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Jun 26, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Dr. Allen Frances, about his piece in the New York Times titled, "Autism Rates have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That."
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Jun 26, 2025
In the 10 years since the legalization of same-sex marriage across the U.S., religious support for the right has increased significantly. But opposition among some religious groups persists.
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Jun 26, 2025
Former First Lady Michelle Obama says she's starting a new chapter of her life where she's saying "no" more often. It comes as she reassesses her priorities in life after her mother's death.
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Jun 26, 2025
Genetic testing company 23andMe never hit on a sustainable business model and went bankrupt. Now, it's being sold to a non-profit launched by the co-founder, delaying addressing data privacy concerns.
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Jun 26, 2025
President Trump has said anti-corruption law is crippling American businesses. Since taking office, his administration has reduced the number of investigators, killed some cases and changed the rules.
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Jun 26, 2025
It's always been hard to get accurate information about wars. But artificial intelligence tools are making it more challenging as social networks are flooded with fake videos and images.
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Jun 26, 2025
As extreme heat grips much of the country, some power grids may struggle to keep up with rising energy demand. But that is not the only challenge grid operators face in this heatwave.
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Jun 26, 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has defended the U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, saying the attacks were the most complex and secretive military operation in history.
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Jun 26, 2025
Brad Pitt stars in F1, a film about a Formula One racing team from the director of Top Gun: Maverick.
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Jun 26, 2025
California has seen its Gray Wolf population grow quickly over the last decade. Now, ranchers say the wolves are killing and stressing their livestock. They advocate for more options to ward them off.
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Jun 26, 2025
Senators hit a snag in their plan to scale back Medicaid costs as part of a massive tax and spending bill, now they're hoping to regroup and move forward.
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Jun 26, 2025
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actress Mariska Hargitay about My Mom Jayne, her documentary about her mom, Jayne Mansfield, and how her understanding of her mom's life changed through making it.
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Jun 26, 2025
Signs installed earlier in National Parks earlier in June asked for feedback on signs "that are negative about past or living Americans." Comments viewed by NPR didn't provide the requested feedback.
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Jun 26, 2025
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted on the flu vaccine, raising concerns about a rarely used preservative. Medical groups worry this will "sow distrust" in vaccines.
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Jun 26, 2025
We take a hike in the Maine woods with high school students who've been given the option to hike instead of sit in detention.
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Jun 26, 2025
"I'm a die-hard Bond fan," Denis Villeneuve says. The Quebecois filmmaker's hiring comes as a relief to British 007 fans who had feared the worst when U.S. company Amazon MGM took control of Bond.
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Jun 26, 2025
The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.
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Jun 25, 2025
A federal judge in Tennessee ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the man the government mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador — to be released from prison until his trial on federal charges.
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Jun 25, 2025
A federal judge in Tennessee ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the man the government mistakenly deported to a prison in El Salvador — to be released from prison until his trial on federal charges.
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Jun 25, 2025
In London, an actor playing Evita sings "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" from a balcony over the street. It's livestreamed back into the theater - frustrating ticket holders but delighting the public.
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Jun 25, 2025
A Salvadoran journalist was arrested in Georgia while covering a protest. He ended up in ICE detention and is awaiting a deportation hearing.
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Jun 25, 2025
In the South American nation of Peru, going to school can mean going up against gangsters. Criminals demanding extortion payments are threatening to blow up schools and kill their teachers.
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Jun 25, 2025
The Sacred Harp, a book of religious tunes first printed in 1844 is getting an upgrade. And shape note singers who use it are very excited.
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Jun 25, 2025
Parts of the Midwest and East Coast have seen record-breaking temperatures this week. Climate change is making heatwaves more intense.
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Jun 25, 2025
U.S. authorities continue to be on alert for any potential threat on U.S. soil stemming from President Trump's decision to bomb Iran.
