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Jan 01, 2026
Former special counsel Jack Smith spoke with lawmakers behind closed doors in December. That testimony is now public.
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Jan 01, 2026
In recent years, mobile crisis response teams respond to 911 calls about people in mental crisis, to avoid involving police. But some crisis units have now closed for lack of consistent funding.
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Jan 01, 2026
There's a new pill and new ways to pay for the weight-loss drugs known as GLP-1s.
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Jan 01, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Ana Gonzalez and cellist Yo-Yo Ma about their new podcast Our Common Nature from WNYC, which connects music with nature and place.
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Jan 01, 2026
A new study finds that California's rules protecting workers from excessive heat likely save dozens of lives every year. This comes as the federal government considers national heat-protection rules.
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Jan 01, 2026
New York City has a new mayor. Zohran Mamdani is the city's first Muslim mayor and a democratic socialist.
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Jan 01, 2026
Sometimes life can get in the way of meeting our ambitions. NPR's Life Kit podcast host Marielle Segarra gives us some practical, daily life tips to set us up for success in 2026.
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Jan 01, 2026
NPR visits a Doctors Without Borders clinic at risk of closure after Israel bans dozens of aid groups in Gaza.
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Jan 01, 2026
On Wild Card, famous guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author John Green reflects on living with obsessive compulsive disorder.
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Jan 01, 2026
Andrew Limbong and BA Parker from the Books We Love podcast are revisiting Terry McMillan's classic, Waiting to Exhale.
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Jan 01, 2026
Several dozen are believed killed in a fire at a New Year's Eve party in a Swiss ski resort bar.
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Jan 01, 2026
College bowl season is in full swing. With the expanded playoff, some say smaller bowls matter less, and some teams are opting out of bowls. NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Chris Vannini of the Athletic.
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Jan 01, 2026
After six decades running Berkshire Hathaway, the legendary investor Warren Buffett has officially stepped down as CEO.
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Jan 01, 2026
Dry January is the practice of not drinking for the first month of the new year. But where did the practice come from?
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Dec 31, 2025
A reflection on music videos' glory days -- as MTV shuts down channels.
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Dec 31, 2025
Across the country, cities and towns have New Year's Eve drops that feature everything from New York City's crystal ball to a favorite product made by the people of Mt. Olive, North Carolina.
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Dec 31, 2025
The U.S. economy chugs into the new year in stronger shape than many forecasters had expected. But Americans remain wary about the high cost of living.
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Dec 31, 2025
President Trump issues his first vetoes of his second term.
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Dec 31, 2025
Downtown Phoenix businesses sued the city over a sprawling homeless encampment. The city's solution appears successful two years later, but funding for it is set to run out.
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Dec 31, 2025
Extra security will be in place tonight in New Orleans as the city marks the anniversary of last year's New Year's Day attack. Drew Hawkins of the Gulf States Newsroom reports.
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Dec 31, 2025
Only 8% of directors with movies in theaters in 2025 were women. That news comes from an annual study from USC Annenberg. It reveals a reversal of trends that were not great to begin with; in 2020, the best year for women directors on record, only 15% of movie directors were women.
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Dec 31, 2025
Starting Jan. 1, non-U.S. citizens will have to pay an additional $100 each to enter 11 of America's most popular national parks.
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Dec 31, 2025
A nonprofit group has filed a complaint alleging a federal judge has been bullying her law clerks. It's a flashpoint in the debate over whether the judiciary can police itself.
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Dec 31, 2025
In Mumbai, some celebrate New Year's Eve with an effigy of the old year. It's just one of many New Years celebrated in India.
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Dec 30, 2025
The suspect in the attempted pipe bombing of political headquarters in 2021 appeared in court today for a pre-trial detention hearing.
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Dec 30, 2025
Volunteers in Minnesota are collecting pine needles to help researchers determine how PFAS -- the substances commonly called forever chemicals -- find their way into water, soil and air.
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Dec 30, 2025
A number of promenant nightclubs and music venues closed across the country in 2025, part of an ongoing trend driven by high rents, decreasing alcohol consumption and monopolization.
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Dec 30, 2025
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Nicholas Quah of Vulture about the evolution of celebrity publicity as the "new media circuit" commands more attention.
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Dec 30, 2025
Israel became the first country in the world to recognize Somaliland, part of a wider Red Sea rivalry also playing out in Yemen
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Dec 30, 2025
Journalist and author Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former president John F. Kennedy, has died after battling a rare form of cancer.
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Dec 30, 2025
Israel is halting operations for humanitarian groups working in Gaza. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Shaina Low with the Norwegian Refugee Council about what that means for aid on the ground.
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Dec 30, 2025
Throughline host Rund Abdelfatah brings us the story of the origins of chocolate.
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Dec 30, 2025
Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years and the surge is likely to get worse. Here's what you need to know.
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Dec 30, 2025
A U.S. official confirms that the CIA struck a dock facility on the coast of Venezuela.
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Dec 30, 2025
Israel has told dozens of aid groups they can no longer operate in Gaza.
