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Prosecutors in Milwaukee are conducting a probe into a death last year at the county jail. An inmate died of dehydration, after staff allegedly turned off the water to his cell. It's one of four deaths in recent years at the facility, which high-profile Sheriff David Clarke oversees. Although he runs as a Democrat, Clarke is a frequent conservative commentator and served as a surrogate for President Trump on the campaign trail.

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood contends that many residents thought they were buying hurricane insurance as part of their homeowners policy, which exclude damage from floods. But insurance companies argue that you can't force insurers to cover losses that were not part of their policy.

People in Atlanta have gathered Tuesday to commemorate Rayshard Brooks. He was a Black man shot and killed by police after he had fallen asleep in a Wendy's drive-through.

The Fed's emergency decision to offer a multibillion-dollar loan to rescue insurance giant AIG is the latest in a week of financial meltdowns that have left just about everyone who doesn't work on Wall Street wondering how safe their savings, investments and insurance policies are.

The government's $250 billion cash infusion into banks is to get them lending again. The Treasury Department is also taking an ownership stake in nine banks. While many bankers and economists express some concern about the plan, reaction has been mostly favorable.

Boeing's effort to move part of its workforce away from pensions and into a 401(k) retirement saving program was rejected by workers Wednesday. The machinists union rejected the new contract by a wide margin. Boeing has threatened to move some assembly work out of the Puget Sound area if the contract was voted down.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with The Athletic's Ben Pickman about the closing of the WNBA regular season, and the performance of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and A'ja Wilson.

The science fiction and fantasy magazine Clarkesworld says it has been bombarded with AI-mage stories. Its publisher says it's part of a rise of side hustle culture online.

Kenny Malone hails from Meadville, PA where the zipper was invented, where Clark Gable’s mother is buried and where, in 2007, a wrecking ball broke free from a construction site, rolled down North Main Street and somehow wound up inside the trunk of a Ford Taurus sitting at a red light.

Lucian Kim is NPR's international correspondent based in Moscow. He has been reporting on Europe and the former Soviet Union for the past two decades.