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The U.S. Open in New York City is approaching its semifinals in sweltering conditions. Organizers partially closed the roofs on stadium courts to offer more shade but couldn't do much about the heat.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author R.F. Kuang on her novel Yellowface and why she wanted to write a book about cultural appropriation in the publishing world.

Illinois has passed legislation entitling child influencers under 16 to a portion of their earnings as parents and former child influencers have been talking about the dangers of growing up online.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with trucker Alex Mai, who runs a YouTube Channel about trucking news, about how 30,000 workers are losing their jobs as the shipping company Yellow has shut down operations.

After a month of record-breaking heat, are we past calling it a heat "wave?" NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Duke heat expert Ashley Ward.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Gene X. Hwang about X (formerly Twitter) taking over his handle @x without informing nor compensating him.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with soccer writer Sophie Downey about the U.S. and Netherlands' much anticipated match in the Women's World Cup.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Andrew Read, professor of marine biology at Duke University, about the mass stranding of pilot whales in Western Australia.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Nate "ND" Stevenson, who wrote the original graphic novel on which the new animated movie Nimona is based.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with director Julie Cohen and Saifa Wall about the new documentary Every Body, which uncovers the misconceptions around intersex people and the mistreatment they've faced.