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After Almost 2 Years, 'Rick and Morty' Returns

By Nina Gregory • Jul 28, 2017

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Something big coming to the small screen this weekend.

(SOUNDBITE OF RYAN ELDER'S "RICK AND MORTY (MAIN TITLE THEME)")

State Control Leaves Investigative Journalists In China Demoralized

By Anthony Kuhn • Jul 27, 2017

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Trump Continues To Publicly Attack Sessions

By Carrie Johnson • Jul 27, 2017

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Electronics-Maker Foxconn Plans Wisconsin Factory

By editor • Jul 27, 2017

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Charlie Gard To Be Taken To Hospice Unless Deal Reached

By Joanna Kakissis • Jul 27, 2017

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Some other news. A British court has made a final decision about the life of Charlie Gard. A judge says the critically ill infant must go off life support and be transferred to a hospice. NPR's Joanna Kakissis reports his parents had hoped to bring him home.

Let's Touch Base On This Synergistic No-Brainer Game Changer

By editor • Jul 27, 2017

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Trump Tweets That Transgender People Banned From U.S. Military

By editor • Jul 26, 2017

NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman and Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep discuss President Trump's tweets announcing the military will not allow transgender people to serve.

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Delicate Diplomacy Over U.S. Citizens Detained In Iran

By Michele Kelemen • Jul 26, 2017

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President Trump's administration says it's trying harder to bring home American citizens detained in Iran. Iran seems to be hinting that it wants another prisoner swap, as the Obama administration once negotiated.

Newt Gingrich: The Justice Department Is 'Very Anti-Trump'

By editor • Jul 26, 2017

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich tells NPR's Rachel Martin that President Donald Trump is right to be troubled that Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Justice Department's investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election. The Justice Department's culture, Gingrich says, is "very liberal" and has an anti-Trump bias and the probe is a "fishing expedition." Sessions, he says, should exercise more authority and enforce the law.

Domenico Montanaro has analysis.

World Santa Claus Congress Meets In Denmark

By editor • Jul 26, 2017

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What You Can Do With 2,000 Pounds Of Butter

By editor • Jul 26, 2017

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Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep. There's no limit to what you can achieve with 2,000 pounds of butter. Sculptors completed the annual butter sculpture at the Ohio State Fair. And the centerpiece is a 6-foot-tall bottle of chocolate milk.

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An NYC Scout Troop Provides Homeless Girls A Place Of Their Own

By editor • Jul 26, 2017

On a recent camping trip, the itinerary for Girl Scout Troop 6000 was full of only-in-the-wilderness activities for these New York City kids. At a campground upstate, the girls — age 5 to 15 — milked cows and roasted marshmallows, and screamed when a moth flew by or someone found a spiderweb in the bathroom.

At the end of the trip, the girls left the cabins where they'd stayed and returned to the closest thing they have to a home: a 10-story budget hotel in Queens, where New York City's Department of Homeless Services pays to shelter homeless families.