Fighting across the Israel Lebanon border has quieted after days of

bombardment. The immediate threat of a broader regional war seems to have

lessened for now but in, the humanitarian crisis continues.

I mean, Martinez, that's Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.

A planned merger between the two biggest supermarket chains of the nation is under a lot of scrutiny.

More than 100,000 public comments were submitted and federal regulators want to stop the deal.

What would it mean for your grocery bill?

And at least two towns in Massachusetts are closing public parks at night

because of a deadly mosquito-born illness.

This is a recommendation nobody wants to hear kind of at the end of summer, but it is part of this sort of layered prevention strategy.

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Christian nationalists want to turn America into a

theocracy, a government under biblical rule.

If they gain more power, it could mean fewer rights for you.

I'm Heath Drusen and on the new season of Extremely American, I'll take you inside the movement.

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