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On this Newsbuzz episode, IPR's Gavin McGough joins to discuss a new gas power plant that was approved by the Cedar Falls City Council this week, and IPR's Rachel Cramer shares how Iowa's landfills are filling up fast. Cami Koons of Iowa Capital Dispatch reports on a multistate research project that held a panel of rural Iowans Tuesday, and we hear about the U.S. losing ground in the higher education space as Iowa State University and University of Iowa continue to slip in university rankings. Humans for Racial Justice hosts their second annual Juneteenth event which tours local Underground Railroad sites in Cedar County, and IPR Studio One's Nick Brunner grooves us into the weekend.

Loons, beloved American waterbirds, face threats from climate change and pollution. An oil spill settlement funds a new phone app helping non-scientists to aid research on these birds.

What's brown and sticky? A stick, of course. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Paul Silvia, a psychology professor at UNC Greensboro, about new research on what makes a good dad joke.

Over a month after the Ebola outbreak was declared in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and aid is beginning to arrive but too slowly, as officials warn of "brutal geographic expansion" of the virus.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with comedian and actor John Early about his debut feature film, "Maddie's Secret." Early stars as Maddie, and also wrote and directed the movie.

Judy Blume wrote her last book more than a decade ago. At the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, NPR's Scott Simon talked to Blume about her long career and why she doesn't miss writing.

The sisters of Uganda are teachers, health-care advocates and more. Those who are in their twilight of their life need help. Who will come to their aid?

JD Vance arrived in Switzerland on Sunday for talks with Iranian officials, hoping to consolidate the fragile interim deal to end the war and kickstart fresh discussions over Tehran's nuclear program.

At Free Shakespeare in the Park in New York, real weddings are happening every night after a production of Romeo and Juliet. But don't those characters die?

In this space news roundup, Berly McCoy and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave talk about tiny autonomous "transformers" that can explore the moon, a debate about the expanding universe, and more.