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Start Hear: Drug Commercials, Rejecting Perfection and The Subversive Mister Rogers

This week on Start Hear:Planet Money: The economy explained.Failing Forward: Learn from successful people on how their failures launched them into success.Finding Fred: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was not a simple show. And Fred Rogers was not a simple man.

CPD: 9 people injured in mass shooting at East End music venue

All have non- life threatening injuries.

Social work graduate student at the Univeristy of Michigan Larissa Medniss (top left) is advocating as part of their grad student labor union contract for the school to pay students $20/hr for required internship hours. (Courtesy of Larissa Medniss)

How young people are impacted as NPR and other employers announce internship cuts

The cancellation comes as the network has already implemented a hiring freeze to weather a budget shortfall and avoid layoffs. Other companies are doing the same.

Bodies of all 7 missing people found at California fireworks warehouse that exploded

The barrage of fireworks that exploded Tuesday caused a massive blaze that led to other spot fires and collapsed the building in Yolo County, which lies about 40 miles northwest of Sacramento.

Three people died in crashes on Ohio's roads during the New Year's holiday

The Ohio State Highway Patrol has released its crash statistics for the 2024-25 New Year's holiday period.

Vice President Mike Pence is seen as a loyal wing man to President Trump at the White House and on the campaign trail. He speaks to the Republican National Convention on Wednesday from Fort McHenry.

Pence, Trump's Loyal Wing Man, To Lay Out Choice For Nov. 3 Election

Pence is a bridge between Trump and evangelicals and social conservatives, reshaping the president's bombast into language more palatable to the Republican mainstream.

Libertarian Party Of Ohio Uses Unusual Strategy To Get Its Candidates On The Fall Ballot

Wednesday at 4pm is the deadline for submitting petition signatures for independent presidential candidates for the fall ballot in Ohio. The Libertarian...

Head Of Nebraska National Guard Describes Flooding Situation Throughout The State

Midwest flooding has stranded communities, washed out bridges and caused huge damage to structures and farms. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac of the Nebraska National Guard.

United States Coast Guard ships break up ice in eastern Lake Superior on Tuesday.

Icy Traffic Jam On Lake Superior Has 18 Ships Stuck

Pickup truck-size ice chunks have left the freight ships stuck in Lake Superior. The U.S. and Canadian coast guards have sent in icebreakers to help the ships get through.

Ruth "Margo" Gee (left) is hopeful that her brother, Tyrone Jones, convicted of murder as a juvenile, will soon be freed from prison. Lawyer Charlotte Whitmore is helping her.

Jailed Young, Inmates Seek A New Day In Court

Lawyers in Pennsylvania are working furiously to help file petitions for the state's juvenile lifers before the end of the month. A recent Supreme Court ruling struck down mandatory juvenile life terms, and hundreds of Pennsylvania prisoners are hoping they can get new sentencing hearings.

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