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I-885 near Durham and other major roadways worsen air quality and urban heat in communities across the United States. (Zachary Turner)

A new study at UNC's Institute for the Environment looks at how two common traffic pollutants affect North Carolina communities.

Canadian wildfires are raising air quality alarms across much of the Eastern U.S.

NPR's Michel Martin talks Peter DeCarlo at Johns Hopkins University about the haze and air quality alerts throughout the U.S. that are generated by hundreds of wildfires in Canada.

Fresh Air Weekend: Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai; Filmmaker Ken Burns

Malala Yousafzai writes about her life at Oxford and beyond in Finding My Way. David Bianculli reviews Mr. Scorsese. Burns' American Revolution docuseries includes voices the founders overlooked.

Kirby Air Riders is a radically simple alternative to racing classics like Mario Kart

Simple mechanics and diverse modes turn Kirby Air Riders into a racing game to rival Mario Kart World, a fellow Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive.

Air traffic control staffing shortages causing flight delays across the U.S.

An increasing number of air traffic control facilities in the U.S. have had to reduce the number of planes they can handle in their airspace since the government shutdown began.

Historian Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor has spent much of her career tracing the N-word. What she didn't tell her audiences was that her father, Richard Pryor, was the comedian who put the word at the center of American comedy in the 1970s.

Fresh Air Weekend: Novelist Maggie O'Farrell; Historian Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor

Hamnet novelist O'Farrell turns to her own family story in Land. Maureen Corrigan reviews Talking Classics, by Mary Beard. Richard Pryor's daughter, Elizabeth, is a scholar of the N-word.

Kennedy Ryan's latest novel, Score, follows two former college sweethearts who reunite while making a film about the Harlem Renaissance.

Fresh Air Weekend: Music producer Peter Asher; Romance writer Kennedy Ryan

Everywhere Man traces the trajectory of music producer Peter Asher. David Bianculli reviews Little House on the Prairie on Netflix. Kennedy Ryan believes happily-ever-after is for everyone.

"If I have a superpower that I can't take credit for ... [it's] that I'm very vulnerable," Shrinking star Jason Segel says.

Fresh Air Weekend: 'Shrinking' star Jason Segel; Lisa Kudrow on 'The Comeback'

Segel plays a widowed therapist who offers very blunt advice on Shrinking. Book critic Maureen Corrigan recommends three suspense thrillers. Kudrow reflects on The Comeback and revisiting Friends.

Nurcahyo Utomo, an investigator for Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee, speaks at a news conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday, about preliminary findings from the investigation into the crash of Lion Air Flight 610.

Lion Air Jet Was 'Un-Airworthy' In Lead-Up To Fatal Crash, Investigators Say

Indonesia's transportation safety committee's report addressed maintenance practices, pilot training and an anti-stall system on the Boeing 737. It did not identify a firm cause for the crash.

Anti-government protesters demonstrate in Istanbul near a Turkish broadcaster which was taken over by police. The company owns opposition television stations Bugun TV and Kanalturk.

Turkish Police Take Over Opposition TV Stations, Throw Broadcasters Off The Air

Just days ahead of the country's general elections, Turkish police raided a broadcasting company in Istanbul known for supporting a government opposition group.

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