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Updated August 28, 2026 at 1:59 PM CDT Shreya Ahuja, a 30-year-old physician who lives in North Carolina, had spoken to her parents just hours before floods struck Nepal. They had finished a pilgrimage trek to Mount Kailash and were heading toward the border. The next morning, Ahuja began seeing messages from relatives about flash flooding. "I tried texting them. I tried calling them. And initially, I wasn't too concerned," Ahuja told Morning Edition.

Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh remains tight-lipped about where he thinks interest rates are heading — but investors took his tough talk about inflation at a closely-watched speech on Friday as a signal that rates are likely to go higher. Speaking from Jackson Hole, Wyo., Warsh argued that the labor market is stable, investment is strong and consumer spending is resilient. But he also noted that prices are still climbing faster than the central bank — and most people — would like.

In the age of weight loss drugs, Instagram face and an endless scroll of Facetuned bodies, it can be difficult to love how your body looks. But what if you could change the way you think about your body? Psychologist Diana Hill, a specialist in acceptance and commitment therapy, helps her clients practice mental exercises rooted in "body image flexibility." It's a term from the field of psychology that describes the ability to cope with uncomfortable feelings about your looks.

Jessie, WXPR's CEO and GM, has been enjoying the Womack Sisters' self-titled August release. The daughters of Womack & Womack, nieces of Bobby Womack, and granddaughters of Sam Cooke blend their soul-music legacy with rich harmonies and a fresh sound.

AI data analyst Edwin Zee recently sat through a conference call with a colleague on the East Coast who was wearing shorts. "He was sitting at a table, and the way he was positioned, the table covered up all of his shorts. But you could see his bare legs sticking out," said Zee. "So it looked like he had no pants on." To wear shorts to work? Or not to wear shorts to work? The question is coming up at water coolers and beyond this summer.

Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. Congressional Democrats are preparing for a new kind of midterm challenge: the risk that President Trump will attempt to undermine November's elections by claiming fraud or interfering in the voting process.

Several women sit at rows of desks working at sewing machines. Wool fabric is piled up on either side of them. Each one is working on a different part of the Stormy Kromer hat. The Ironwood factory, which employs about 70 people, produces roughly 550 hats a day. “We have to build 550 hats a day, essentially, to have enough hats sitting on the shelf when winter comes, so that we can fill all those orders,” said Gina Thorsen, CEO of Jacquart Fabrics which the Stormy Kromer brand is under.

This story comes from the Wisconsin News Collaborative, a partnership of Wisconsin public media newsrooms, including WUWM, Wisconsin Public Radio, and WXPR. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking Enbridge to halt work on its Line 5 reroute in response to a gas leak that began Tuesday. The DNR sent an Aug.

The first electronic Smokey Bear fire sign in the state is in Minocqua. In a Facebook post, Minocqua Fire and Rescue says a ribbon cutting to celebrate the sign took place Thursday. Smokey signs with fire warnings are a common sight, but they must be updated manually. The new electronic sign can be updated remotely, quickly keeping information up to date. Located on Highway 51 in front of the Minocqua Fire Department, Smokey alerts passersby to the current wildfire danger.

Updated August 28, 2026 at 5:32 AM CDT The confirmed death toll has passed 500 people after devastating flash floods that hit the Nepal-Tibet border early Wednesday, sweeping away roads, bridges and entire villages, with more than 1,000 still missing. The U.S. State Department said about 90 Americans are among the people unaccounted for. The State Department said, as of Thursday morning, was not aware of any confirmed deaths of U.S. citizens.