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America's county jails weren't built to become drug treatment centers. But the opioid crisis has forced many to expand medication therapy to help get inmates clean.

Yemen is teetering on famine after years of civil war. Civilians are also in danger from bombings and rising extremist groups.

The growing epidemic of phone spam is killing the old-fashioned voice call and costing Americans billions of dollars.

On the next Morning Edition, Democrats are already working to reclaim the key state of Wisconsin in 2020.

Many Democrats want to see President Trump impeached. But the last effort to remove a president from office backfired.

As the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says he can bridge the divide between progressives and "red state" voters.

Johnson and Johnson is one of America's most famous brand names. But it has also dealt with its share of controversy.

President Trump and the first lady are visiting Pittsburgh in the wake of the deadly synagogue shooting.

President Trump heads to Argentina for the G20 economic summit and a series of high-level meetings, including dinner with China's President Xi Jinping.

Democratic Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger won in a previously conservative district. So, she’s sometimes out of step with her more progressive colleagues.

On the next Morning Edition, the Trump administration is proposing different ways to lower drug prices.

How U. S. Law Enforcement failed to see the threat of white nationalism, and now doesn’t know how to stop it.

You can catch a cold or the flu from someone else, but emotions can spread too. One that seems most contagious these days is anger. But can a single act of grace cure you?  When anger goes viral on the next Morning Edition.

On the next Fresh Air – Terry talks with Richard E. Grant, who stars opposite Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. The saying goes it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

On the next Fresh Air -- We celebrate the 20th anniversary of the premiere of The Sopranos and listen back to Terry’s interview with the show’s creator David Chase.

On the next Fresh Air, we mark the centennial of the birth of choreographer and dancer Merce Cunningham, one of the most influential figures in 20th-century dance.

After a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia turned violent, citizens were angry that their government allowed it to happen.

On July 20, 1969, an estimated 530 million people watched on live television as Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong became the first human to step upon the surface of the moon. Nearly 50 years later, Academy Award-winning director Damien Chazelle revisits Armstrong's "giant leap for mankind" — but with a more intimate lens.

TERRY GROSS, HOST:

This is FRESH AIR. Our guest, Samin Nosrat, says there are four elements of good cooking. And if you understand how they work, you can make delicious food.

Almost 10 years ago, journalist Hillary Frank was pregnant and planning to give birth without medication or surgery — but things didn't go according to her plan.

Instead, Frank experienced a prolonged and difficult labor that left her with a traumatic injury — chronic pain from an episiotomy that didn't heal as expected, and had to be redone.

Jarret Krosoczka has written numerous picture books as well as graphic novels for young readers, including the popular Lunch Lady series.

On Wednesday's Morning Edition from N-P-R News, China has plans to build a brand new city from scratch on Morocco’s coast, a place where Chinese hope to export to Africa and Europe.