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Jun 25, 2025
Congress designated money for building new EV chargers, but the Trump administration put a freeze on those funds. A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction ordering the program to resume.
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Jun 25, 2025
With the win of a progressive candidate over a former governor in New York's mayoral primary, Democrats are determining what — if anything — they should do moving forward to attract more voters.
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Jun 25, 2025
Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Belarus' key opposition figure, is free after spending nearly five years in jail. His wife, Sviatlena , talks about taking up her husband's mantle after his imprisonment.
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Jun 25, 2025
The Israel-Iran ceasefire that President Trump brokered is holding, for now. Here's what it's like in Israel, as the country opens back up without fear of Iran's missiles.
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Jun 25, 2025
Germany is aiming to field the largest army in the European Union with massive investment.
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Jun 25, 2025
President Trump was pressed on his assertion that U.S. strikes had obliterated Iran's nuclear program at the end of the NATO summit.
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Jun 25, 2025
The Pentagon is looking to rename ships named after civil rights icons, including the gay rights leader Harvey Milk. For LTBTQ sailors who saw the Navy as a refuge, it feels like a betrayal.
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Jun 25, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assembly member and Democratic socialist, came in first in Tuesday's ranked-choice primary. Here's what to know about his policies, personal life and past.
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Jun 25, 2025
After long days focused on the facts, our newsroom reads a lot of fiction at home. We asked our NPR colleagues what they've enjoyed reading so far this year. Here's what they told us.
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Jun 25, 2025
Reaching Iran's most fortified nuclear enrichment site is a challenge, even for the world's biggest conventional weapons.
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Jun 24, 2025
President Trump says U.S. and Israeli forces destroyed Iran's nuclear program. Analysts say Iran may have moved its uranium stockpiles. There's little trust, by all sides, in diplomacy.
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Jun 24, 2025
South Africa's cricket and rugby teams have reached top spots in their sports under the leadership of Black captains. Fans are united in a nation still grappling with the legacy of racial division.
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Jun 24, 2025
Sotheby's in Paris is actioning off a collection of relics from Napoleon's private world, including rings, a travel throne and one of his iconic bicorn hats.
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Jun 24, 2025
One of the leading voices of early 1980s R&B, Cavin Yarbrough, of the singing duo Yarbrough and Peoples, passed away at the age of 71.
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Jun 24, 2025
Global crude oil prices have eased. Markets are betting that protracted conflict is unlikely. meanwhile, domestic production has helped insulate the U.S. from global price shocks.
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Jun 24, 2025
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Virginia Sen. Mark Warner is the leading Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, about the assessment of Iran's nuclear program following the U.S. attack.
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Jun 24, 2025
What's the current status of the Trump administration's vow to send 30K migrants to Gitmo?
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Jun 24, 2025
For Oklahoma City, winning the NBA championship was a really big deal. It was the first time the Thunder won it all and the city celebrated Tuesday with a parade.
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Jun 24, 2025
Tariffs have entered the bridal fitting room as couples are discovering that almost all the dresses are made abroad. Many are designed in the U.S. and made in China.
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Jun 24, 2025
Over the past five months, President Trump has become directly involved in three separate conflicts, but so far, his record is mixed at best.
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Jun 24, 2025
A controversial provision that would have allowed for the sale of national forest and other public lands is likely to be removed from a mega budget bill now before the U.S. Senate.
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Jun 24, 2025
A remarkable archaeological find in the heart of London has revealed one of the most extensive collections of Roman frescoes ever found in the city.
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Jun 24, 2025
Over the last two weeks, there has been some support for Israel's attacks on Iran from Gulf Arab states. There are also fears that Israel wants to fashion a new Middle East in its own image.
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Jun 24, 2025
The National Weather Service is warning of "extremely dangerous heat" across the Midwest and East Coast. More than 160 million people are under warnings and advisories.
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Jun 24, 2025
China is closely watching whether Israel and Iran can broker a ceasefire. Beijing gets much of its crude oil imports from Iran through a "dark fleet" of vessels to evade American sanctions.
