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British actress Joan Plowright, who brought stage and screen characters to vibrant life for more than six decades in works including A Taste of Honey and Enchanted April, has died. She was 95. Empire's Bob Mondello has this remembrance.
Crude oil futures prices closed lower. Today, oil was down 80 cents a barrel. To end the session, it's 77.88 a barrel in New York. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.
Crude oil futures prices closed lower. Today, oil was down 80 cents a barrel. To end the session, it's 77.88 a barrel in New York. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Israel's cabinet has approved a ceasefire deal with Hamas and says the agreement will take effect Sunday. NPR's Greg Myrie reports this could bring an end to more than 15 months of fighting in Gaza.
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Israel's cabinet has approved a ceasefire deal with Hamas and says the agreement will take effect Sunday. NPR's Greg Myrie reports this could bring an end to more than 15 months of fighting in Gaza.
The Biden administration says more medications will be targeted for lower prices under Medicare. NPR's Sydney Lupkin reports negotiating drug prices in Medicare is a power that was created by Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.
The Biden administration says more medications will be targeted for lower prices under Medicare. NPR's Sydney Lupkin reports negotiating drug prices in Medicare is a power that was created by Biden's Inflation Reduction Act.
Cleanup for the L.A. wildfires has begun. NPR's Ping Wang reports it starts with train hazmat crews combing areas for hidden dangers.
Cleanup for the L.A. wildfires has begun. NPR's Ping Wang reports it starts with train hazmat crews combing areas for hidden dangers.
Ping Huang and PR News. President-elect Donald Trump will be taking the oath of office inside the Capitol Rotunda Monday with a windchill expected to make for severe cold. The incoming administration says it made the decision to move the event indoors the last time The return that was used for inauguration was 1985 for President Ronald Reagan. This is NPR.
Ping Huang and PR News. President-elect Donald Trump will be taking the oath of office inside the Capitol Rotunda Monday with a windchill expected to make for severe cold. The incoming administration says it made the decision to move the event indoors the last time The return that was used for inauguration was 1985 for President Ronald Reagan. This is NPR.
Another big day for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, which again topped $100,000 amid expectations the incoming Trump administration will be more crypto-friendly. The president-elect during his campaign repeatedly promised to make the U.S. the crypto capital of the world. Among his campaign promises were creating a U.S.
Another big day for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, which again topped $100,000 amid expectations the incoming Trump administration will be more crypto-friendly. The president-elect during his campaign repeatedly promised to make the U.S. the crypto capital of the world. Among his campaign promises were creating a U.S.
crypto stockpile, enacting crypto-friendly regulations, and appointing what he called a crypto czar. Debris from the explosion of an experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX company sent air traffic controllers scrambling to divert flights over the Caribbean yesterday. NPR's Jeff Bromfield has the story.
crypto stockpile, enacting crypto-friendly regulations, and appointing what he called a crypto czar. Debris from the explosion of an experimental rocket built by Elon Musk's SpaceX company sent air traffic controllers scrambling to divert flights over the Caribbean yesterday. NPR's Jeff Bromfield has the story.
A new discovery at the site of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, the head of a surrounding archaeological park, says they uncovered a large private bathhouse there. The bath's perhaps the largest found at a private home on Earth in the central part of Pompeii Park. It's still largely unexplored. Pompeii was buried by ash and lava in 79 AD.
A new discovery at the site of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, the head of a surrounding archaeological park, says they uncovered a large private bathhouse there. The bath's perhaps the largest found at a private home on Earth in the central part of Pompeii Park. It's still largely unexplored. Pompeii was buried by ash and lava in 79 AD.
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