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On The Oregon Coast, Turning Pollution Into Art With A Purpose

A local artist is turning the mountains of plastic garbage that wash up on beaches into dramatic sculptures of the very marine life threatened by the deluge of plastics.

Koko Kondo at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 5. Kondo was determined to get revenge on the person who dropped the atomic bomb on her city. Then, she met him.

An Atomic Bomb Survivor On Her Journey From Revenge To Peace

It's been 75 years since the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Koko Kondo, who was an infant when one of those bombs was dropped on Hiroshima.

Transportation Security Administration officers are finding guns in carry on bags at security checkpoints at a rate three times higher than they did last summer. And 80% of those guns are loaded.

TSA Finds 3 Times Usual Rate Of Guns At Checkpoints, Despite Drop In Air Traffic

While screening 75% fewer people at airports this summer than last, the security officers discover guns hidden in carry-on bags at a rate surpassing last summer. And 80% of those guns are loaded.

President Trump departs for Bedminster, N.J., on Thursday from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

N.J. Officials Say Trump Fundraiser Put Lives At Risk, But Attendees Appear Unworried

President Trump's positive coronavirus test started contact tracing efforts in multiple states. In New Jersey, health officials are reaching out to hundreds of people who attended a fundraiser there.

Hurricane Delta crossed Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula on Wednesday, bringing intense winds and a dangerous storm surge. It's expected to approach the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday.

Hurricane Delta Weaker After Leaving Yucatán Coast, But Could Hit U.S. As Major Storm

Hurricane Delta brought a dangerous storm surge to Mexico's Yucatán resort area. Delta could develop 120-mph winds by late Thursday, the National Hurricane Center says.

The study is still awaiting final regulatory approval. If given the green light, a study in which human volunteers will be infected with the coronavirus will begin in January at a biosecure unit at London's Royal Free Hospital.

U.K. Preparing COVID-19 Vaccine Trials That Deliberately Expose Study Subjects

Proponents say that such controversial "human challenge" studies can speed up vaccine development. But others cite ethical concerns.

Cars line up Friday at a coronavirus testing site at the University of Texas at El Paso. The area has seen a surge in cases in recent weeks, and a two-week curfew is now in effect in El Paso County.

El Paso, Texas, Judge Issues 2-Week Curfew To Stem Surge Of COVID-19 Cases

The judge said he was "left with no choice" but to impose a countywide curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. He noted El Paso County has seen a 160% increase in its positivity rate in the last three weeks.

Protesters confront police during a march Tuesday in Philadelphia following this week's fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man.

Curfew In Philadelphia Lifts As City Is Roiled By Protests In Walter Wallace Shooting

Mayor Jim Kenney ordered the curfew amid unrest after the fatal police shooting of the 27-year-old Black man. The city's police commissioner says bodycam footage will be released "in the near future."

Trump May Announce Amy Coney Barrett As His Nominee To Supreme Court, Source Tells

A source told NPR Republicans are expecting President Trump to announce he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Ireland's Supreme Court ruled that Subway bread shouldn't be classified as bread for tax purposes due to its sugar-to-flour ratio.

For Subway, A Ruling Not So Sweet. Irish Court Says Its Bread Isn't Bread

Yes, Ireland has a legal definition for bread. And the nation's Supreme Court said Subway's bread has too much sugar to satisfy it.

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