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NPR's Miles Parks talks with author Kevin Johnson and illustrator Kitt Thomas about their new picture book for kids coping with grief, "Cape."

The U.S. economy lost jobs for the sixth straight month in June. The Labor Department says employers cut 62,000 jobs from their payrolls. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.5 percent. The data were in line with economists' expectations.

Americans are using less gasoline, and that affects how much money is available for constructing and repairing highways. Some states are levying taxes and fees on hybrids and electric cars to make up for lost revenue.

The Tollivers have always believed in time travel and young Waldy is no different. Now, stuck permanently at 8:47 a.m., he passes time writing the history of his expansive (and entertaining) family.

Centrist politician Joe Lieberman, who became the first Jewish American candidate on a major party presidential ticket, died Wednesday in New York City due to complications from a fall.

An investigation by member station WRLN found that 40,000 public service employees have lost union representation because of a new Florida law that makes it harder to collect dues.

Death at the Sign of the Rook is an expansive novel that pokes fun of baroque, classic murder mysteries — but also delivers a fully satisfying, all-the-pieces-click-together ending.

In fiction, Robert Harris explores a financial crash and Jennifer DuBois recounts a fateful meeting. In nonfiction, Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum analyze how the U.S. lags, Tony Horwitz looks at abolitionist John Brown and Adam Gopnik considers the meaning of food.

NPR's A Martinez talks to retired Col. Mark Cancian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about a Pentagon report that thousands of U.S. weapons are missing in Ukraine.

When Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas was built, a worker said he buried a Chiefs Kingdom flag in the field. Kansas City has never lost a game there, sparking a controversial conspiracy theory.