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by Leila Fadel, Michel Martin

11 min

Morning news brief

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A memorial for Michael Brown Jr. stands on the site he was killed in 2014 by a white Ferguson police officer on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, along Canfield Drive in Ferguson.

A memorial for Michael Brown Jr. stands on the site he was killed in 2014 by a white Ferguson police officer on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, along Canfield Drive in Ferguson. Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption

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National

10 years after Michael Brown’s death, we went to Ferguson to ask: What’s changed?

by Mansee Khurana, Michel Martin, Lindsay Totty

7 min

FERGUSON TEN YEARS LATER

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Milton Nascimento and esperanza spalding recorded much of their new album from Nascimento's home in Brazil.

Milton Nascimento and esperanza spalding recorded much of their new album from Nascimento's home in Brazil. Goathi Diniz hide caption

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Music News

Milton Nascimento and esperanza spalding honor friendship on their new album

by Milton Guevara, Taylor Haney, Michel Martin

7 min

'Milton + esperanza' is the new album from esperanza spalding and Milton Nascimento

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Smokey Bear turns 80 this year. Did he help prevent forest fires?

Smokey the bear cub is flown from Santa Fe, N.M., to his new home at the Washington National Zoo in a Piper J-3 Cub by New Mexico Assistant State Game Warden Homer C. Pickens in 1950. The little bear was rescued from a forest fire and named Smokey after the fire prevention symbol of the U.S. Forest Service. FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

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Climate

Smokey Bear turns 80 this year. Did he help prevent forest fires?

by Mansee Khurana

4 min

SMOKEY BEAR'S 80TH BIRTHDAY

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Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at West Allis Central High School on July 23, 2024 in West Allis, Wisconsin.

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Politics

How Harris’ vision for the economy is a twist on Biden’s

by Asma Khalid

4 min

Harris is signaling her campaign's priorities. The economy could be key for voters

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Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper Alice Volpitta tests water quality in the Jones Falls.

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Environment

Like Paris, Baltimore knows the struggle of cleaning up water for swimming

by Adam Bearne

3 min

Baltimore officials are well aware water pollution struggles aren’t unique to Paris

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