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John Fletcher of Michigan celebrated Independence Day by setting off 10,500 firecrackers attached to his body. He's done this for years. Sometimes he gets injured.

The global supply chain is suffering from factory closures in Asia due to the Delta variant and scarcity of shipping containers, truck drivers, raw materials and workers.

Our panelists predict who will be the next person to participate in the Big Quit.

CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, is on this week in Las Vegas, one of the few in-person events still being held during a surge of COVID-19 cases.

Serbian star Novak Djokovic, the world's number one, was defeated by his long-time rival Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who improved to an incredible 110 of 113 at Roland-Garros.

Two new documentaries probe the effects of outside influences on third-world countries. In Our Brand is Crisis, the arrival of U.S. campaign consultants threatens the outcome of a Bolivian presidential election. And Darwin's Nightmare is about the devastation of Lake Victoria in Tanzania.

Marianne Faithfull, 58, talks about her new CD Before the Poison. It's bolstered by collaborations with PJ Harvey and Nick Cave. Faithfull supplies lyrics and a voice that has turned into a husky growl.

An estimated 2 million Americans use wheelchairs or motorized scooters. For some, obstacles such as stairs, elevated curbs and rocky terrain may no longer pose such a steep challenge. The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the iBOT, a wheelchair that climbs stairs and bounds over curbs. NPR's Joe Shapiro reports.

Debt relief for Africa will be on the agenda when the leaders of the G8 nations meet in Scotland later this week. Kenya, which owes billions to foreign creditors, allocates almost a third of its budget to pay debts. But Kenya is unlikely to have its debts cancelled at the upcoming summit.

There are 35 presidential candidates and 44 parties running in Haiti's first elections since former President Jean Bertrand Aristide's ouster last year.