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After spending time at an orphanage in Kenya, Kenton Lee came up with the idea for an expanding shoe.

The University of the District of Columbia is the one land-grant university in the U.S. with an urban focus. It's leading research on growing food in raised beds, hoop houses and shipping containers.

Travelers are taking advantage of better employment and a strong dollar. Airlines say they expect the busiest summer ever: an estimated 222 million passengers between June 1 and Aug. 31.

In every country where same-sex marriage has been legalized, it was brought about by lawmakers or the courts. On Friday, Ireland could become the first country to make it legal by the ballot box.

Dede Wyland and Bruce Molsky are featured in the first hour, with a song from harmonica virtuoso Richard Sleigh in between. All three are from the 2014…

The problem lies with Takata air bags that can potentially explode, sending metal shards flying into the compartment. The recall is believed to be the largest in NHTSA's history.

U.S. Olympic Committee selected Boston, but a member of the committee says "there’s no guarantee that Boston will be the city."

KCRW's Tom Schnabel joins us to share some of the music he's listening to from around the world.

The Supreme Court ruling on Monday is expected to better protect people invested in 401(k) retirement plans.

The Scottish group's intense, electronics-driven, hip-hop-infused poetry is reduced to just the barest essentials in this set, which spans two songs and just four minutes.