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The number of fires so far this year — 42,745 — is down from the same period in 2011. But blazes have been larger. Many have been fueled by parched conditions in much of the nation.

Employers added far more jobs than expected in April — another sign the U.S. economy is chugging along as the expansion nears the 10-year mark. The unemployment rate was the lowest since 1969.

The FDA authorizes the first antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 at home. The House Jan. 6 panel wants to talk to Trump ally Rep. Jordan. Russian President Putin holds his annual year-end new conference.

Even if the January 6 investigation had wrapped this week, the former president would still be looming over the fall landscape like a rising harvest moon.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Amir Satvat, who wants to help the laid off workers find jobs. He created Game Jobs Workbook for those seeking work on video games.

In a separate decision, the court said voters will decide whether to expand abortion rights during a referendum this November.

Russian forces have captured Europe's largest nuclear power plant. Russia has made big gains in southern Ukraine. Testimony began in the first trial connected with the insurrection at the Capitol.

A wrap up of the latest House Jan. 6 committee hearing. The U.N. appears close to a deal to get needed grain out of Ukraine to the rest of the world. President Biden is being treated for COVID-19.

The frontman for The Hold Steady has members of The War on Drugs backing him up here, making this possibly his strongest solo album (and 6th) yet. The album tells the story of a character named Nathan, a former preacher whose world is more or less crumbling around him.

Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Mark Meadows, depicted a West Wing where some were very concerned about violence erupting at the Capitol and others, like Meadows and the former president, were not.