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Business owners and residents returning to parts of central New Orleans are finding limited sanitation service. Small mountains of garbage and hurricane debris line streets and fill median strips.

British musician David Gray made a name for himself in the 1990s with hits such as "Babylon." Now, Gray's moved from self-producing in small studios, to recording with a producer who's worked with U2 and Madonna. Steve Inskeep talks to David Gray about the sound on his new album, Life in Slow Motion.

About half of the nation's chemical manufacturing capacity resides in the Texas Gulf Coast, now threatened by Hurricane Rita. More than 160 chemical plants are potentially in Rita's path. Environmental groups are concerned, but industry officials say the plants are designed to withstand hurricane winds.

Oil prices fell on world markets Sunday as traders expressed relief that Hurricane Rita spared most of the refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast.

Despite cautions, many Houston-area residents who fled the approaching storm are trying to make their way back home. The city escaped severe damage from Hurricane Rita, but gas supplies are limited.

A little more than a month before her 40th wedding anniversary, Joan Didion's beloved husband — novelist John Gregory Dunne — died unexpectedly. Didion has written a book about his death, The Year of Magical Thinking.

For much of his life, Greg Chapman felt less than fully human. But when he stopped judging himself against other people's beliefs, Chapman found a new acceptance of himself and a stronger bond with God.

This year's Habitat for Humanity-Jimmy Carter Work Project is in Benton Harbor, Mich. Racial rioting broke out there almost two years ago, and inadequate housing was blamed for a lot of the anger. During just one week volunteers plan to build 225 houses.

To mark each of the nearly 1 million losses due to COVID, we've aired remembrances of those who died during the pandemic.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Kathy Gannon, who is retiring after 35 years of covering Afghanistan and Pakistan for The Associated Press, about the most significant moments from those years.