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All Things Considered for July, 28 2024

All Things Considered for July, 27 2024

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module and the Starliner spacecraft

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NASA still doesn't know when two astronauts will be able to come home

Boeing Starliner return date is delayed indefinitely

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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara speaks to the press after a multi-person shooting in the city on Feb. 27. O'Hara says the police department is staffed 40% below what it was in 2020.

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Police departments are offering big raises. Does it work?

Police departments are offering big raises. Does it work?

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All Things Considered for July, 26 2024

Democrats cheer for Vice President Harris at a rally — the first of her campaign — in Milwaukee on July 23, 2024.

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From doom scrolling to hope scrolling: this week’s big Democratic vibe shift

The 180-shift in the Democratic campaign

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Palestinian children are sitting on a street flooded with sewage water in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on July 23, 2024. Polio was detected in multiple samples of Gaza's wastewater and now infectious disease experts suspect there are mild cases of the disease already in the population. The World Health Organization says it is ''extremely worried'' that diseases, such as polio, could cause more deaths than war injuries.

Palestinian children are sitting on a street flooded with sewage water in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on July 23. Polio was detected in multiple samples of Gaza's wastewater a week ago and now infectious disease experts suspect there are mild cases of the disease already in the population. Majdi Fathi//NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption

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Investigators search Gaza for cases of polio after the virus turns up in wastewater

ATC & digital Friday 7/26: Polio in Gaza sewage

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All Things Considered for July, 25 2024

Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., was diagnosed with a degenerative neurological disorder last year that has inhibited her mobility and hampered her voice. On July, 25 she debuted the use of an AI tool built to mirror her own voice in a speech on the House floor.

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A neurological disease stole Rep. Jennifer Wexton's voice. AI helped her get it back.

Wexton uses AI voice on floor

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All Things Considered for July, 24 2024

Caitlyn Mai poses for a portrait in a park near her home in Bethany, Okla., on May 18, 2024. She's wearing light-colored pants and a sleeveless white blouse with small dark hearts on it.

Caitlyn Mai underwent cochlear implant surgery with her insurer's approval, expecting it would be covered in full. Then she started getting bills for $139,000. Nick Oxford/KFF Health News hide caption

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Her hearing implant was preapproved. But she still received multiple $139,000 bills KFF Health News

July bill of the month

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Cheaper copycat versions of blockbuster weight loss drugs are flooding the market.

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Torrid market for copycat weight loss drugs could be short-lived

Changes are coming for compounded GLP-1s

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