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Somalia's Strongest Tropical Cyclone Ever Recorded Could Drop 2 Years' Rain In 2 Days

Tropical Cyclone Gati made landfall in Somalia on Sunday. It's the first recorded instance of a hurricane-strength system hitting the country.

A shopper walks past shelves of school supplies at a Target store in San Rafael, Calif. Preparing for both in-person and virtual learning has families budgeting for new school supplies and bigger purchases.

A Confusing Back-To-School Season May Lead To Blockbuster Spending

Preparing for both in-person and virtual learning has families budgeting for new school supplies like masks and bleach wipes, but also bigger purchases like laptops, speakers, desks and chairs.

By the time Victoria Cooper enrolled in an alcohol treatment program in 2018, she was "drinking for survival," not pleasure, she says — multiple vodka shots in the morning, at lunchtime and beyond. In the treatment program, she saw other women in their 20s struggling with alcohol and other drugs. "It was the first time in a very long time that I had not felt alone," she says.

Women Now Drink As Much As Men — Not So Much For Pleasure, But To Cope

Women aren't just upping their drinking, researchers say. Increasingly they are "drinking to cope," instead of for pleasure — which accelerates the risk of alcohol use disorder and its health damage.

Lorde, whose new album <em>Solar Power</em> was released Aug. 20, 2021.

Lorde, Now Fully Adulting, Embraces A Folksy Analog On 'Solar Power'

The pop star has spent the four years growing up and slowing down – she speaks to Morning Edition about her new album and sound, including using her synesthesia like a creative scythe.

In a new book The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage, author Kelly McGonigal argues that we should look beyond weight loss to the many social and emotional benefits of exercise.

Hope, Happiness And Social Connection: Hidden Benefits Of Regular Exercise

A new book, The Joy of Movement, offers more motivation to exercise. It's not just about getting fit or looking good: Exercise can give you courage, pleasure and better friendships.

Health care workers in Houston, Texas, perform a procedure on a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit on Thanksgiving. This past week has seen continued steep growth in cases, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19.

'Extraordinary Acceleration': Takeaways From The Pandemic This Week

Deaths from COVID-19 have jumped nearly 40% this week, and hospitals around the country are straining under their patient load. Here's what happened in the first week after Thanksgiving.

A chart published in Nature Communications on Jan. 25, 2021, showing the link between time-restricted feeding and improved metabolic health and tumor circadian rhythms in mice with obesity-driven postmenopausal breast cancer.

When Mice Eat Can Reduce Risk Of Breast Cancer, Researchers Find

The findings show time-restricted feeding — a form of intermittent fasting aligned with circadian rhythms — improved metabolic health and tumor circadian rhythms in mice with obesity-driven postmenopausal breast cancer.

People line up outside to order food from a taco restaurant in Tuscaloosa, Ala. On social media, images of crowds like this one — of people waiting to order food at a restaurant — drew scrutiny in the city earlier this month.

University Of Alabama Reports More Than 560 New COVID-19 Cases In 1st Week

More than 530 of those cases are at its flagship campus in Tuscaloosa, prompting Mayor Walt Maddox to order bars to close for two weeks.

Funeral at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, New Orleans. August 2020.

FRONTLINE: Death Is Our Business/ Love, Life & The Virus

Stream or tune in Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, March 25 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2

Jazz fusion band Snarky Puppy, led by League, recently won the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards.

On 'The Last Friend,' Michael League Imagines Death As A Benevolent Companion

Michael League of Snarky Puppy joins the Morning Edition Song Project with "The Last Friend," a song that reimagines death not as a severance, but as a compassionate force.

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