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Dec 30, 2025
China wrapped a new round of live-fire military drills that encircled Taiwan, in a warning to what Beijing calls separatists across the Taiwan strait.
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Dec 30, 2025
2025 was a tumultuous year for federal student loan borrowers. NPR breaks down the most important changes borrowers should understand as they head into 2026.
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Dec 30, 2025
Perry Bamonte, a keyboard and guitar player in the English band The Cure, has died. He was 65 years old. In a statement, the band called him "quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative."
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Dec 30, 2025
2025 will go down as a year of chaos for groups that help poor people. Some have been forced to scale back as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs.
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Dec 30, 2025
Ivermectin's reputation keeps growing as a kind of cure-all, even for cancer — despite evidence it doesn't work.
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Dec 30, 2025
In West Africa, a new policy is hailed as a first step to making expensive and arduous flights cheaper.
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Dec 30, 2025
NPR critic Bob Mondello narrows down his favorite movies of the year — the ones that made audiences vibrate.
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Dec 29, 2025
Warren Buffett started out by identifying opportunities in undervalued companies. Later, his strategy was buying a company that would get bigger on its own. We look at that second phase of his career.
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Dec 29, 2025
Ukraine's power plant employees are battling to keep the infrastructure running in the face of Russian attacks.
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Dec 29, 2025
President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Florida as the men discuss peace plans in the Middle East.
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Dec 29, 2025
Detroit gets its first new mayor in a dozen years, as 38-year-old Mary Sheffield is sworn in. Sheffield also becomes Detroit's first woman mayor.
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Dec 29, 2025
Angry over a new ad campaign for the famous Brazilian sandal brand Havaianas, the right is trying to get consumers to boycott the iconic flip flops.
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Dec 29, 2025
Car crashes with wildlife kill about 200 Americans every year. Federal funding is helping states build safe animal crossings to reduce the carnage.
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Dec 29, 2025
We look at the use of the National Guard by President Trump — as well as the Democratic governor of New Mexico — in cities with higher-than-average crime. How effective can we say the Guard have been?
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Dec 29, 2025
Driving a snowplow isn't for everyone. It means long hours driving a tank-like truck, and always in weather that would keep many folks at home. We take a ride with a young woman who loves her job.
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Dec 29, 2025
The weeklong celebration of Kwanzaa is a perfect opportunity to revisit soothing, hearty winter foods, says celebrity chef Tanya Holland.
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Dec 29, 2025
Joan Steidl, who is now retired, shares her reinvention takeaways. She has a podcast about confronting the generational divide, takes comedy workshops and went back to college.
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Dec 29, 2025
What was it like to work with Toni Morrison as an editor? One NPR editor looked into it.
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Dec 29, 2025
The first American pope, the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, and clergy-members' response to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are the top religion stories of 2025.
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Dec 29, 2025
Baker and Taylor is among a few companies that act as the distribution middle man between libraries and publishers. The company's announcement that it is shutting down is a blow to librarians.
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Dec 29, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Cynthia Cook from the Center for International and Strategic Studies about why naval shipbuilding in the U.S. has become so difficult lately.
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Dec 29, 2025
Looking to be more active in the new year? Host of NPR's Life Kit Marielle Segarra explains how to build movement into your hectic schedule and stay motivated.
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Dec 28, 2025
French film star Brigitte Bardot left acting at her peak, devoting herself to animal rights while drawing criticism for her politics.
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Dec 28, 2025
Aaron Zelin, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, analyzes the U.S. strike on ISIS targets in Nigeria and the message it sends.
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Dec 28, 2025
NPR's Kathryn Fink and Jordan Marie Smith talk about why Broadcast News still resonates in conversations about women and ambition.
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Dec 28, 2025
As the year wraps up, we're revisiting standout podcasts from NPR member stations in 2025.
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Dec 28, 2025
NPR's Tamara Keith steps into Death & Company bar in Washington, D.C., where movie-inspired cocktails set the mood for New Year's Eve.
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Dec 28, 2025
President Trump is increasingly embedding himself in sports culture. Christine Brennan, a longtime sports columnist and author, weighs in on the depths of Trump's ties to sports and what that will look like in the coming year.
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Dec 28, 2025
President Trump hosts Zelensky amid intensified U.S. diplomacy aimed at ending Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Dec 27, 2025
Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald reports on how gangs in Haiti are using sexual violence as a tool of terror amid the country's deepening political and humanitarian crisis.
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Dec 27, 2025
Korva Coleman describes what it takes to get the news right when millions hear it first through NPR newscasts.
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Dec 27, 2025
Inside Congress, lawmakers describe an institution under strain from polarization and constant pressure.
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Dec 27, 2025
A Washington D.C. improv group is offering laid-off federal workers a way to cope with uncertainty through play and building skills.
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Dec 27, 2025
Pantomimes are plays based on a well-known story — often a fairy tale — which are given a bawdy twist. The audience is expected to join in throughout, shouting as loudly as they can.
