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With the World Series underway, NPR's Scott Simon talks to Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon and Scott McCaughey of The Baseball Project, about their latest baseball-themed album, "Grand Salami Time!"

NPR's Scott Simon visited the Inn of Chicago this week, where migrants are now being housed. The building is the same one his father died in 55 years ago.

This has been a watershed year. So far in 2023, there have been 22 major strikes: 17 at companies, making it the largest number of strikes in the private sector since 2011.

As Israel intensified its attacks on the militant group Hamas, Gaza remained under a near-total communications blackout. More than 1.4 million people in Gaza are displaced, the U.N. estimates.

Two new books chronicle the lives of two pop idols, Madonna and Britney Spears. The way each came to stardom — and what happened to them after — illuminates why their paths have been so different.

Conservative groups created a census plan for a Republican president that includes pushing for a citizenship question that's likely to lower the counts for Latinos and Asian Americans.

It was already expected the former president and sons Donald Jr. and Eric would testify. The timing became clear Friday, after Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that daughter Ivanka Trump also must appear.

Inspired by a childhood in sun-baked Ethiopia, Heman Bekele wanted to tackle skin cancer. He came up with a topical cancer-fighting soap, and it won him the 3M Young Scientist's Challenge.

As the Israel-Hamas war continues, hospitals in Gaza are crowded and chaotic. Pregnant women face awful conditions: An emergency C-section may be conducted by the light from mobile phones.

Cultural figureheads are expected to speak out about world events. But some are facing real-world consequences for making public declarations about the present conflict.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Sampha's album Lahai, the film Tori and Lokita, rewatching Doctor Who, and the Phillies, sort of.

Eighteen people were killed in this week's mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. Authorities have identified all of the victims.