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Reid's new book, Medgar and Myrlie, tells the stories of the civil rights leader from Mississippi and his wife, who became a civil rights activist after Medgar's 1963 assassination.

When the U.S. launched airstrikes over the past week in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the idea was to send a message to another country: Iran.

Gibbons returns with a solo album, Lives Outgrown, and a song that wonders beyond this life. On this week's 8 Tracks, NPR Music's Lars Gotrich listens to songs that explore what happens next.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Steve St. Juliana, his daughter Hana was killed in the 2021 Oxford schools shooting. The shooter's mother, Jennifer Crumbley, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

The National Transportation Safety Board says four bolts were missing on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 door plug. It led to last month's inflight blowout and emergency depressurization.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Republican Mayor John Giles of Mesa, Ariz., about the Senate border measure. An initial vote is expected on the plan intended to cut down the number of unlawful crossings.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel trying to push for a new hostage deal that he hopes could lead to an end to the war in Gaza. Hamas has responded to the latest proposal on the table.

"At our first staff meeting there were no chairs (or tables) but there were eager people with lots of plans sitting on the floor and I was one of them," Wertheimer writes.

The band's latest archival release — Dave's Picks, Volume 49 — made the list. That gave the Grateful Dead its 59th Top 40 album – one more than both Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra.

Andrew Medley tracked down Vanessa Austin, the owner's daughter, and delivered it before going home to Detroit. In the wallet: photos and the documents that got the family from El Salvador to Canada.