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Dec 27, 2025
Tamar Adler, chef and author of 'Feast On Your Life', writes about food as a daily practice of care rather than obligation.
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Dec 26, 2025
Immigrants who are detained by ICE often get deported out of state so quickly that their attorneys don't have time to file petitions to keep them in the state where they were arrested.
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Dec 26, 2025
The U.S. will shift some of the burden of defense to its allies, and it will equip them for it. One ally's equipment: nuclear submarines for South Korea.
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Dec 26, 2025
Technology enabling virtual fences for pets is now being adapted for livestock. Ranchers near Yellowstone National Park are testing its ability to keep cows safe from grizzly bear attacks.
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Dec 26, 2025
Leah Donnella of NPR's Code Switch has spent some time unpacking what it would mean for joy to be used as a means of resistance.
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Dec 26, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with songwriter Amy Allen, who is shortlisted for the non-classical Songwriter of the Year Grammy Award for a second straight year.
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Dec 26, 2025
An American journalist wounded in an Israeli tank strike in Lebanon returns home to press the U.S. government to investigate the incident, which killed a Reuters reporter, as a targeted attack.
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Dec 26, 2025
Demand for memory chips currently exceeds supply and there's very little chance of that changing any time soon. More chips for AI means less available for other products such as computers and phones and that could drive up those prices too.
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Dec 26, 2025
Cuts to scientific research focused disproportionately on research around diversity equity and inclusion. Some researchers say we're just beginning to understand the impact.
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Dec 26, 2025
A new study of more than 160,000 teens finds that even occasional cannabis use among 8th, 10th and 12th graders is tied to worse outcomes at school and more emotional distress.
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Dec 26, 2025
Nearly five years after the coup, Myanmar is poorer, hungrier, and plagued by blackouts. Few believe the upcoming election will change anything.
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Dec 26, 2025
Crime rates in the U.S. fell in 2025. Murders in particular fell dramatically. That is a major takeaway among criminal justice experts as we approach the year's end.
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Dec 25, 2025
More than a third of candle sales every year take place during the end of year holiday season. And this year, tariffs hikes have affected how much consumers pay for their candles.
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Dec 25, 2025
As smog shrouds New Delhi, authorities have taken unpopular steps like banning a favorite street snack. Critics say its performative.
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Dec 25, 2025
At illegal side shows or street takeovers, drivers show off their skills and their cars. Now a side show advocate in Kansas City says he's created a legal way that drivers can take part.
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Dec 25, 2025
The NFL regular season is almost over. That means the playoffs are starting, but it also means that fantasy football leagues are inching closer to finding their winners. With that comes punishments.
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Dec 25, 2025
Snow isn't always white; algae can make it look green, red, or orange, and scientists are trying to understand how and why these colorful patches appear.
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Dec 25, 2025
On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. "Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes talks about why she doesn't care about validation.
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Dec 25, 2025
Russia's ghost fleet of sanctions-busting oil tankers are using the Turkish-controlled Bosphorus to reach the Black Sea, causing headaches for Turkey.
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Dec 25, 2025
Governments and tech companies continue to pour money into quantum technology in the hopes of building a supercomputer that can work at speeds we can't yet fathom to solve big problems.
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Dec 25, 2025
In 2014, on the 100th anniversary of the World War I Christmas Truce, former All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro set out to reconstruct the events of that day.
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Dec 25, 2025
In the days leading up to Christmas 2018, the Williams family were told that their neighbor had passed away. He left behind a sack of 14 gifts for Cadi Williams to be opened each year on Christmas.
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Dec 24, 2025
In 1967, a journalist wrote about a boy buying presents on Christmas Eve. The story got an overwhelming response from readers. Fifty years later, the young boy and the journalist reconnected.
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Dec 24, 2025
Blue spotted salamanders can supercool themselves so they can walk over ice and snow during their spring migrations
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Dec 24, 2025
An American doctor journals her daily life as a volunteer in al-Shifa hospital, which was once Gaza's largest medical facility.
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Dec 24, 2025
Ukraine's president says he open to pulling troops back from parts of the east if Russia also pulls back its forces.
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Dec 24, 2025
Religious leaders have rallied against the Trump administration's detention and deportation of immigrants. Clergy are filing lawsuits, accompanying migrants to court hearings and leading protests.
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Dec 24, 2025
Holiday traditions don't all come with matching sweaters and cookie recipes — some are stranger, funnier, and deeply personal. We asked our listeners to share their unconventional holiday traditions.
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Dec 24, 2025
2025 has seen an explosion in AI-generated slop. NPR's Geoff Brumfiel and Shannon Bond discuss how AI-generated videos are shaping reality online.
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Dec 24, 2025
A North Carolina woman left her front yard Christmas tree half-decorated after immigration agents questioned men helping her. The unfinished tree stands as a symbol of the immigration crackdown.
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Dec 24, 2025
New research suggests that prescription stimulants for ADHD don't actually improve attention directly. They work on different pathways in the brain that support attention.
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