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Legend has it that in Finland, there was a gang that attacked villages and carried away the women. In Maine, to commemorate the legend, guys carried their wives through an obstacle course.

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Jennifer Turner, director of the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center, about water resources and environmental concerns in the extremely arid region.

Jay Leno returned to The Tonight Show Wednesday night. Current host Jimmy Fallon turned over the monologue to the former host, who took the chance to comment on the presidential campaign.

Barker began hosting The Price is Right when Richard Nixon was in the White House. He was on the show for 35 years before retiring in 2007. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Aug. 26, 2023.)

Oscar Brand, host of WNYC's "Folksong Festival," died Friday at age 96. He hosted the program for 70 years, and he was also host of NPR's "Voices in the Wind." His show featured interviews with and songs by many of the greats of folk music.

In an effort to show that Minneapolis can be fun, even in winter, the city has set up a zip line across the Mississippi River.

Alex Trebek's son decided to donate his father's wardrobe to the Doe Fund, a social services group, to be worn by job-seekers as part of a work reentry program.

ESPN suspended SportsCenter's Jemele Hill for another violation of its social media guidelines. David Greene talks to sports journalism professor Kevin Blackistone, who occasionally appears on ESPN.

Vladimir Putin's Olympics remind commentator Frank Deford of prescription medicine ads — the kind with the short list of benefits and long disclaimer.

The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (NE KY AHEC) brought back the “Roarin’ ‘20s” with a celebration for preceptors across their 17-county region, including Bath, Boyd, Carter, Clark, Elliott, Fleming, Greenup, Lawrence, Lewis, Mason, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Powell, Robertson, and Rowan counties.