Today's Takeaways: An Evolving Crisis in Iraq, A Tiny Town Seeks Nuclear Waste, and Putin's Path Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Iraq: Stopping a Crisis From Becoming a Catastrophe Tensions Run High in St. Louis Over Teen Shooting Death Maryland Frees 70 Inmates Over Judicial Flaws Rural Texas Community Seeks Nuclear Waste New Lives and A Land Torn Apart No Turning Back for Russia and Putin An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter poses for a picture on the front line in Makhmur, about 175 miles north of the capital Baghdad, during clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants. August 9, 2014 ( SAFIN HAMED/AFP / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC