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More than a dozen wildfires continue to rage across Southern California. San Diego County is still getting hit the hardest. Hundreds of thousands of residents have been forced to flee the flames, and at least 700 homes have been destroyed.

Sometimes, when walking Brooklyn's streets, it doesn't feel as if its literary past is haunting. Rather, its literary soul is still alive and pulsating. Brooklyn is a world unto itself and a writer's enclave. Journalist and critic Evan Hughes has written a literary biography of the leafy borough.

Though Colorado is often held up as the model of a healthy lifestyle, the state isn't immune to the obesity crisis. One in four children is either overweight or obese. "This is a major problem," says one state health official. "We are far from setting the model of where we want to be."

The loss of students from India and China, who typically enroll in the university's master's programs like engineering and information technology, is largely contributing to the decline.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Carats Undercover, Paleo Panini and Stilett-Oh No!

NPR speaks with Jennifer Horney of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware about what to do if you get a flash flood warning in your area and how to stay safe during a flood.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Jennifer Waxman, archivist at Tulane University, about the steps people can take to preserve their personal collections from natural disasters.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Jennifer Maas, a senior business writer at Variety, about video game company Electronic Arts' agreement to be acquired and taken private in a deal valued at $55 billion.

The latest shutdown layoffs at HUD target fair housing investigators around the country. Critics say that'll make it hard to enforce the fair housing laws Congress has passed.

The Trump administration says it will restart SNAP benefits, but will pay out only half the normal amount. But private and other public resources have been available for families needing assistance.