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Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today Steve and Cheryl tackle a conflict over religious beliefs in a relationship.

After a drug bust earlier this month, police in Hartford, Conn., became ill because of the heroin and fentanyl that was seized.

#NPRreads: Two Looks At America — And One Look At America's Pastime

Correspondents, editors and producers from NPR's newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading.

Forecasters expect Hurricane Matthew to pass between Jamaica and Hispaniola before hitting parts of Cuba and the Bahamas.

Hurricane Matthew Looms As A Category 4 Storm

Hurricane conditions could hit Jamaica and Haiti by Monday, with tropical storm conditions possible by late Sunday, The National Hurricane Center says.

Prediction

Our panelists predict what Elon Musk will discover on Mars.

Lightning Fill In The Blank

All the news we couldn't fit anywhere else.

Bluff The Listener

Our panelists read three stories about the loss of an unsung hero, only one of which is true.

Panel Round One

Our panelists answer questions about the week's news...Dr. Disney's Fast Pass

Members of a joint investigation team present the preliminary results of the criminal investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014. The investigators said Wednesday they have confirmed that MH17 was shot down by a Buk missile fired from rebel-held areas in Ukraine.

Flight MH17 Was Shot Down By Missile Moved From Russia, Investigators Say

A Dutch-led team of international researchers found that a Buk missile shot down Flight MH17 in 2014. Evidence suggests the missile was brought from Russia and fired from rebel-held eastern Ukraine.

Police in El Cajon, Calif., provided this image, which they say is a still from a bystander's cellphone video of the shooting of an unarmed black man on Tuesday. Police say the man was pointing an object — which was not a weapon — at an officer.

Police Shooting Of Unarmed Black Man Leads To Protests In San Diego Suburb

On Tuesday, an officer in El Cajon, Calif., shot and killed an unarmed black man. His sister had called the police to ask them to help her brother, who was acting erratically.

A private entrepreneur who sells house and kitchen supplies waits for customers in May at his home in Havana. Austerity measures in Cuba and a drop in subsidized fuel from Venezuela are hampering the economy.

Austerity Measures In Cuba Spark Fears Of A Return To Dark Economic Times

Since July, authorities have cut work hours, electricity and gas supplies. Those measures have prompted fears of a return to austere economic times. Meanwhile, Venezuela has cut subsidies to Cuba.

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