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Workers sort potatoes in the field, collecting small and large ones in different buckets. Each bucket weighs 30 pounds or so. A worker will shoulder that bucket and dump it into a flatbed truck hundreds of times each day.

Inside The Lives Of Farmworkers: Top 5 Lessons I Learned On The Ground

Most of us don't usually get to meet the people who pick our apples, oranges or other seasonal favorites. What are their lives and work like? Dan Charles has spent the past year finding out.

Books We Love: NPR staff's top non-fiction picks of the year

NPR staff share recommendations for non-fiction reading from our Books We Love list: "The War of Art," "Shattered Lands," "Toni at Random" and "Patchwork."

Airbus orders immediate repairs for 6,000 of its A320 family of jets

Aviation regulators have ordered urgent inspections of the Airbus A320 family of jets. The order follows a JetBlue plane's experience of an uncontrolled "pitch down" event last month.

For the first time in six decades, New York City has added more residents than it lost, according to the most recent Census data. Here, lower Manhattan and Brooklyn are seen in a photo taken in February.

New York City Hits A New Population Mark, Topping 8.3 Million

New York City's population is at an all-time high, with an estimated 8,336,697 people living in the city, according to the most recent U.S. Census Data. "For the first time since before 1950, more people are coming to New York City than leaving," said Mayor Bloomberg.

Rev. Billy Graham poses for a portrait in 1968.

Rev. Billy Graham Makes Top 10 'Most Admired' List For 55th Time

He is by far the most mentioned man on Gallup's annual list of the most admired men and women living today. Queen Elizabeth II, who has made the list 44 times, is the most-mentioned woman.

Texas Tech women's basketball coach Marlene Stollings has been fired after players accused her of fostering a culture of abuse that led to an exodus from the program.

Texas Tech Fires Top Women's Basketball Coaches Amid Abuse Allegations

Head coach Marlene Stollings came to Texas Tech in 2018, along with assistant Nikita Lowry Dawkins. They're both out now, after USA Today published allegations of physical, mental and verbal abuse.

A pilot gestures from the grounded EC-LZO Boeing 767 flight, initially meant to deport Rwandan asylum-seekers, at Boscombe Down Air Base in Boscombe Down, England, on June 14. The flight taking asylum-seekers from the U.K. to Rwanda was grounded at the last minute, after the intervention of the European Court of Human Rights.

U.K. top court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda

The ruling comes months after the government introduced a plan to deport hundreds of potential asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Immigration lawyers and human rights groups have warned of rights violations.

House Democratic candidates make abortion access top focus of '24 campaigns

Democrats are targeting seats with first-term GOP incumbents in states where access to abortion rights could resonate with swing voters.

Hegseth summons military top brass to meet next week. The reason why is unclear

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called top military officials from around the world to a meeting in Virginia next week. The reason for this unusual gathering isn't known.

Since taking office on Jan. 20, President Biden has been signing executive actions to roll back measures taken by his predecessor, former President Trump.

Biden To Toss Trump Plan That Would Have Made It Easier To Fire Top Civil Servants

Former President Donald Trump's plan has been decried as an attack on people he called the "deep state" when it was announced in October.

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