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Audie Cornish talks with Mark Schleifstein of the Times-Picayune, about New Orleans' preparedness for today versus seven years ago, when it was pummeled by Hurricane Katrina. The city is bracing for the possibility that tropical storm Isaac may turn into a hurricane.

A decade ago, Botswana was facing a national crisis as AIDS appeared on the verge of decimating the country's adult population. Now, the country provides free, life-saving AIDS drugs to almost all of its citizens who need them.

Prosecutors in New York are broadening their investigation into an SAT cheating ring at Great Neck North High School. They allege Sam Eshaghoff was paid thousands of dollars to impersonate and take the test for at least six high schoolers. Educational Testing Services, the company that makes the SAT, says this is a rare and isolated incident. But investigators and lawyers say this is the tip of the iceberg, more arrests are coming, and hard questions are being asked of ETS.

Here's what we learned from a hectic spate of financial report cards shared by top U.S. retailers.

Underdog Sacramento Republic FC, which plays in the lower-division USL, is trying to do what hasn't been done since 1999 — topple a Major League Soccer team in the U.S. Open Cup final.

Jonathan and Diana Toebbe entered new guilty pleas in a case involving an alleged plot to sell secrets about nuclear-powered warships, a month after their previous plea agreements were rejected.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Sarah Kate Ellis, the president and CEO of GLAAD, about the organization working in partnership with the White House on the response to and messaging around monkeypox.

August is a busy month of statewide primaries. Five states hold primaries on Tuesday. In Arizona, there are key races for governor, Congress, attorney general and secretary of state.

A drone strike that killed al-Qaida's top leader marks the first major U.S. operation in Afghanistan in a year, and comes at a time when national security interests seemed to be focused elsewhere.

Oklahoma City is on top in the NBA Finals. The Thunder is playing great team basketball, despite their youth and relative inexperience.