Iowa is a powerhouse producer of corn and soybeans. But all the industrial farming has come at a cost to the environment. Today, there's a growing number of farmers adopting more sustainable practices in a bid to save Iowa's precious soil and water. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Mark Bittman reports as part of our "Future of Food" series, supported in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.

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Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan to rescue people stranded in flooded homes Sunday, as the death toll from a ferocious typhoon climbed to as high as 33. One woman fell to her death as she was being placed inside a rescue helicopter.

Typhoon Hagibis made landfall south of Tokyo on Saturday evening and battered central and northern Japan with torrents of rain and powerful gusts of wind. The typhoon was downgraded to a tropical storm on Sunday.

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For nearly 40 years, John Barelli helped secure one of the most precious collections in the world at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He recently spoke to NewsHour Weekend’s Megan Thompson about his extraordinary career and new book, "Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts."

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As Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump intensifies, Mark Stenske feels like he’s seen this movie before, and the storyline is getting old.

First, there was the nearly two-year investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and Trump’s possible role in it. Then came the accusations against Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, and contentious hearings before a Senate committee. Now it’s questions about Trump’s dealings with Ukraine’s president and whether that should lead to Trump’s removal from office.

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When the nation’s largest utility warned customers that it would cut power to nearly 2 million people across Northern California, many rushed out to buy portable generators, knowing the investment could help sustain them during blackouts.

Others had the security of knowing they could rely on solar panels and batteries installed in their homes.

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Most of the women in Samuel Little’s hand-drawn portraits seem to be frowning.

Their hair is short and curly or long and straight. They stare straight ahead or slightly off to the side. Some wear lipstick and jewelry.

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When you’re on the road, getting work done can often be difficult. Your laptop might be a productivity machine, but without a wireless network, your projects are stuck wherever you are. 

The impulse is to just trust whatever network you have available to you, no matter where you are, but that leads to all kinds of complications. Viruses, hacking, open wireless networks, they all leave you vulnerable. While some companies https://amzn.to/3255fn7">such as Amplifi are now offering personal VPN networks by default, you still have to connect to something.

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Whether served hot, cold, sweet, or bitter, tea is a ubiquitous drink worldwide that has held its own against the recent uprising of coffee culture as well. And now a comprehensive brain study has found that long-term tea drinkers may also enjoy added cognitive benefits from the drink.

The study, published in June in the journal Aging, describes the results of a study conducted between a group of non-tea drinkers and a group of tea drinkers. By looking at the global and regional structure and functionality of the participants’ brains, researchers determined a set of noticeable differences. These included a greater efficiency of functional and structural connectivities among regions for tea drinkers, as well as less asymmetry in the structural connections between hemispheres, which the authors write both reflect a younger cognitive age and possible slowing of cognitive decline.

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Cancer is a very scary topic, and unfortunately, almost all of us are affected by the disease in some way, whether we know someone who has or had it, or we've faced it ourselves. Personally, my father died from the disease. When you have experienced it in some way, you'll do anything to reduce your own risk (and you'll push your family and friends to get on board, too).

There's no foolproof way to completely shield yourself from the disease—because there are so many factors here—but there are some lifestyle changes you can make to ensure you're doing all you physically can to reduce your risk. Some include quitting smoking, staying active, seeing your doctor regularly, and staying safe in the sun.

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Apple's game subscription service, Apple Arcade, is here and was announced just last month. At $4.99 (£4.99, AU$7.99) a month after a one-month free trial, you get all-you-can-play access to the 100-plus "new and exclusive" games on the service without the worry of additional in-app purchases or advertisements.

Unlike upcoming streaming game services such as Google Stadia, Arcade players download the games from the App Store to their device so they can start playing offline. The latest released software updates to iOS 13 and iPadOS support Apple TV, Xbox, PlayStation and other Bluetooth controllers, in addition to traditional on-screen controls.

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