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Devastating power outages and destruction in Houston left by Hurricane Beryl again underscored the city’s inability to sufficiently fortify itself against extreme weather events worsened by climate change. This was the lowest level hurricane, a Category One, and yet it knocked out power to millions and left the nation’s fourth largest city reeling. Past horrific hurricanes, including Ike in 2008 and Harvey in 2017, made crystal clear that the city needed to bolster its infrastructure including expanding flood-plain protections, burying more power lines underground, and hardening its power grid. But those city, state and corporate efforts have repeatedly fallen short.

NPR's Music team breaks down this week's new music, plus how the impact of movie soundtracks has changed.

Director Lee Isaac Chung talks to NPR's Scott Detrow about his latest film, Twisters. He shot it on location in Oklahoma, using local extras on set who know what it’s like to face a tornado.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Watching the WNBA, celebrities throwing first pitches, the novel The God of the Woods, and the Criterion sale at Barnes & Noble.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years for alleged espionage in a trial that his newspaper and the U.S. government calls a sham.

A joint investigation by NPR, Texas Public Radio and the program 1A finds that more than 250 workers have died in trench cave-ins over the last decade. Deaths that were preventable, experts say.

Much of Israel’s commercial capital Tel Aviv has returned to business-as-usual. But this sense of normality was shattered in a deadly predawn explosion Friday that rocked the city’s oceanfront.

Trump showed some vulnerability while recounting what happened during the assassination attempt on his life. But he quickly moved on from any message of unity to a litany of familiar grievances.

Netflix says it will no longer offer its basic plan for U.S. and French subscribers, which had already been phased out of other markets.

It's a big weekend for women's basketball. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sabreena Merchant, who covers women's basketball for The Athletic, about the upcoming WNBA-All Star game.