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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to basketball star Steph Curry and his wife, author Ayesha Curry, about their efforts to tackle childhood illiteracy in Oakland.

China mines and refines some of the most sought after minerals the U.S. deems critical for technologies like semiconductors and electric cars. Yet moving the minerals' production away from China isn't so easy.

Jean Brodie, Minerva McGonagall, Violet Crawley: Maggie Smith embodied these memorable roles on stage and screen. NPR's Scott Simon has a remembrance of the actor, who died yesterday at the age of 89.

“Every movie I make involves passion,” writer and director Francis Ford Coppola says. “The Godfather is very classical. Apocalypse Now is very wild.” His latest, Megalopolis, is a Roman epic – set in New Rome, a futuristic New York City.

On this day in 1912, Muskegon High defeated Hastings High with a staggering score of 216-0, marking the largest blowout in football history. Also on this day, in 1835, the Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer, now known as the Detroit Free Press, began publication, becoming Michigan's longest continually published newspaper.

The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on the Michigan presidential ballot.

Today’s radio programming is made possible in part by contributions…From David Arend and Telka Arend-Ritter in honor of their 39th wedding anniversary.From the Salerno Family excited to wish Dianna and Dale Dummer a happy anniversary and 80th birthday week to Dale! Also celebrating National Good Neighbor Day. “Dianna and Dale, we're grateful for your fun gatherings, bright flowers, and the sunshine of your love.”

A new Louisiana law in effect Oct. 1 will re-classify misoprostol as a dangerous controlled substance. It's used in medication abortions, but also for postpartum hemorrhage and other obstetric issues.

A shipwrecked robot named Roz is accidentally activated by the wild animals on an otherwise uninhabited island in The Wild Robot, an animated adventure from the makers of How to Train Your Dragon.

Tropical depression Helene continues causing widespread damage inland after making landfall as a hurricane in Florida's Big Bend region. The Associated Press says at least 35 people have died.