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Hurricane Rita is gaining strength as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico, with current sustained wind speeds topping 135 miles per hour. Forecasters expect the Category Four storm to hit the Gulf coast of Texas or western Louisiana by early Saturday.

Some 300 million monarch butterflies spread all over North America will soon converge on small forests in the mountains of Mexico. This year, the butterflies have unusual company -- Francisco Gutierrez. He plans to follow the monarchs' migration in a 33-foot wide utralight airplane.

China's urbanization is perhaps the most extensive the world has ever seen. In Beijing and elsewhere, the job of designing prominent urban buildings is going more often than not to Western architects -- and the rush to remake the capital of China is crowding the ancient city with out-of-character designs.

Sgt. William Thompson IV, a soldier currently deployed in Iraq, is a third-generation jazz musician from New Orleans. But during his time in Iraq, he's turned to a different musical form: Using his laptop, he records the sounds of war and incorporates them into compositions that he posts online.

States have been asked to increase accessibility of baby formula for recipients of the low-income program. And the Food and Drug Administration is looking at ways to make it easier to import formula.

Every decade or so, it seems that Las Vegas reinvents itself -- remember when it became "family friendly" in the 1990s? Now Las Vegas is the center of a new entertainment trend. New York-based reporter Jeff Lunden checks it out.

Scott Simon checks back in with Randy Adams, a New Orleans native who has sought refuge at the Red Roof Inn in downtown Memphis, Tenn. Linda Wertheimer spoke with Adams on Sept. 3, when he was working to coordinate help for fellow evacuees.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has been testing the limits of how much his state can do to curb unauthorized migration. But Abbott's sweeping crackdown hasn't always gone as planned.

The Texas Supreme Court says parents and doctors who provide gender-affirming care for trans kids can be investigated for child abuse. A lower court judge had halted the inquiries earlier.

The new album by hip-hop superstar Kendrick Lamar is called Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers and is out Friday. It's been more than 5 years since his last album.