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There's been a surge in hoax calls about active shooters at schools across the country during the last three weeks. Many of them fit a strange, new pattern.

Gas prices are likely to climb higher as OPEC and Russia announce a production cut, adding fuel to the inflation fire even as the job market shows signs of cooling down.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the start of the Major League Baseball playoffs and the homerun milestone reached by New York Yankees star player Aaron Judge.

The final results for Unalaska’s Municipal Election are in and they confirm Darin Nicholson as City Council seat C winner. It was the only race in this year’s election that was undecided based on preliminary election results. City officials canvassed 37 absentee and questioned ballots Friday morning. 32 of those were tallied by the canvas committee, while 5 were deemed unqualified and were not counted.

In 1931, another cast and crew for the movie Dracula worked overnight, after the star and the English language crew wrapped, to redo the scenes in Spanish. (Story aired on ATC on Sept. 19, 2022.)

President Biden has announced he is pardoning everyone convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law. He's now urging governors to pardon those convicted on state possession charges.

The gap between jobseekers and job openings is closing. People busted by the Feds for simple marijuana possession will get a pardon. And the White House cracks down on student debt relief scams.

Laws banning abortion in many conservative U.S. states are expected to boost birth rates among adolescents, whose bodies often aren't built for safe childbirth, or for carrying a pregnancy to term.

A week after Hurricane Ian hit North Port, Fla., the floodwaters have just begun to recede. Residents are starting to pick up the pieces to see what's left.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mahsa Alimardani of the human rights group Article 19, about the role the internet and social media are playing in the on-going protests over a woman's death in Iran.