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Air Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2017

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The Burning Man Festival has taken over the Black Rock Desert since the 90s. It has been around long enough to have a history and that history is being featured in a new exhibition at the Nevada Art Museum.

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AAA says this will be the busiest Fourth of July travel period ever, with most people taking to the road to get to their destinations.

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The Two-Way

Big Travel Boom Expected This Fourth Of July Weekend

Jun 28, 2017

AAA says cheaper gas is one of the driving forces behind an expected increase in travelers this holiday weekend. Nearly 45 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home.

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The Two-Way

Robert LaVoy Finicum (left), a rancher from Arizona, talks to reporters at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore., in January 2016. His shooting death by state police was found by investigators to be justified.

FBI Agent Is Indicted On Charges Of Lying About Fatal Oregon Refuge Shooting

Jun 28, 2017

The charges against the agent were brought amid lingering animosity over the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to protest restrictions on use of federal lands.

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The Two-Way

Boaty McBoatface undergoes preparations last year in Birkenhead, England. By the assessment of the British Antarctic Survey, Boaty discharged its duties on its inaugural voyage surpassingly well.

Boaty McBoatface Makes Its Triumphant Return, Hauling 'Unprecedented Data'

Jun 28, 2017

The curiously named submersible wrapped up its inaugural voyage last week. And, as the British Antarctic Survey noted Wednesday, Boaty acquitted itself well on the seven-week expedition.

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The Two-Way

USA Gymnastics announced Tuesday it will adopt new policies to better protect its athletes from abuse. Steve Penny, the organization's former president and CEO, is seen here in 2011.

After Abuse Scandal, USA Gymnastics Says It Will Take Steps To Protect Athletes

Jun 28, 2017

The organization's board unanimously adopted 70 recommendations of an independent report. But some say the governing body's pledge to do better isn't enough.

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The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility's death chamber has been unused since January 2014, when executions in the state were put on hold after problems putting an inmate to death.

Federal Appeals Court Paves Way For Ohio To Resume Lethal Injections

Jun 28, 2017

It was a contentious decision that split the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges in an 8-6 vote. A lower court had halted executions. The judges focused on the effects of the sedative midazolam.

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Planet Money

The participants of PorcFest 2015 pose for a group photo.

Episode 286: Libertarian Summer Camp

Jun 28, 2017

We visited a libertarian summer paradise. What we found: People paying in gold. Exotic bacon dishes. A nine-year-old selling alcohol.

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The Two-Way

Renowned chef Alain Senderens, who helped define French nouvelle cuisine, died Sunday.

Alain Senderens, A 'Visionary' Chef And Co-Founder Of Nouvelle Cuisine, Dies At 77

Jun 28, 2017

The French chef renounced his much-coveted Michelin stars to forge his own way. "I want to do something different that will be three-star in my heart," he told The Guardian.

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Goats and Soda

Nurses give the oral polio vaccine to a Syrian child in a refugee camp in Turkey. The oral polio vaccine used throughout most of the developing world contains a form of the virus that has been weakened in the laboratory. But it's still a live virus.<em></em>

Mutant Strains Of Polio Vaccine Now Cause More Paralysis Than Wild Polio

Jun 28, 2017

So far this year, there have been only six cases of wild polio — and 21 cases of vaccine-derived polio, most of them in Syria.

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Health Care

The Battle Over American Health Care: What's At Stake In The Senate's Bill

Jun 28, 2017

Vox.com correspondent Sarah Kliff says Republicans determined to replace and repeal Obamacare are finding it's "awfully difficult to write a bill that would get rid of it entirely."