Jericka Duncan. We'll mark 23 years since the September 11th terror attacks and hear how people are still dying from World Trade Center-related illnesses to this day. In the "Kaleidoscope with Allison Keyes" segment, a discussion about the diversity of Black voters in motivation and ideology.

Featured: CBS's Ed O'Keefe looks ahead to next week's presidential debate.

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CBS News Roundup - 09/06/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition

Man planning to commit terror attack at Jewish center in NYC arrested near U.S.-Canada border, authorities say. Trump’s N.Y. hush money sentencing delayed until after November election.

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Consider This from NPR - The rise and fall of the DEI movement

We're in a moment where DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) hiring practices mean many different things to many people. Over the past four years, many of the companies that publicly embraced DEI policies in the wake of George Floyd's murder have been backing away. What are the politics behind the anti-DEI backlash and what happens when workplace diversity initiatives are lost?

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The Daily Signal - School Shooter’s Father Charged, Stocks Fall, Elon Musk to Lead ‘Government Efficiency Commission’ | Sept. 6

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • Employers added 142,000 jobs in August, but economists had anticipated more.
  • The 14-year-old Georgia school shooter and his father have been charged in the shooting that left four people dead. 
  • Kamala Harris says she does not support banning plastic straws. 
  • If Trump wins the election in November, he says he will consider appointing Elon Musk to lead a “government efficiency commission.”
  • ABC has denied The Daily Signal Press credentials at the presidential debate. 
  • Plus, a Friday movie review of “The Searchers.”


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The Journal. - Hot, Dry and Booming: A Texas Climate Case Study

Kyle, Texas is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. It is also facing heat and drought that has been exacerbated by climate change and is expected to get worse. Matt Wirz reports on the tensions in Kyle as the city continues to build, even as it runs low on water. 


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- A Plan to Hack the Planet


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- This Texas City Is Too Hot, Short on Water—and Booming 

- Welcome to Y’all Street, Texas’ Burgeoning Financial Hub 

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