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What would RFK Jr. mean to HHS?

29 Jan 2025

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced senators today in a contentious confirmation hearing to serve as Health and Human Services Secretary under President Trump...

Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett

28 Jan 2025

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Country music singer Charley Crockett was born and raised in Texas, grew up in a single-wide trailer with his mom and says his family lineage traces a...

Can Susie Wiles keep Trump on track?

27 Jan 2025

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Susie Wiles is doing something no woman has done before. She is the first in history to hold the position of White House Chief of Staff. Now, we will ...

Trump's dismantling of DEI

26 Jan 2025

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Former President Joe Biden championed DEI programs–initiatives aimed at diversity, equity inclusion and accessibility in recruiting, hiring and rete...

Their home survived the fires, but there's still danger everywhere

24 Jan 2025

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As evacuation orders are lifted, people in Los Angeles are returning to their homes--if their homes survived. But the disaster doesn't end when the fi...

When Oscar got it wrong

23 Jan 2025

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What do Babygirl, Singing in the Rain and Apocalypse Now have in common? They've all been overlooked by Oscar voters.Some Oscar blunders fall into the...

Is there an American oligarchy?

22 Jan 2025

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When Donald Trump was sworn in on Monday, he was flanked by billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg.Also on the dais was Apple CEO Tim ...

Breaking down the executive actions Trump is using to govern

21 Jan 2025

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President Donald J. Trump began taking decisive steps to implement his agenda hours after being sworn in. In the day since he's once again become Pre...

Trump is back and ready to change America

21 Jan 2025

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Donald Trump returns to Washington newly empowered. The Republican party has remade itself in his image. The Supreme Court has granted him sweeping im...

Joe Biden's complicated legacy

19 Jan 2025

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When he ran for office in 2020, President Joe Biden vowed to turn the page on then president Donald Trump. But it's Trump who is returning to the Whit...

'The birds are back.' Resilience in the ruins of the Palisades fire

17 Jan 2025

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Will Rogers State Historic Park is a vast stretch of natural space in the Santa Monica Mountains. It's a treasure to Angelenos. People get married the...

Will we finally see an end to the war in Gaza?

16 Jan 2025

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At the time we publish this episode, Israel's government has yet to accept the terms of the long-negotiated and hard fought ceasefire deal announced y...

America's place in the world during a second Trump term

15 Jan 2025

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Confirmation hearings for Trump's cabinet picks are in full swing on Capitol Hill with a number of them appearing before the Senate this week.Nominees...

Keeping America Safe: CIA Director Burns reflects

14 Jan 2025

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On a shelf in his office at CIA headquarters, Director Bill Burns keeps a tiny scaled model of a house. It's the house in Kabul, Afghanistan, where Al...

What happens when wildland fire reaches the city?

13 Jan 2025

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"Wildfire" is the word we tend to use when we talk about what Los Angeles has been dealing with the past week. But Lori Moore-Merrell, the U.S. Fire A...

On the way out: Transportation Sec. Buttigieg looks back on achievements, challenges

12 Jan 2025

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From handling crises in the rail and airline industries to overseeing the distribution of billions of dollars in infrastructure funding, Transportatio...

As longtime housing activist retires, the fight to end homelessness continues.

10 Jan 2025

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While the debate over homeless policy plays out across the country, Project HOME has offered resources to homeless people in Philadelphia for decades....

'He saved our lives.' A former US hostage reflects on Carter's legacy

09 Jan 2025

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Jimmy Carter's four years in the White House were largely defined by an event that took place halfway through his term. On November 4th, 1979 Irani...

Wildfires displace thousands and ravage greater Los Angeles

08 Jan 2025

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Extremely dry conditions coupled with high winds have led to an explosive wildfire situation in southern California. Multiple fires have erupted acro...

Wild weather spreads across the U.S.

07 Jan 2025

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In Washington, D.C., the federal government is closed – as are most of the schools in the area. That's because the first major snow storm in about t...

The battle over the truth of January 6

06 Jan 2025

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What happened on January 6, 2021? There have been news reports, documentaries and witness testimonies all trying to put that question to rest. But des...

Elon Musk wades into European politics

05 Jan 2025

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Billionaire Elon Musk begins 2025 as one of the most influential people in the United States. He's developed a close relationship with President-elect...

What Jimmy Carter's "malaise" speech tells us about his presidency.

03 Jan 2025

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As president, Jimmy Carter promised always to tell the American people the truth about what was happening in the country. We'll look at how that affec...

Can we prevent deadly truck attacks like the one in New Orleans?

02 Jan 2025

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New Orleans is still reeling from the New Year's Day attack that killed 14 people on Bourbon Street. We ask a counterterrorism expert how attacks like...

The lessons author Kelly Corrigan took away from a challenging year.

01 Jan 2025

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So much can happen in a year. While we all wish for a happy New Year, that's not always the case. We talk to author and podcaster Kelly Corrigan about...

What we learn when things fall apart

31 Dec 2024

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Most years bring both good and bad experiences. But sometimes, it's the challenges of a bad year that show us our hidden strengths.Learn more about sp...

How to put your drinking on ice this January

31 Dec 2024

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Every year, more and more Americans embark on Dry January – a whole month of giving up alcohol.It's easy to imagine the benefits: no hangovers, bett...

Jimmy Carter's complex legacy

30 Dec 2024

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Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100.He was the nation's 39th president, in office from 1977 to 1981.He will of course be remember...

He left everything to flee war in Syria. What does the war's end mean for his future?

29 Dec 2024

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When Syria's dictatorship fell in early December, celebrations broke out around the world - including nearly 6,000 miles away, in Toledo, Ohio. That's...

Your guide to financial self-care in 2025

27 Dec 2024

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The holiday season is joyous – and also expensive.From steep flight prices to a laundry list of presents to buy, when January 1st rolls around, you ...

For a happier new year, rethink your resolutions.

26 Dec 2024

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It can be hard to resist jumping on the whole "New Year, New You" bandwagon. But if you've decided 2025 is your year to make some changes, we have tip...

What makes a true Christmas movie?

25 Dec 2024

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What makes a movie a Christmas movie?When the movie Die Hard was released on Blu Ray a few years back, the studio called it "the greatest Christmas st...

What makes a holiday song a lasting hit?

24 Dec 2024

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Whether you play it on loop or whether it drives you crazy, there's no question Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You," song has become a pe...

The numbers were good, but feelings were bad: The US economy in 2024

23 Dec 2024

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By most objective measures, the US economy is in good shape. Employers added about 2 million jobs this year. Unemployment is low. In much of the count...

In a year of global elections, what did we learn about the state of democracy?

22 Dec 2024

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It was a hectic election season in America, to put it lightly, and we're not alone. What do this year's elections across the world say about the state...

Is "The Godfather: Part II," the perfect sequel?

20 Dec 2024

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Given the fact that it seems like Hollywood churns out nothing but sequels, you would think the industry would have perfected the genre by now. Some s...

How Netanyahu survived another tumultuous year

19 Dec 2024

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At the start of this year Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was facing a crisis. Just a few months before, Hamas had breached Israel's border ...

It's never too late to get fit

18 Dec 2024

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How does fitness and movement change across the lifespan? According to NPR's Allison Aubrey, who covers health and wellness, the official recommenda...

Holidays shopping brings out the scammers. Here's how to stay safe

17 Dec 2024

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With just a handful of shopping days until Christmas, millions are making last minute online purchases. Unfortunately 'tis also the season for financi...

Can Trump turn promises into policy?

16 Dec 2024

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Donald Trump becomes the 47th President of the United States in just over a month.Throughout his campaign, Trump laid out a list. Things he plans to a...

