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NPR's Larry Abramson reports on space tourist Dennis Tito who has achieved his dream of going to space. NASA complained it would be a distraction, but Russian space officials allowed him to buy a seat on their ship.

This year's film festival season has begun, but the focus isn't on buying films for release as much as in past years. More and more film companies are premiering their movies there. David D'Arcy reports from Park City, Utah, home of the Sundance Film Festival.

NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports retail sales are slowing. With a dragging stock market and higher interest rates consumers are not as confident about buying that new car or truck as they were last year but the Fed should be pleased their intervention has had an effect.

Bank of America will buy the ailing brokerage house Merrill Lynch for $50 billion. We examine whether Bank of America is overextending itself.

Four U.S. states are still struggling with high rates of lead poisoning from soil, pipes and paint. It impacts thousands of people each year, especially low-income communities and families of color.

After emergency gallbladder surgery, a Tennessee woman said she spent months without a permanent mailing address and never got a bill from the hospital. She ended up in court a few years later.

President Biden speaks at the United Nations. Five Americans travel to the U.S. after a prisoner swap with Iran. Canada blames the Indian government for the assassination of a Sikh leader in June.

The government's colossal failure to respond after Hurricane Katrina led to major reforms at the nation's top disaster agency. Now, the Trump administration has reversed some of those changes.

The Washington Capitals star made history with a power play goal from the left faceoff circle — as Gretzky, who last set the record more than 25 years ago, looked on.

U.S. oil production has been on the rise, and that's been widely noted. But the same is true throughout the Americas, which are now home to four of the world's top nine producers.