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Uh Oh, Germany Is Rapidly Running Out Of Beer Bottles

In Germany, beer consumption is up as temperatures remain unusually high. This is good and bad news for the beer industry.

Andrea Conyers and her daughter Aviana, 7, went back-to-school shopping in Hinesville, Ga., earlier this month. Charlotte Norsworthy/NPR hide caption

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What's In Your Shopping Cart? A Battleground For Global Trade

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Uh-Oh, Germany Is Rapidly Running Out Of Beer Bottles

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Kamasi Washington, a 37-year-old saxophone player from Los Angeles, is a major player in Nate Chinen's new book Playing Changes. Amy Harris/AP hide caption

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Jazz In The 21st Century Is All About 'Playing Changes'

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Two Guatemalan families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this year. The children remain in the U.S. while the fathers have already been deported. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Deported Parents Describe Agonizing Wait To Be Reunited With Their Children

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The Nashik Civil District Hospital is a government facility about 100 miles outside Mumbai. The director, Dr. Suresh Jagdale, acknowledges that the mortality rate is higher than that of private hospitals, but he says he's proud to offer free health treatment to India's poor. Lauren Frayer/NPR hide caption

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India Aims For The World's Biggest Health Care Overhaul

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Kevin Downing, an attorney with the defense team for Paul Manafort, leaves federal court Monday as the trial of the former Trump campaign chairman continues. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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Prosecutors Conclude Arguments Against Paul Manafort In Bank And Tax Fraud Trial

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