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  • In Arcadia, Calif., a manager called animal control after a peacock ended up in a liquor store. The bird was contained but not before it smashed $500 worth of alcohol.
  • Kensli Davis' mom tried to get her daughter a Moana-themed cake, but a communication error led a Georgia Dairy Queen to design a cake with a pony with bloodshot eyes smoking a joint.
  • Bettye LaVette is currently celebrating her 60th birthday, and her latest album, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise. And as she's done for four decades, she's still raising hell on the concert circuit.
  • In a colorful new cookbook, Alabama chef Frank Stitt shares moutwatering recipes from his award-winning restaurant Highlands Bar and Grill. He talks with NPR's Debbie Elliot about the tradition of food in the South.
  • Continuing our series on summer reads, we check in with Michelle Carr, the founder, director and producer of the Velvet Hammer Burlesque in Los Angeles. She offers her recommendations, including a historical look at burlesque.
  • Carlos Santana is having a big year: the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, the 20th anniversary of Supernatural, and now a new album featuring Spanish vocalist Buika, Africa Speaks.
  • The biggest song of 2025 is a straightforward ode to marriage, but the charts and algorithms are filled with love songs expressing something messier.
  • Bernie Sanders said he would raise taxes to pay for his health care plan, while Hillary Clinton emphatically explained her plans and experience to young Sanders supporters.
  • The USS Boxer, carrying thousands of Marines, has left California and will reach the Persian Gulf in about three weeks. This, as the energy crisis pushes the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Iranian oil stranded at sea.
  • NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Michael Bustamante, a University of Miami professor and author of Cuban Memory Wars, about how foreign conflicts can shape the voting patterns of immigrant communities.
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