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The Women's National Basketball Association announced a new collective bargaining agreement that will provide significant pay increases, additional benefits and maternity leave for athletes.

The Dixie Fire has been burning for weeks — threatening a series of small towns in the Sierra Nevada. More than 5,000 firefighters are working to contain the blaze.

Jubilant Sykes is an artist who feels at home with all kinds of music -- from Bach to Billboard to Broadway standards. With his latest CD, "Wait For Me," the baritone singer adds folk, pop and gospel to his repertory. All Things Considered host Michele Norris talks with the classically trained musician about his passion, his faith and his fierce work ethic.

The USDA says as much as 40% of the U.S. food supply goes to waste. Shuggie's Trash Pie makes pizzas using ugly and discarded ingredients like pig trotters, bruised fruit and wilted greens.

The disturbance kicked up some tropical-storm-force winds of 39 MPH in some areas, but forecaster said it never became organized enough to earn a name until it blew past the east coast of Florida into the Atlantic late Saturday afternoon where it finally became Tropical Storm Alex, the first of the Atlantic hurricane season.

The movie is based on the 2010 nonfiction book by Laura Hillenbrand about a U.S. Olympic track star who survives a plane crash during World War II only to be taken prisoner by the Japanese.

Tom Manoff reviews a new CD by the Akademie fuer Alte Musik Berlin that features exciting performances of some less than famous composers. The CD is Ouvertueren (Overtures): Music for the Hamburg Opera is on the Harmonia Mundi label.

Bob Mondello looks at a new phenomenon that's been popping up on the web: people recutting footage from old movies and adding familiar music to suggest radically different films from the ones we know.

Featured speakers include Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis; best-selling author and conservative radio and television host Mark Levin; New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz; “The Rubin Report” host Dave Rubin.

Hurricane Fiona has passed through Puerto Rico, causing mass floods and mudslides and leaving most of the island without electricity. Puerto Ricans dealing with the fallout describe the situation.