What are you wondering about as the Republican primary season gets underway? Drop your questions in this form, and NPR journalists will answer them during our digital live coverage of the first debate on Wednesday — and use them to guide our reporting afterward.
Southern California is waking up this morning from the first tropical storm to hit the region in nine decades, which brought heavy rainfall but not the fatalities officials had feared. Hilary, now a post-tropical cyclone, left some roads underwater and forced Los Angeles public schools — the nation’s second-largest district — to close on Monday.
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➡️ The storm broke daily rainfall records from downtown LA to Palm Springs, with mountain and desert communities seeing the most flash flooding. ➡️ Erin Stone with LAist tells Up Firstthat emergency responders evacuated dozens of people, including from a mobile home park in the Coachella Valley and a homeless encampment along the San Diego River. But people largely heeded warnings to stay home, and there were no widespread threats to life. ➡️ Sunday also saw a 5.1-magnitude earthquake about 80 miles northwest of LA, sparking panic about a #hurriquake. Stone says it wasn’t related to the storm, “just a good old-fashioned coincidence.”
Anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo beat the odds to win Guatemala’s presidential election, a victory many hope will stop the country’s democratic backslide. Arévalo, a former academic, diplomat and the son of Guatemala's first democratically elected president, leads with more than 20 percentage votes. ➡️ NPR’s Eyder Peralta says Arévalo was “the unlikeliest candidate to win,” because he had no money — “he didn’t even have billboards” — and he was “running an anti-corruption campaign in a country where the ruling class had launched a hunt for people fighting corruption.” ➡️ Thousands of Guatemalans celebrated in the streets on Sunday night, with one telling Peralta that “democracy has been defended.” ➡️ Arévalo’s rival has vowed to challenge the results in court, and Guatemala’s Justice Department has threatened to bring charges against him (which Peralta says are widely viewed as politically motivated).
Tennessee lawmakers are holding a special session this week to talk about public safety, led in part by Rep. Justin Pearson — one of the three Democrats expelled (and reelected) earlier this year for leading a gun control protest on the House floor. Tennessee doesn’t have penalties for unsafe gun storage or require permits to carry ages 18 and up. ➡️ The GOP-led state legislature is unlikely to pass any meaningful gun reforms, says Blaise Gainey of WPLN News in Nashville. It’s expected to focus on topics like mental health, juvenile sentencing and background checks.
If you struggle to turn your mind off at night, you're not alone. As Sleep Advisors for Mattress Firm, sleep psychologist Jade Wu and neurologist Chris Winter are here to help. Listen to their conversation about bedtime relaxation techniques and learn evidence-based sleep tips to help you achieve quality rest.
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Mainstream media representations of the Manenberg neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa tend to focus on the violence and bloodshed of its gang wars: Residents are three times as likely to be murdered than those anywhere else in the country. Photojournalist Sarah Stacke has spent over a decade visiting — and growing close — with families who live there. Her ongoing series “Love from Manenberg” documents the joys and challenges of their everyday lives, as well as what she calls the “texture, unity and comfort” of the place they call home.
Living Better is a special series about what it takes to stay healthy in America.
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When outdoor air quality is bad, experts say to stay inside. But the air inside could also be full of harmful things like mold from high humidity, gasses from stoves or space heaters and vapors from cleaning supplies. Poor indoor air quality can lead to things like irritation of the eyes and throat, headaches, dizziness, asthma attacks and even other respiratory and cognitive risks. Here's how to improve it: ☁️ Open windows often to let fresh air in — but check the local air quality index first. ☁️ Remove the source. Leave your dry cleaning outside to air out solvent, pull out carpets that might contain mites and consider an alternative to cooking with gas. ☁️ Get an indoor air purifier. The CDC recommends one with a high-efficiency particulate air, or HEPA, filter.
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Netflix is celebrating the upcoming end of its DVD delivery service by sending subscribers its extra discs. But there’s a catch: It still wants them back.
Lolita, the oldest orca held in captivity, died on Friday — less than five months after the Miami Seaquarium announced plans to release her back into the ocean.
New Jersey was the first state to make climate change education mandatory in K-12 public schools. A year in, NPR spoke with students and teachers about how it’s going.
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