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The PUBLIQuartet's new album explores the many facets of rhythm in American music.
Titilayo Ayangade
The voracious, and thoughtful, musical appetite of the PUBLIQuartet
Tom Huizenga
The New York-based string quartet's new album Rhythm Nation teems with beats ranging from West Africa and Venezuela to jazz standards and Janet Jackson.
Falling grocery prices helped to keep inflation in check last month. Lettuce prices dropped sharply in July after an outbreak of food-borne illness prompted a recall of some leafy greens.
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Inflation eases in July as gasoline and grocery prices fall
Scott Horsley
Fatima Al-Kassab
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NPR
Greetings from a surreal expanse of sand dunes dotted with freshwater lagoons in Brazil
Fatima Al-Kassab
Genesis Whegelee (right, in vest) has been a community health worker for Last Mile Health in Rivercess County, Liberia, since 2018. He visits households to keep an eye on sick children, pregnant moms and anyone with a problem that needs diagnosing.
Last Mile Health
His wedding guests gave $6k to fund a health startup. Now it's won a $3 million prize
Diane Cole
Texas Standard
Corpus Christi puts industrial water charge on November ballot
Activists gathered nearly 13,000 signatures on a petition to levy fees on chemical plants and refineries during drought.
Tesla and SpaceX to construct massive microchip factory in Grimes County
Texas Standard for Aug. 12, 2026: Corpus Christi voters to decide Fair Water Amendment
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Border wall construction threatens access to site of 1918 massacre in West Texas
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