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On the evening of July 7, 2016, protesters gathered in cities across the nation after police shot two black men, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. As officers patrolled a march in Dallas, a young man stepped out of an SUV wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a high-powered rifle. He killed five officers and wounded 11 others. Thompson’s minute-by-minute account includes intimate portrayals of the negotiator, a surgeon who operated on the fallen officers, a mother of four shot down in the street, and the SWAT officers tasked with stopping the gunman.

Standoff follows Fred Gómez Carrasco, a drug cartel kingpin and orchestrator of the 1974 Huntsville, Texas, prison siege. The siege was one of the most infamous hostage crises in American history and played out in dramatic fashion over eleven days, all in front of a terrified national audience. One hundred hours of audio containing the actual hostage negotiations and the deadly shoot-out tell the story like never before. "Journalist Wes Ferguson... weaves a fascinating yarn using new interviews as well as unearthed tapes of Carrasco’s hostage-negotiation calls. What emerges is a big bold ...

"Standoff in Burkina Faso Leaves Dozens Dead" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Dionne Searcey and narrated by Paul Ryden.

Faced with Trump’s unprecedented belligerence, Mexico has few good options. The country’s best bet for dealing with Trump? Go around him.

"May Prepares to Stare down Parliament in 'Brexit' Standoff" is from the November 06, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Stephen Castle and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Stand up comedians Kaitlin Shuvera & Tyler Shazma explore their unique friendship through off putting conversations and observations.

Comedians Christina Walkinshaw and Jen Murphy take you on a weekly journey through their mostly unstable, yet always adventurous life as unmarried middle aged comedians navigating their somewhat similar, yet opposite lifestyles in Los Angeles and New York.