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It's like sliding off the top of a 15-story building on nothing more than an air mattress. The giant Verrückt water slide stands at 168 feet tall.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to reporter Daniel Estrin about the latest out of Israel. Estrin spoke to the murdered Palestinian teen's American cousin, who was beaten and put under house arrest.

The pope holds his first official meetings with victims of sexual abuse, saying that the priests who hurt them behaved like "a sacrilegious cult."

The defense is preparing to wrap in South African track star Oscar Pistorius' murder trial. Host Michel Martin learns more about the trial that's captured the nation from reporter Barry Bateman.

Residents of Murrieta, California blocked buses of undocumented immigrants, forcing them to go to another town. Host Michel Martin learns more about the protests and the influx of immigrants.

The brass players' debut album is a set of pieces by Seattle-based composer and improviser Wayne Horvitz

The shutdown of a 9-year-old's lending library is causing Leawood, Kansas, to reevaluate its zoning laws.

Olga Bielkova says "what is happening between us and Russia right now is a threat to the whole of Europe."

In his first meeting with victims of clerical sex abuse, Pope Francis asked forgiveness on behalf of the church.

For details on how news of recent killings has been received in Israel, Robert Siegel turns to Ari Shavit, senior correspondent for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.