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Bill reads three news-related limericks...A Real Hand Bag, Cos-moo-tology, Farmers Only

Amid the fallout of the U.S. drone strike in Baghdad that killed an Iranian general, the Iraqi parliament voted to oust U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. President Trump threatened Iraq with sanctions.

Travel (near and far), literary souvenirs and the crucial companionship of humankind's best friend are the subjects of the books on Maureen Corrigan's early summer reading list.

Vulnerable hospitals, particularly rural ones, are closing their doors faster than ever because of the pandemic. Sarah Jane Tribble explains what that means for rural Americans.

Several COVID-19 vaccine candidates are currently under testing to see if they prevent the disease. What determines if a vaccine works and why does it take 30,000 volunteers to figure that out?

NPR speaks with PBS NewsHour foreign correspondent Jane Ferguson about the latest in Kabul, Afghanistan.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jane Bradley of The New York Times about her investigation with Michael Schwirtz into Brazil's unmasking of Russian spies in their midst.

Hall, who died on Saturday, wrote about farm work and his wife, poet Jane Kenyon, in the 1993 memoir Life Work. He and Kenyon spoke to Fresh Air in 1996, and Hall was interviewed again in '02 and '12.

Over the past several months, data has shown rising mortality rates among a surprising population - middle-age, largely rural white people. But many who…