This board game may help communities prepare for wildfire catastrophes Experts are struggling to prepare vulnerable communities for potential wildfire catastrophes. One new approach is a community-wide board game that tests resilience and preparedness. Read more on NPR

A decade after armed standoff, the Bundys appear to be above the law Ten years after staging an armed standoff with federal agents on his Nevada ranch, Cliven Bundy remains free. As does his son Ammon, despite an active warrant for Ammon from Idaho related to a harassment lawsuit. Read more on NPR

Couples say they can’t get married because of this government program’s outdated rules. Social Security’s SSI program for people with disabilities requires couples to have no more than $3,000 in assets Read more on NPR

In a win for Thailand’s LGBTQ community, lawmakers vote to legalize same-sex marriage In Thailand, lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly to legalize same-sex marriage. If the measure goes into effect, Thailand’s government would become only the third in Asia to permit same-sex marriage. Read more on NPR

How Hurricane Maria transformed a society of macaques Hurricane Maria, which tore through Puerto Rico in 2017, also devastated a tiny nearby island that’s home to hundreds of monkeys. All that destruction seems to have transformed the monkeys’ society. Read more on NPR

The International Problem of Online Sextortion A growing number of children in the U.S. are being targeted in sextortion schemes— a scam in which a cybercriminal obtains and then threatens to release nude or sexually compromising photos, blackmailing victims for a ransom. And sadly dozens of young victims have died by suicide in the last…

What does Nvidia’s meteoric rise indicate about AI’s potential? NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with journalist Stephen Witt about chip-maker Nvidia’s rise to become the most valuable company in the world and what it means for the future of AI. Read more on NPR

Surgeon General’s call for labels on social media is ‘fearmongering,’ say opponents NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aaron Mackey with the Electronic Frontier Foundation — a nonprofit which advocates for civil liberties in the digital world — about warning labels on social media. Read more on NPR

Heat and snowfall, rain and wildfires. It’s a week of extreme weather in the U.S As New England sweated through a record heat wave, Montana got rare late-June snow. Firefighters are battling wildfires out West, while forecasters eye another possible tropical storm in the Atlantic. Read more on NPR