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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Erika Richter of the American Society of Travel Advisors about the increase in travel this summer.

A new Siena College poll finds that Gov. Kathy Hochul, who’s been in her job for less than four months, holds a double-digit lead over her opponents in next year’s Democratic primary. But the data shows a volatile race in the aftermath of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation amid a sexual harassment scandal.

Twenty years ago, Italian food was regarded as cheap, peasant food. Now it's served on menus worldwide and considered to be one of the healthiest cuisines. Esquire Magazine's food critic John Mariani chronicles the story of pizza, macaroni and red sauce in How Italian Food Conquered the World.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made some bold moves in his first day leading Twitter.

The Senate GOP leader told NPR in an interview that nothing he heard in a secret briefing changed his mind about the integrity of the Russia and Justice Department probes. "I support both," he said.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he never applied to West Point, although in his book, he had written that he was "offered a full scholarship" to the elite military academy.

Significant aftershocks continue to rock Chile two days after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake brought down buildings and bridges, and triggered a tsunami. And yet it's already clear the devastation won't reach the levels seen in Haiti. Walter Mooney, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, explains the differences between the two quakes.

A report from the Bipartisan Policy Center suggests that seniors should start paying more for Medicare to help the nation's deficit. It also wants the government to check the growth of both Medicare and Medicaid programs in the future.

The low levels are affecting drinking water and shipping traffic up and down the river. Once submerged sand bars have surfaced and shipping has been disrupted.

The Olympic sport of curling is a combination of bowling, bocce ball, billiards and chess — all on ice, and with some sweeping involved. NPR's Tamara Keith spent some time learning how to curl, and put together this cheat sheet.