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The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, pictured on Thursday.

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Up First briefing: Trump's booking; Biden in Maui; extreme weather explained

Former President Donald Trump says he will surrender to Georgia authorities on Thursday. President Biden pledges federal help for Maui "as long as it takes." How climate change drives extreme weather.

August 22, 2023
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Sea level changes could drastically affect Calif. beaches by the end of the century

A new report finds that California could lose most of its beaches by the year 2100, due to rising sea levels. NPR's A Martinez goes to the beach to find out what can be done.

August 22, 2023
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A supporter of Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels points to incoming election data on Nov. 8, 2022, in Milwaukee. When Republican candidates for president gather for their first debate Wednesday in Milwaukee, the spotlight will not only be on them, but Wisconsin's role as one of a shrinking handful of genuine battleground states.

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Republicans' focus on Milwaukee shows Wisconsin will be a crucial state again in 2024

The Republican Party is shifting its attention to Milwaukee, a city that will host both the first GOP primary debate on Wednesday and the party's nominating convention next summer.

August 22, 2023
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'Unearthing' couples the natural world with the meaning of family

Kyo Maclear presents a unique take on the paternity mystery memoir, one that eschews a predetermined narrative arc for a wide-ranging exploration of what it means to be a family.

August 22, 2023
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  • Kristen Martin
Sha'Carri Richardson, of the United States, spreads her arms as she crosses the line to win the women's 100-meter final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

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Sha'Carri Richardson stamps a comeback with a 100-meter world title

Two years after missing the Olympics for testing positive for marijuana, the American sprinter became the fastest woman in the world.

August 22, 2023
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Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, foreground, with, from left, his son Phantongtae, his daughters Pinthongta and Paetongtarn, arrive at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023.

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Ex-Prime Minister Thaksin returns from exile, further roiling Thai politics

Thaksin's return coincides with a vote in Parliament Tuesday on the formation of a new government his Pheu Thai party looks set to head.

August 22, 2023
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  • Michael Sullivan
Alaska Airlines Flight 1288 experienced issues with the aircraft's landing gear while taxiing to its gate at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, Calif., on Sunday night.

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Alaska Airlines flight makes hard landing during California storms

Passengers on a flight from Seattle to Orange County endured a scary landing amid the gusty winds and rain of Tropical Storm Hilary on Sunday night.

August 21, 2023
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A sign at Honokawai Beach Park seeks information about a person unaccounted for after a wildfire ravaged parts of Maui. Officials are still working to determine the fate of 850 people.

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In Maui, 850 people are still unaccounted for

The list of unaccounted for once contained more than 2,000 names, Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen said. The death toll rose to 115 people Monday.

August 21, 2023
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'Struggler' is Genesis Owusu's bold follow-up to his hit debut album

Genesis Owusu has won just about every award he could in his home country of Australia with his debut album. Now with album number two, he's ready to take on America.

August 21, 2023
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In this Aug 25, 2019 photo, a Southern Vietnamese box turtle (Cuora picturata) walks in its pen at a turtle sanctuary in Cuc Phuong national park in Ninh Binh province, Vietnam.

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A salmonella outbreak is being linked to pet turtles

Half of the people infected in the outbreak reported having contact with turtle with shells smaller than four inches wide. Owning pet turtles of that size is prohibited by federal law.

August 21, 2023
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Some customers are confused as Netflix sends out disks before ending DVD mail program

Netflix is sending DVD subscribers extra discs before ending the service on September 29th. But questions remain about what will happen to the company's stockpile of plastic.

August 21, 2023
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Luke Valentine was removed from CBS' Big Brother after using a racial slur in conversation.

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'Big Brother,' 'Below Deck' show reality TV improves by handling scandals publicly

A contestant uttered the n-word and in response, he was ejected publicly — a first.

August 21, 2023
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<strong></strong>Kate Zernike is a national reporter for the <em>New York Times.</em>

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This book dissects the years-long battle for gender equality at MIT

The few female scientists at MIT in the late 20th century found themselves faced with hurdles related to their gender rather than their research. So they did what scientists do: they quantified it.

August 21, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Jon Batiste performs at the Newport Folk festival on August 5, 2023. Batiste, a riveting live performer who has led the band at <em>The Late Show</em> and won an album of the year Grammy, just released a studio album, <em>World Music Radio</em>, that feels like an attempt to consolidate his billowing talent into a stable unit, like squeezing a genie back into the bottle.

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  • Music

When the world's your stage, can an album capture the feeling?

New albums by Jon Batiste and Louis Cato arrive with high expectations. Both — as their experience leading led the band at Stephen Colbert's The Late Show has proved — are stellar live performers.

August 21, 2023
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A worker from the Coachella Valley Water Department surveys debris flowing across a road following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary, in Rancho Mirage, Calif., on Monday.

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Tropical Storm Hilary moves on from California, leaving a trail of damage and debris

The first tropical storm to hit Southern California in more than 80 years sparked road closures, school cancellations and power outages on Sunday evening before moving north to Nevada.

August 21, 2023
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