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Filipino chefs and restaurants were in the spotlight Monday night with at least five nominations at the James Beard Awards.

Senegal has been wracked by unrest, violence and sporadic social media blackouts in a country that is usually seen as a beacon of democracy and calm in an unstable region of West Africa.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Chris Burns, footwear analyst and founder of ARCH (Art & Research, Culture-Hype) about Nike's shoe sale slump, inventory excess and colorway reliance.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, a member of the Democratic Party, about provisions in the debt ceiling bill approaching a Senate vote.

Uganda's president has approved some of the harshest anti LGBTQ legislation in the world, including life imprisonment and even the death penalty. What will this mean for Uganda's queer community now?

A crew of four astronauts, on a private Axiom Space trip run by SpaceX, has reached the International Space Station. Among them: mission commander Peggy Whitson, 63, and no stranger to orbit.

Executive director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center, Colin Young, talks about a new report warning that the climate may breach 1.5 degrees of warming in 5 years.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jon Ralston, CEO of The Nevada Independent, about why he strongly supported the CNN's town hall with Trump — and then changed his mind minutes into the broadcast.

Army Colonel Chad R. Foster, commander of the newly-named Ft. Cavazos military base in Texas, and Brian Dosa, Ft. Cavazos' public works director, talk about changing the base's name from Ft. Hood.

New recordings of old jazz performances at Baltimore's now-closed Famous Ballroom are being released for the first time.