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In her book This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, historian Drew Gilpin Faust writes that Civil War deaths — both their number and their manner — transformed America. She is featured in PBS's American Experience called Death and the Civil War, which premiered Sept. 18.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WBEZ listener Corinna Christman of Chicago, Illinois, and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Every answer is the name of a Major League Baseball team. Given anagrams of their names, each with one letter added, name the teams. Example: "dress" would be "Reds."

Pope Francis was the first non-European head of the Roman Catholic Church in more than a millennium.

Each of the following answers is a made-up, two-word phrase in which the two words are homophones, and both words start with the letter C.

Every answer is a familiar phrase in the form of "___ and ___." You'll be given the two missing words, each with a letter removed, and you give the phrases. For example, given "lot and fund," the answer would be "lost and found."

UPDATED 8/5/19, 6:30am: Fire officials report 55% containment.Original story: The Milepost 97 Fire is now 50% contained. Crews continue to make progress…

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Geri Meldon of Deerfield, Florida, and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Tom Moosebrugger of Columbus, Ohio and puzzle master Will Shortz.

Russia hit Ukraine's capital with drone and missiles Sunday in the largest aerial attack on the country since the war began.