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A Fairbanks man is facing federal charges after allegedly distributing fentanyl that killed somebody in March. Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced his pick for the state's next attorney general after AG Treg Taylor said he was stepping down. Rep. Nick Begich touted resource development opportunity in Alaska at an oil and gas conference Wednesday. A crime story and Alaska Native legend are at the center of a documentary set to premiere on Hulu in September. Alaska Pacific University is developing the first in-state lab accredited to test water samples for microplastics.

We take a look at what Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are doing to reach voters in battleground states and in demographics that have not been favoring them so far.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Colin Polsky, a professor of geosciences at Florida Atlantic University, about how Hurricane Milton is raising critical questions about the future of the sunshine state.

This week, Taylor Swift debuted her engagement ring and the parasite world brought us something gross to worry about.

United Nations aid officials and Israeli human rights groups say Israel's latest offensive in north Gaza forces residents to choose between leaving or starving. Israel allowed in food after Vice President Harris showed concern.

Teams of OSCE election observers are in the U.S. to visit polling places, speak with campaigns and assess media coverage. They will then make recommendatiassesons about how to improve the process.

Israel has allowed almost no food aid into north Gaza for two weeks. Humanitarian groups say it leaves 400,000 people with the choice of eventual starvation or fleeing their homes to the south.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with NPR White House correspondent Asma Khalid about "American Muslims," a new PBS series she hosts.

Mortgage rates have inched higher recently, after falling for several weeks. We take a look at the economic factors that affect rates, and where they might settle in the future.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WERN listener Bob Jahn of Blue Mounds, Wisconsin.