The Brutalist Report

NPR

• A 104-year-old woman dies before Guinness can confirm her record as oldest skydiver [1003d]
• California creates nation's first 'Ebony Alert' to find missing Black children [1003d]
• She's the star witness against Sam Bankman-Fried. Her testimony was explosive [1003d]
• Biden proposes a ban on 'junk fees' — from concert tickets to hotel rooms [1003d]
• An empty-nest mama bear just won Fat Bear Week [1003d]
• These Maya women softballers defy machismo — from their mighty bats to their bare toes [1003d]
• Cheng Lei, detained Australian journalist, is freed by China [1003d]
• A new 'Frasier' seeks success with fresh characters who seem a lot like the old ones [1003d]
• 'How to Say Babylon' centers on resisting patriarchy and colonialization [1003d]
• 3 witchy books for fall that offer fright and delight [1003d]
• Rep. Steve Scalise wins the House GOP speaker nomination [1003d]
• England's beloved Sycamore Gap tree will be removed from Hadrian's Wall [1003d]
• Vaccine hesitancy affects dog-owners, too, with many questioning the rabies shot [1003d]
• Sexual assault victims suing Uber notch a legal victory in long battle [1003d]
• Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners show the beauty — and precarity — of nature [1003d]
• How to talk to children about the violence in Israel and Gaza [1003d]