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Jun 24, 2025
The nation's top safety investigators concluded that a lack of basic safety processes at Boeing, coupled with an inexperienced workforce, contributed to the door plug blowout in January 2024.
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Jun 24, 2025
Presidents have been known to use salty language behind closed doors. But President Trump may be the first to very deliberately drop an f-bomb on camera.
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Jun 24, 2025
The Alaska Republican sat down with All Things Considered host Juana Summers to discuss her memoir, her thoughts on Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill and the future of democracy.
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Jun 23, 2025
President Trump said Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire, ending 12 days of conflict.
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Jun 23, 2025
The Supreme Court blocked a court order requiring 15 days notice — enough time to contact their lawyers — to individuals the Trump administration is trying to deport to countries other than their own.
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Jun 23, 2025
After 104 days in detention, Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil talks with NPR about his experience.
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Jun 23, 2025
Prosecutors arguing the federal government's case against the music mogul Sean Combs, who is accused of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, are expected to finish questioning their witnesses.
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Jun 23, 2025
Eric Johnson's husband Dennis Hopkins was given a 50% chance of surviving lung cancer. During one hospital stay they met their unsung hero, a nurse named Sherry.
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Jun 23, 2025
A single mom who is deaf overcame challenges and gave her college's commencement address in Colorado.
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Jun 23, 2025
The powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory is releasing some of its first images as part of an ambitious effort to effectively create a movie of all the changes in the southern night sky over a decade.
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Jun 23, 2025
Sometimes history lies hidden just around the corner. Just south of Washington, D.C., is a graveyard with more than 100 wooden ships that date to World War I -- the Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay.
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Jun 23, 2025
After the longest toxic algal bloom on record off the southern California coast, marine mammal researchers are investigating how sea lions were affected, and releasing the last few back into the wild.
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Jun 23, 2025
Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to the U.S. bombings of its nuclear facilities over the weekend. The narrow waterway is a vital pathway for world energy supplies.
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Jun 23, 2025
School - and the federal government's role in it - has been a topic of debate in the U.S. since the very first Department of Education was created.
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Jun 23, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu has long had sights on Iran. He recently seemed to be sidelined by President Trump. Now, Netanyahu's basking in the moment after the U.S. attacked Iran.
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Jun 23, 2025
President Trump promised to carry out the most deportations in U.S. history, focused on criminals. But now, immigration officials are going after asylum seekers who say they're fleeing persecution.
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Jun 23, 2025
Divers are getting excited about the planned sinking of the SS United States. The once glorious luxury ocean liner is slated to become a coral reef.
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Jun 23, 2025
How NATO is grappling with defense spending as President Trump heads to The Hague to meet with NATO leaders -- days after his strikes on Iran.
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Jun 23, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, about her new memoir that talks about the place she occupies in her party.
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Jun 23, 2025
The Oklahoma City Thunder are NBA champions after downing the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the finals. It was a thrilling series, clouded with a game-ending injury for Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton.
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Jun 23, 2025
The former leader of FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, Dan Stein, retired this year after more than 40 at the helm of the organization. The right-wing group has long fought to reduce immigration and for tougher border controls. Under President Trump, Stein's once-fringe ideas are now being enacted.
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Jun 22, 2025
In the U.S., reaction from Iranian-Americans to Saturday's bombings in Iran is a mix of fear and concern. We speak with people in Los Angeles, which has a large population of Iranian-Americans.
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Jun 22, 2025
Many Iranians are confused and experiencing mixed emotions right now - some hoping the US strikes will bring an end to the hardline regime, others worry it'll start a broader war.
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Jun 22, 2025
Dubbed "Operation Midnight Hammer," the American military strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran were complex, with the details closely held.
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Jun 22, 2025
The Trump administration is doing a victory lap after a surprise attack on three Iranian nuclear sites Saturday. The White House is also facing pushback from some lawmakers.
