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The Kennedy Center has named Rick Canny, a talent manager who has worked with acts including ZZ Top and former Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, as its new artistic director. His appointment came despite complaints from staff about his business practices as a consultant for the arts institution.

CAIRO (AP) — The international airport in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, was attacked again Saturday as the kingdom faces an extraordinary series of assaults in the new front in the Iran war. President Donald Trump said he was evaluating whether the U.S. should join Saudi strikes against the Tehran-backed Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen. The Houthis claimed attacks earlier in the week on King Khalid International Airport that killed three Saudis, including a pilot.

This week's show was recorded in Chicago with guest host Negin Farsad, judge and scorekeeper Alzo Slade, Not My Job guest Margo Price and panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Katie Nolan, and Mo Rocca. Click the audio link above to hear the whole show.

Emergency crews in Florida and Alabama are surveying damage wrought by Hurricane Isaias, after the storm bashed into the Gulf Coast as a Category 2 storm Friday night. At least two people have died from storm-related incidents, NPR has confirmed. Isaias brought 105 mph winds onshore, snapping trees and knocking out electricity. Officials warn that flash flood threats persist, but further inland. One death occurred in Escambia County, in the far west of the Florida Panhandle.

Editor's note: This story contains graphic images of violence and death. GAZA STRIP — President Donald Trump promised an end to Israel's war in Gaza after he pushed Israel to agree to a ceasefire and Hamas to release remaining Israeli hostages. The deal came into effect on Oct. 10, 2025. A year later, however, there's still no international peacekeeping force in Gaza as promised and no reconstruction.

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from the past, as well as new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and it often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week: "Here I am, my full, authentic self": Murray Hill charts his own course in Showbiz!: Hill co-starred in HBO's Somebody Somewhere and has hosted drag king shows and queer cabarets.

Updated October 10, 2026 at 9:08 AM CDT Nearly 900,000 power customers are without power in Florida, Alabama and Georgia on Saturday, after Hurricane Isaias plowed into the northern Gulf Coast Friday night, according to the monitoring site PowerOutage.us. Isaias made landfall Friday night near Destin, Fla., as a Category 2 hurricane, packing 105 mph winds.

Todd Engel had operated heavy machinery, like forklifts and rubber-tire loaders, around warehouses and highways in suburban Maryland for four decades. In early 2023, Engel's doctor put him on Ozempic, a GLP-1, for diabetes. That winter, on New Year's Eve, Engel woke up feeling as if a patch covered his right eye: "I couldn't see anything. It was all dark.

There's a new blockbuster show at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Past Continuous features two artists: Jackson Pollock, with many of his instantly recognizable "drip" paintings, and Lee Krasner, an artist often overshadowed by Pollock, who was her husband. But in this major exhibition, Krasner is finally getting her due — and on her own terms. This gargantuan show is replete with Pollock's greatest hits, the giant, frozen dances of paint splashed on canvas that have become iconic.

Never miss a story or episode from Life Kit. Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get our journalism delivered directly to your inbox. Many of us do the same things every year to celebrate the fall. We bust out the autumn wreath. Light the pumpkin spice candle. Pull those fuzzy sweaters out from the back of the closet. But there are so many other fun ways to make these coming months feel cozy. Here are 16 satisfying activities and rituals to add to your fall bucket list.