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Rawlings baseball bats have a big place in sports history. But now the ash trees used to make those iconic bats are threatened by an invasive beetle that's spreading in forests across the Northeast.

A survey is now underway in Concord, to determine how far an infestation of invasive beetles has spread. The Emerald Ash Borer has been detected in trees…

Every other Friday on Morning Edition, Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown tackles a question from a listener. Susanne from Rumney asks: "I’ve been going for…

Catherine Serou, a U.S. citizen studying in Russia, has been missing since she got into a car with a stranger earlier this week.

If you live in a big city, you may have noticed new buildings popping up — a high-rise here, a skyscraper there. The concrete jungles that we've built over the past century have allowed millions of us to live in close proximity, and modern economies to flourish. But what have we given up by moving away from the forest environments in which humans first evolved? This week, we revisit our 2018 conversation about the healing power of nature with psychologist Ming Kuo.

The Folk Show's listing of event in and around our listening area.

Twelve days ago citizens of Weyauwega, [wy-uh-WEE-guh] Wisconsin were evacuated from their homes following the derailment of railroad cars carrying fourteen propane tankers. Wisconsin Public Radio's Gil Halsted reports on life at a hotel where more than fifty evacuated families have been staying.

The Peabody Hotel in Memphis needs a new bird herder to give its famous mini-flock the red carpet treatment.

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg reports on the rediscovery of architect Mary Colter's work. She was the subject of two recent documentaries and subject of a forthcoming biography. Colter designed many of the structures in and around the Grand Canyon, and in 1910, she became the chief architect for Harvey Hotels.

Commentator Jan Ting, a Delaware delegate at the Republican convention, says he is deeply moved by the experience of staying at the newly opened Millennium Hilton Hotel overlooking the World Trade Center site.