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Jun 22, 2025
Iran's leadership is considering what to do after yesterday's US airstrike.
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Jun 22, 2025
Hadeel Al-Shalchi speaks with Israelis on the morning after the U.S. bombing of Ira; one man said his ruined home was the price for destroying Iran's nuclear program.
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Jun 22, 2025
NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with journalist Robin Wright, who's written extensively on Iranian politics, about what the U.S. strike on Iran could mean for both countries.
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Jun 22, 2025
It's been 50 years since Jaws was released in theaters, changing movies forever.
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Jun 22, 2025
NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Iranian-American writer Kaveh Akbar about how he's processing the U.S. strikes again Iran through writing.
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Jun 21, 2025
Last weekend's military parade and No Kings rallies could be seen as an example of a DIVIDED America… a moment where our differences were placed in pretty stark relief. But reporting from both places on the same day… you see something different.
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Jun 21, 2025
NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with journalist Tariro Mzezewa about the podcast, Peak Travel, that explores how tourism affects local communities.
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Jun 21, 2025
If the U.S. does drop a powerful "bunker buster" bomb on a suspected underground nuclear weapons site in Iran, experts in radiation hazards say there is little risk of widespread contamination.
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Jun 21, 2025
Considering striking up a new pen-pal relationship this summer? Life Kit has advice on how to get started.
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Jun 21, 2025
Data from CDC indicates this may be a bad tick season. Experts offer tips to reduce your chance of coming down with Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis and other tickborne diseases, and what to watch out for.
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Jun 21, 2025
NPR's Andrew Limbong interviews writer Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson about her new book, "Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free."
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Jun 21, 2025
NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Patricia Fabian, professor of environmental health at Boston University, about the impact that heat waves have on vulnerable populations.
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Jun 21, 2025
NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with former Iran nuclear negotiator Seyed Hossein Mousavian about the possibility of diplomacy between Israel and Iran, as fighting between the two countries escalates.
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Jun 20, 2025
European diplomats are working to revive nuclear negotiations with Iran to find a peaceful end to a war that President Trump has said the U.S. could join to support Israel against Iran.
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Jun 20, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with LA Times reporter Daniel Miller about the indictment of seven people in what prosecutors are calling "the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history."
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Jun 20, 2025
After the fatal shootings in Minnesota of a state legislator and her husband, the topic of security is in the spotlight. It's expensive, restrictive and not foolproof. How strict is too strict?
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Jun 20, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with the Haim sisters about their new album I Quit out Friday.
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Jun 20, 2025
After working as an emergency medicine physician in Kansas City for years, Kathryn Miner started exploring other ways to help people in her community and pursued lifestyle and culinary medicine.
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Jun 20, 2025
Data from the CDC indicates this may be a bad tick season. So if you're planning a hike, a trip to a park or just hanging out in the backyard, here are some tips to fend off these blood-sucking bugs.
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Jun 20, 2025
Israel and Iran continue to pound each other with missiles. Israelis sought shelter in bunkers in several areas. Many Iranians are trying to flee Tehran, while others have chosen to stay and risk it.
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Jun 20, 2025
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alessandra Sampaio, journalist Dom Phillips' widow, and Jonathan Watts, Phillips' friend and colleague, about finishing the book Phillips was writing when he was killed.
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Jun 20, 2025
The rage virus that escaped from a bio-weapons lab in 28 Days Later has been contained -- to all of England -- in this third installment of the auteur-horror franchise.
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Jun 20, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula about the military planning underway in the U.S. amid the Israel-Iran conflict.
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Jun 19, 2025
The Los Angeles Lakers announced that the team will be sold for $10 billion. Author and historian Jeff Pearlman explains what this means for the franchise and the sport of basketball.
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Jun 19, 2025
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others have said that seed oils are poisoning Americans. The medical community mostly rejects those claims, but they are causing problems for farmers.
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