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  • British musician David Gray made a name for himself in the 1990s with hits such as "Babylon." Now, Gray's moved from self-producing in small studios, to recording with a producer who's worked with U2 and Madonna. Steve Inskeep talks to David Gray about the sound on his new album, Life in Slow Motion.
  • Boats and helicopters are being used to search for people stranded by floodwaters in southwestern Louisiana. Sunday in low-lying areas of Vermilion Parish, less than 100 miles from the Texas border, rescue workers are hoping to remove the last of those who stayed behind. Beth Fertig of member station KRVS reports.
  • For much of his life, Greg Chapman felt less than fully human. But when he stopped judging himself against other people's beliefs, Chapman found a new acceptance of himself and a stronger bond with God.
  • Despite cautions, many Houston-area residents who fled the approaching storm are trying to make their way back home. The city escaped severe damage from Hurricane Rita, but gas supplies are limited.
  • Oil prices fell on world markets Sunday as traders expressed relief that Hurricane Rita spared most of the refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast.
  • A little more than a month before her 40th wedding anniversary, Joan Didion's beloved husband — novelist John Gregory Dunne — died unexpectedly. Didion has written a book about his death, The Year of Magical Thinking.
  • President Biden marks the approaching 1 million death toll from COVID in the U.S. More people have died from COVID-19 than died from AIDS in the US since that pandemic began decades ago.
  • Europe's farmers now get paid based not on crop production but on how they manage the environment — a fundamental change in European agricultural policy.
  • A coalition of anti-abortion rights groups has released a letter opposing criminalization of abortion patients.
  • An air traffic controller coached a passenger through the plane landing on Tuesday.
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