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President Bush says George Tenet has resigned as CIA director for "personal reasons" and will leave the spy agency next month. Tenet has been under intense fire for intelligence failures in Iraq. His deputy will lead the agency temporarily until a successor is found. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

In their day, acts like Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy would keep audiences young and old as transfixed as the biggest stars on television today. It's hard to imagine that ventriloquists and their wooden sidekicks would be such big hits -- on radio. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to the author of a new book about the bygone era of ventriloquism.

"I hope we can raise our voices to protect our right to have a safe abortion," the pop star said, prompting cheers from the audience.

Hurts' contract makes him the player with the highest annual earnings in NFL history. In three seasons, he has made two playoff appearances, was a league MVP finalist and led the team to a Super Bowl.

The magazine called her a true influencer, with her variety of lifestyle books, television shows, and product lines. Stewart said on Instagram that she wants to inspire people to try new things.

The school began receiving backlash after it announced David Zaslav would be this year's commencement speaker a day after the Writers Guild of America went on strike.

Book bans in schools can violate federal civil rights laws if they create a hostile environment for students. The Education Department will have a new point person to talk to schools about bans.

Bret is expected to make its way across the Lesser Antilles Islands Thursday and move through the eastern and central Caribbean Sea on Friday and Saturday before weakening and dissipating.

The English actor was best known for starring opposite Helena Bonham Carter in the 1985 film A Room with a View. He was 65.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was in the city of Wakayama, stumping for a candidate in upcoming by-elections when an explosion was heard. At least one person has been detained.