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Jennifer Ludden/NPR hide caption i toggle caption Jennifer Ludden/NPR A Closer Look At Sexual Assaults On Campus Students Keep Pressure On Campus Sexual Assault More than 70 colleges are under investigation for how they've handled sexual assaults. The current attention to campus sexual assault has been driven largely by student activists using social media. Listen Loading… 5:33 Download Playlist See Also A Closer Look At Sexual Assaults On Campus Around the Nation United Airlines jets are seen at the gate at Newark Liberty International Airport. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption i toggle caption Julio Cortez/AP The Two-Way - News Blog Flight Diverted When Passengers Feud Over Reclining Seat One man used a $22 device that jammed a fellow passenger's seat. The ensuing fight ended when the woman threw a cup of water at the man and the airline diverted the flight. See Also News The Two-Way - News Blog This image is from the Facebook page of the now-renamed 3 Thirty Three Downtown. The project in West Palm Beach, Fla., was previously called ISIS Downtown. 3 Thirty Three Downtown/Facebook hide caption i toggle caption 3 Thirty Three Downtown/Facebook The Two-Way - News Blog ISIS Condo Project, Others Rethink Their Names The ISIS Downtown condo project in Florida has changed its name, as did a mobile-payment company. Others are distancing themselves from the ideology of the group now called the Islamic State. See Also Around the Nation The Two-Way - News Blog Yolanda Andujar and her daughter, Astrid, bake together every weekend. Andujar primarily makes the cakes, while Astrid— a graphic designer by day — makes elaborate decorations using fondant and bright colors. Néstor Pérez-Molière/Courtesy of Feet in 2 Worlds hide caption i toggle caption Néstor Pérez-Molière/Courtesy of Feet in 2 Worlds The Salt Bronx Baker Turns Dominican Cakes Into A Sweet American Dream An immigrant who mastered the art of the Dominican-style cake is baking up a business in her New York City neighborhood. And she is spreading Caribbean culture along with her frosting. See Also Food The Salt Interpol's new album, El Pintor , comes out on Sept. 9. Courtesy of the artist hide caption i toggle caption Courtesy of the artist First Listen Preview Interpol's New Album, 'El Pintor' The New York post-punk band has aged into its polished sound nicely, maintaining its influences (Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, et al) while sounding more distinct from them than ever. 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Sergei Bondarenko/EPA /LANDOV hide caption i toggle caption Sergei Bondarenko/EPA /LANDOV The Two-Way - News Blog Leaders Of Russia, Ukraine Meet To Discuss Conflict The hope is that the talks between Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko lead to a cease-fire between Ukraine and separatists in the eastern part of the country. See Also News The Two-Way - News Blog Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at Delhi's Red Fort on India's Independence Day, Aug. 15, where he said that religious and caste strife was blocking India'€™s progress. However, newly empowered Hindu nationalists are asserting their ideology and agenda. Saurabh Das/AP hide caption i toggle caption Saurabh Das/AP Parallels - World News In India, Hindu Nationalists Feel Their Moment Has Arrived The rise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised the spirits of Hindu nationalists. But it also appears to be increasing tensions between Hindus and the Muslim minority. Listen Loading… 7:45 Download Playlist See Also Asia Parallels - World News Michael J. Fox in his vest in the 1985 movie, Back To The Future. Amblin/Universal/The Kobal Collection hide caption i toggle caption Amblin/Universal/The Kobal Collection The Protojournalist Cosmic Query: What Color Is Marty McFly's Vest? Finally, a definitive answer to a popcult conundrum. See Also The Protojournalist First Reads Exclusive First Read: 'The Bone Clocks,' By David Mitchell David Mitchell's new novel, The Bone Clocks, mixes fantasy and literary fiction in a decades-spanning saga of ordinary people who get caught up in a war between two factions of ancient near-immortals. See Also Books Books News & Features First Reads A pedestrian walks past a Burger King restaurant near downtown Los Angeles. Nick Ut/AP hide caption i toggle caption Nick Ut/AP The Two-Way - News Blog Burger King To Buy Canada's Tim Hortons For $11 Billion The deal would create the third-largest fast-food company. The deal received a $3 billion financing assist from Warren Buffett. See Also The Two-Way - News Blog NPR Watch Tiny Desk Concerts Nickel Creek: Tiny Desk Concert The reunited band was made to sing and play around one microphone, so a Tiny Desk Concert seemed inevitable. All it took was a reunion tour — celebrating 25 years of Nickel Creek — to make it happen. See Also Music Music Videos Tiny Desk Concerts Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her third consecutive Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series for HBO's Veep . It was a big night for people who had already won. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption i toggle caption Kevin Winter/Getty Images Monkey See Past Emmy Winners Trump New Shows And 'Breaking Bad' Takes A Bow The Emmy Awards are always good to past winners, but Monday's round of victories were about as conservative as it gets. Surprising, given the warm sendoff to a show about a drug dealer. See Also Monkey See Television The Complete List Of Emmy Winners An orange showing signs of "citrus greening" this spring in Fort Pierce, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption i toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Salt The 'Greening' Of Florida Citrus Means Less Green In Growers' Pockets Orange juice sales are at their lowest point in 10 years. Florida's citrus industry is reeling from a disease called "greening," while consumers face dozens of other choices in the supermarket aisle. See Also Food The Salt Music can be like a fleeting summer. You get to the end wondering "how did we get here already?" iStockphoto.com hide caption i toggle caption iStockphoto.com Deceptive Cadence Enigmatic Endings: A Farewell To Summer Quiz Summer sometimes comes to an unsettling halt, and sometimes its ending can sneak up on us. Try a quiz filled with fantastic finales and tremulous terminations. 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