A legend weighs in on a Christmas classic

15 Dec 2024

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For many of us, Christmas songs are dominating our playlists this week. There's the one you start hearing in October, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for C...

Can Syria avoid another slide into autocracy?

13 Dec 2024

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The brutal regime of Bashar al Assad fell over the weekend with dizzying speed. Syrians within the country and around the world burst into celebration...

Wray is out. Patel may be in. What's it mean for the FBI?

12 Dec 2024

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FBI Director Christopher Wray announced yesterday that he will resign before President-elect Trump takes office. This comes after Trump announced he ...

The unique needs of young cancer survivors are often overlooked

11 Dec 2024

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One of the triumphs of modern medicine is that children diagnosed with cancer today have an 85 percent chance of surviving at least five years.That is...

A suspect is in custody. Some Americans are celebrating his alleged actions

10 Dec 2024

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Five days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in Manhattan, police arrested 26 year old Luigi Mangione in Pennsylvania. He's...

What Assad's Fall Means For The World

09 Dec 2024

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For half a century, one family has brutally ruled Syria. Nearly overnight, that reign ended. Syria is not only a home to millions of people. It's also...

The enormous consequences Trump's tariffs could have

08 Dec 2024

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You never know if president-elect Donald Trump is bluffing, but when you have billions of dollars on the line, you have to take him seriously. So car ...

"The Return" tells an ancient story that still resonates today.

06 Dec 2024

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An epic poem and an epic reunion come to the big screen. The Return looks for new meaning in Homer's ancient story of Odysseus' return to Ithaca — ...

Insurgents gain ground in Syria. What happens now?

05 Dec 2024

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Syrian anti-government insurgents claim they have entered the city of Hama — a major Syrian government stronghold.This continues their momentum over...

Can Pete Hegseth's nomination survive?

04 Dec 2024

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At the time we publish this episode, Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, is struggling to hold onto his nomination. There'...

Will Trump's next term make him richer?

03 Dec 2024

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Just before Donald Trump took office the first time, he held a press conference, announcing that he would turn over control of his business empire to ...

Joe Biden pardons his son. Is that justice?

02 Dec 2024

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Hunter Biden no longer has to worry about going to prison.That's because his father President Joe Biden pardoned him with just weeks left in his presi...

The 'Chinese Exclusion Era' shows how Trump's mass deportation plan could unfold

01 Dec 2024

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Donald Trump promises to deport millions of unauthorized immigrants once he returns to the White House. If he follows through, the scale of it would b...

Comedian Stephen Colbert is serious about food

29 Nov 2024

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If you've followed Stephen Colbert's career closely, you might have picked up on something. It's there back in his days on The Colbert Report, when he...

Ina Garten was ready for the luck

28 Nov 2024

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Thirteen bestselling cookbooks, a thriving food business in the Hamptons that she sold decades ago, and now her memoir "Be Ready When the Luck Happens...

Is 'Do Unto Others' the way to bridge the political divide?

27 Nov 2024

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On a Sunday in mid-July, Pastor Chris Morgan welcomed worshipers to Christ United Methodist Church in suburban Pittsburgh with a simple message.That S...

Angela Merkel recounts being the first and only in new memoir

26 Nov 2024

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In her new memoir, Angela Merkel writes about the many dilemmas she had to navigate as Chancellor of Germany. Dilemmas her male colleagues never had t...

Undocumented workers brace for ICE raids, mass deportation under Trump

25 Nov 2024

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President-elect Trump's promises more ICE workplace raids like the ones in 2019. This time, advocates and undocumented people want to be prepared.Lear...

"Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo, can relate to being viewed as different.

25 Nov 2024

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The movie version of the Broadway smash Wicked hits screens Friday, just in time for the holidays. Stage and screen star Cynthia Erivo plays the Wicke...

The "Bad Sisters" are back, and they're better than ever.

22 Nov 2024

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The Apple TV series "Bad Sisters" debuted two years ago. There were laughs. There was murder. And that could've been it for the Garvey sisters, becaus...

