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#Breaking As Artificial Intelligence Moves Into Medicine, The Human Touch Could Be A Casualty Will AI in health care create a two-tiered system in which poorer people will be seen by a computer instead of a doctor? That's one concern about the burgeoning technology. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Grading Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Student Loan Relief Plan Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s student loan relief plan could help 95 percent of people burdened by student debt. So why are some critics on the right and the left calling it unfair? Read more on NPR

#Breaking A Daughter Reflects On Her Parents' Addiction In 'All That You Leave Behind' Writer and documentary filmmaker Erin Lee Carr, daughter of the late NY Times columnist David Carr, talks about her parents' drug addiction and what it was like to have her father as a writing mentor. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Patricia Arquette Explores The 'Toxic Codependency' Of Munchausen By Proxy Arquette plays a Missouri woman who falsely convinced the world that her child was seriously ill, in the Hulu series The Act. She says it was "very weird" getting into the character's head. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Fresh Air Weekend: Glenda Jackson; The Word 'Socialism'; Baseball In 10 Pitches Jackson is now playing King Lear on Broadway. Linguist Geoff Nunberg explains why "socialism" is no longer a scare word. And Tyler Kepner discusses his book K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches. Read more on NPR

#Breaking We Listen Back To Conversations With 2019 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees The Zombies and Roxy Music are in this year's class of inductees. We'll listen back to conversations with The Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone and Roxy Music co-founders Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 'Our Planet' Is A Remorseful Call To Arms David Attenborough's Netflix series offers a strange waltz between wonder and melancholy. The show thrills us with the marvels of nature, and then saddens us that we are rapidly wiping them out. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 'Avengers: Endgame' Is A Thrilling (If Exhausting) Journey Through Time As the grand finale of 22 tightly interconnected movies, Endgame brings this chapter of the saga to a stirring and resonant close. Critic Justin Chang says it's one of Marvel's better pictures. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Mueller Report Shows How Witnesses, Messaging Apps Stymied Investigation Washington Post investigative reporter Rosalind Helderman broke some of the big stories on the Trump team's ties to Russia. She notes what's new in the report and the questions left unanswered. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 'Mind Fixers' Documents The 'Troubled Search' For Mental Illness Medication Anne Harrington chronicles the search for a biological understanding of mental illness. She believes the revolution in medication has left behind a legacy of over-diagnosis and over-medication. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 'The Beneficiary' Weighs The Emotional Heft Of Inheritance Janny Scott, a biographer and award-winning reporter for The New York Times, has written a vivid and penetrating memoir about her own illustrious family. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 'Socialism' Isn't The Scare Word It Once Was It isn't yet clear where "socialist" will settle in the vocabulary of the American left, as it jostles with labels like "liberal" and "progressive." But it's not the S-word anymore. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Glenda Jackson On Playing King Lear: Gender Barriers 'Crack' With Age The 82-year-old British actor is currently playing Shakespeare's famed tragic figure on Broadway. "Doors have opened for women that were firmly locked many decades ago," she says. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Herlin Riley's Swinging, Modern Style Shines On 'Perpetual Optimism' The New Orleans drummer produces jazz with its own distinct character on his new album. Critic Kevin Whitehead says Perpetual Optimism is marked by Riley's upbeat nature and attention to detail. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Reporter Details Neglect And Disaster In The U.S. Navy ProPublica journalist T. Christian Miller says outdated equipment and a shortage of sailors contributed to two separate collisions involving Navy destroyers in 2017, in which 17 sailors were killed. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Fresh Air Weekend: Biographer Robert Caro; Actor Christopher Meloni Caro began writing biographies in order to better understand political power. Ken Tucker reviews The Mekons' album, Deserted. After 12 seasons on Law & Order: SVU, Meloni plays a hit man on Happy! Read more on NPR

#Breaking 'Fresh Air' Celebrates Queen Of Soul Aretha Franklin The Pulitzer Prize Board recently awarded Franklin, who died in 2018, with a special citation for her "indelible contribution" to American music and culture. Originally broadcast in 1999. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Is Measles Here To Stay? Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. nearly 20 years ago. But with this year's record-setting outbreaks, are we close to measles to making a sustained comeback? Read more on NPR

#Breaking Trump And Democrats Agree On $2 Trillion For Infrastructure, But Not On How To Pay Democratic congressional leaders called the White House meeting "very constructive," but the big question remains unanswered. The parties will reconvene in a few weeks to discuss funding options. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Tony Awards Nominations 2019: 'Hadestown' And 'Ain't Too Proud' Lead The Count Tootsie, Beetlejuice and The Prom round up the Tony category for best musical, while The Ferryman, Gary, Ink, Choir Boy and What the Constitution Means to Me are all up for best play. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U.S. Measles Outbreaks Are Driven By A Global Surge In The Virus The World Health Organization tallied over 112,000 measles cases in the first quarter of 2019 — up more than 300% compared with the same period in 2018. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Trump Sues 2 Banks To Block Democrats From Investigating His Finances The lawsuit seeks to prevent Deutsche Bank and Capital One from responding to subpoenas from two House panels seeking personal financial documents related to the president, his family and his company. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Juan Guaidó Says 'The Moment Is Now!' To Remove Maduro, Sparking Clashes In Venezuela Saying "we are making history," Venezuela's opposition leader makes his boldest attempt yet to oust President Nicolás Maduro. On Tuesday, Juan Guaidó declared "Operation Freedom" has begun. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Alleged California Synagogue Shooter 'Part Of The History Of Evil,' His Parents Say The parents of the man accused in the attack on the Poway synagogue in San Diego have condemned the attack as shocking and evil. A family attorney says they will not pay for his legal defense. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Emperor Akihito, Japan's 'Surprising Pacifist,' Steps Down After 30 Years Japan's defeat in World War II "produced in him strong feelings against war and its chaos," says a childhood friend. Akihito has expressed deep remorse at home and abroad for Japan's wartime actions. Read more on NPR