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Former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh's double-digit lead in a Senate race has shrunk after weathering criticism for making a home in Washington, D.C., instead of Indiana during his years after the Senate.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Evan Osnos, New Yorker staff writer and author of a Joe Biden biography, about this crossroads for the Biden campaign as more Democrats call for him to step aside.

Jazmin Evans was placed on the kidney transplant waiting list in 2019. In 2023, she received a letter informing her that she should have been placed on the waiting list four years earlier than she was because a race-based assessment that underestimated the severity of her kidney disease.

Author, photographer and professor Emily Raboteau wrote the new essay collection "Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against 'The Apocalypse.'"

In Manufacturing Danger, Georgia Public Broadcasting's Pamela Kirkland examines the BioLab fire in Conyers, Georgia, and the broader safety failures it revealed.

Researchers reporting in the journal Science say they have discovered a new species of oil-eating bacteria living half a mile down in the Gulf of Mexico. Study author Terry Hazen discusses the finding and what these bacteria might mean for future oil spills.

A new study finds that smoke from massive wildfires has eroded about a quarter of the air quality gains from the last few decades.

Ken Tucker reviews Garth Brook''s new album, "In Pieces"REV. : Kevin Whitehead reviews saxophonist EVAN PARKER''s new release, "Conic Sections" on the Ah Um label.

Republican gains in the midterm elections will bring a new agenda to Capitol Hill, as the GOP reclaims control of the Senate and adds to its advantage in the House. NPR's Scott Simon takes a look ahead with Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN).

NPR's Michele Norris talks with David Evans, editor of Air Safety Week, about methods of investigating airline disasters, and NOVA's documentary Crash of Flight 111, which airs tonight on PBS. The program describes the events -- and investigation into -- the crash of an airliner off Nova Scotia that killed 229 people in 1998.