Some Trump cabinet picks are accused of sexual misconduct. What's it mean for #MeToo?

21 Nov 2024

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If you're tracking Donald Trump's cabinet picks, you may have noticed common threads among them: top jobs are going to people fiercely loyal to Trump,...

Witnesses say Israel is using sniper drones in Gaza and they're shooting civilians

20 Nov 2024

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Last week British surgeon Nizam Mamode testified in front of a committee in the U.K. Parliament. Dr. Mamode had recently returned from working at a ho...

Is Trump's defense secretary nominee qualified?

19 Nov 2024

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What does it take to run the Department of Defense? That's a question that will be at the heart of Pete Hegseth's confirmation process early next year...

If Trump gets rid of Department of Education, what would it mean for schools?

18 Nov 2024

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President-elect Trump has vowed to elimanate the Department of Education. The DOE oversees everything from college student loans to aid for public sch...

From Trump opponent to Trump loyalist: The evolution of Marco Rubio

17 Nov 2024

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When compared to some of president-elect Trump's other cabinet picks, Senator Marco Rubio for Secretary of State is a pretty conventional choice.He's ...

Trump nominates RFK Jr. to remake healthcare.

15 Nov 2024

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This week President-elect Donald Trump announced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services.The nominatio...

Kamala Harris ran a historic campaign. What will her legacy be?

14 Nov 2024

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Vice President Kamala Harris made history as the first woman of color to lead the ticket of a major party. But despite her historic run, she ultimatel...

How will Democrats move forward? Three strategists weigh in

13 Nov 2024

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Since Donald Trump won the presidency last week, Democrats have been pointing fingers, laying blame and second-guessing themselves.All Things Consider...

With "Wicked," director Jon M. Chu writes his own story

12 Nov 2024

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Wicked – the 20-year-old – smash hit on Broadway turns the story of the "Wizard of Oz" on its head. Now, the story of Elfaba the Wicked Witch of t...

In second term, will Trump punish news outlets that anger him?

11 Nov 2024

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During the campaign, President-elect Trump called for reporters to be imprisoned and for media outlets to lose their licenses over unfavorable coverag...

What happens to Trump's criminal cases now that he's won re-election?

10 Nov 2024

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Today, we're sharing an episode of Trump's Trials for listeners.Now that Donald Trump is headed back to the White House the three remaining criminal c...

The Morgan Library's quest to honor a matriarch in archiving

08 Nov 2024

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Referred to as one of the most fascinating librarians in American history, Belle da Costa Greene is the figure who is responsible for the depth and le...

Exploring what the early days of a second Trump administration could look like.

07 Nov 2024

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In just over 70 days, Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States will become the 47th, and he'll begin implementing his vision of an all po...

Who's sending Trump back to the White House and why?

07 Nov 2024

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In the days leading up to election night, news outlets across the country were predicting a historically close race, one that could take days to call....

Who's paying to elect the president?

05 Nov 2024

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The homestretch of the presidential campaign means huge rallies, a final barrage of campaign ads, and massive multi-state get out the vote efforts. Al...

A look at the life of the singular Quincy Jones

04 Nov 2024

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Quincy Jones, the famed music producer who helped artists dominate popular music for half a century, has died. NPR's Walter Ray Watson described Jones...

Separating election facts from fiction

03 Nov 2024

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In these closing days of the presidential election, polling across the board has nearly every swing state in a statistical tie, meaning the election m...

The 2024 presidential race went from deja vu to unprecedented overnight

01 Nov 2024

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When the 2024 presidential campaign began, it looked a lot like the last one. Former President Donald Trump and sitting President Joe Biden became the...

How many ways can you tell someone to vote?

31 Oct 2024

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There are plenty of ways to encourage people to vote, as the presidential candidates and their supporters are demonstrating in this final stretch of t...

