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  • This week brought the deadliest fighting in Pakistan's tribal belt for years. The tribal people living in the in the mountains of Waziristan have been caught in the middle of the conflict, which has links to the war in neighboring Afghanistan.
  • Advances in medicine mean more people are living longer with HIV. But aging with HIV comes with increased health risks, and this growing population needs specialized care that's hard to find.
  • At 18, Natalie Warne's work with the Invisible Children movement made her a hero for young activists. She calls on young people not to let age stop them from changing the world.
  • In major cities, a powerful street drug concoction of heroin or cocaine and the painkiller fentanyl is proving deadly. In Wayne County, Mich., which includes the city of Detroit, dozens of people have died from the combination since November, with several in the past week.
  • Clarence Rhodes is one of the competitive rose gardeners described in Otherwise Normal People, a new book by Aurelia C. Scott. These obsessive growers travel around the country to enter their prize specimens in competitions.
  • Renee Montagne reports on Eric Drattell, who is an American living in London. He is in Nice on vacation with his wife. They were having dinner when they heard screaming.
  • Bloomberg View's Megan McArdle argues in a new column that there are real reasons why "decent people" could vote for Donald Trump, even if they disagree with many of his statements.
  • Mass evacuations helped limit the death toll from Rammasun as it passed through densely populated areas. The government was better prepared following a killer storm last fall.
  • Brazilian visual artist Caco Neves turns Jenny O.'s breezy protest song into an animated collage of classic propaganda film.
  • NPR's Michel Martin speaks with attorney and disability rights advocate Haben Girma about the fears disabled people have of being last in line for life-saving care during the coronavirus pandemic.
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