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Budget cuts have reduced efforts to find and recover Vietnam War troops

NPR | By Jay Price

Published August 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM CDT

Budget cuts have gutted the Pentagon's efforts to find and identify troops still missing from the Vietnam War, even as aging family members run out of time to see their loved ones brought home.

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Jay Price

Jay Price has specialized in covering the military for nearly a decade. Before joining WUNC, he was a senior reporter for the News & Observer in...

People are giving up their pets due to costs — and rehoming them is more expensive too

Anavi Prakash

The cost of pet care is rising. Petflation is affecting more than the cost of food and care; it's also making it costlier to transport pets between shelters, the key to getting many animals adopted.
Colombia and Venezuela earthquakes: What made them so different?

Katia Riddle

The earthquake that hit Colombia was deadly, but not nearly as tragic as the one that hit its neighbor Venezuela. That's because while the quakes were of similar size, they differed in other features.
Substack's new AI-detection feature has divided its community

Zephyr Weinreich

Newsletter platform Substack recently unveiled a new feature that allows users to scan posts of 100 words or more to find out what percentage was AI — and it's polarized the community.
Lakers for sale, again? Pending sale would be 2nd since 2025

Steve Futterman, Jason Fuller, Justine Kenin, Ailsa Chang

The Los Angeles Lakers have been sold for the second time in two years. The new minority ownership stake holders, Bob Iger and Josh Kushner – brother to President Trump's son in law – Jared Kushner.
Months after being evacuated from Bahrain, military families await their next move

Steve Walsh

Sailors and family members who were evacuated from U.S. bases in the Middle East months ago are waiting for the military to figure out what will happen to the lives they left behind.