Harris makes her final pitch for her presidency

30 Oct 2024

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On Tuesday night, one week before election day, Vice President Kamala Harris made her closing argument to the American people. For sponsor-free episod...

Democrats are vying for the support of rural voters in North Carolina

29 Oct 2024

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North Carolina has more rural voters than any other 2024 presidential swing state. As early voting continues across the state, canvassing groups are w...

Donald Trump's closing argument: leaning into the extreme rhetoric

28 Oct 2024

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At a recent Trump rally, many speakers leaned into racist, misogynistic and vulgar rhetoric. So what could it do for his campaign in the final days of...

For some conservative Christians supporting Trump, it's about the policies

27 Oct 2024

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Evangelical and Pentecostal conservatives are a powerful force in Republican politics.They've stuck by former President Donald Trump for three preside...

Election battles are being waged at the ballot box and in the courtroom.

25 Oct 2024

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Election day is almost here, and we could soon find out who will become our next president. But winning doesn't only happen at the ballot box, and the...

Are biodiversity efforts keeping up with the effects of climate change?

24 Oct 2024

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This week and next, world leaders are gathering in Colombia for the 16th United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity to check up on their collec...

Emo music gets its flowers at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

23 Oct 2024

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If you had any doubts, we can clear them up now. Emo music not only still exists — it's thriving. A new exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fo...

Even in death, Alexei Navalny hasn't given up the fight against corruption in Russia

22 Oct 2024

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In his posthumous memoir, Patriot, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote - "If they do finally whack me, the book will be my memorial."Though...

A look into Trump's recent rhetoric focusing on revenge and threats

21 Oct 2024

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An NPR investigation has found more than 100 times when former president Donald Trump has said his rivals, critics and even private citizens should be...

What does it take to run a free, fair and peaceful election?

20 Oct 2024

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Millions of ballots are tabulated at the Maricopa County Tabulation Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Inside and out, the building is a fortress.It's the le...

Latinos are more pro-choice than ever before. What spurred this change?

19 Oct 2024

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Two decades ago, only a third of Latinos believed abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Today, that number has risen to 62 percent. So why ar...

Hamas and Hezbollah are both without leaders. What now?

17 Oct 2024

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Today, Israel announced that they had killed Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas.Sinwar came to power in the wake of the death of hiss predecessor, as w...

The meaning behind Israel's 'right to defend itself'.

16 Oct 2024

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"Israel has a right to defend itself and its people." It's a phrase that's been spoken by Israel's allies – and American presidents – for decades,...

Bob Woodward's newest book is making headlines

15 Oct 2024

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Legendary journalist Bob Woodward's new book War, like so many of his books about the American presidency over the last half century, is generating he...

What would a Harris win mean for mixed-race Americans?

14 Oct 2024

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Vice President Harris' multiracial identity has not been a major focal point during her short campaign. But what do members of her communities think?F...

Deep inside a Norwegian fjord, a dream of farming salmon sustainably

13 Oct 2024

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If you eat salmon, there's a good chance that it comes from a salmon farm in Norway. The country has been farming salmon for over 50 years. The indust...

TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege

11 Oct 2024

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For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American tee...

Hurricane Milton's path of destruction

10 Oct 2024

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Hurricane Milton tore a path of destruction through Florida late Wednesday, leaving multiple dead and wrenching buildings apart.Many across the southe...

How Helene and Milton were supercharged by climate change

09 Oct 2024

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As Hurricane Milton approaches Florida's central west coast, residents are preparing for the worst. The storm exploded into a Category 5 hurricane ear...

Hurricane Milton's triple threat

08 Oct 2024

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In the span of one day, a Category 1 hurricane headed for western Florida escalated to the highest intensity there is: Category 5.Since then, the pred...

Is there finally hope in America's overdose crisis?

07 Oct 2024

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In a twist that many addiction experts thought impossible, the decades long upward trend of opioid deaths in the United States has finally started to ...