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Feb 28, 2026
What are people in Iran saying about today's attacks by the U.S. and Israel? We hear from people on the ground who experienced the event as it unfolded.
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Feb 28, 2026
NPR's Emily Kwong speaks to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who is still calling for a vote on a war powers resolution following a wave of U.S.- and Israel-led airstrikes on Iran.
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Feb 28, 2026
Robert Harward is a former U.S. Navy Seal who grew up in Iran and led operations in the region. He speaks with host Mary Louise Kelly about this moment and what it means.
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Feb 28, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio walks a diplomatic tightrope in the Caribbean, pressing for change in Cuba while regional leaders warn of a deepening humanitarian and migration crisis.
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Feb 28, 2026
What will negotiations look like in the weeks after the U.S. and Israel's strikes on Iran? Robert Malley -- who was a lead negotiator on the 2015 Iran Nuclear deal -- offers some insight.
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Feb 28, 2026
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed. He was 86 years old. Khamenei was unwavering in his steadfast antipathy to the US and Israel.
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Feb 28, 2026
The United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran overnight. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly discusses the attacks with NPR's Daniel Estrin and Greg Myre.
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Feb 27, 2026
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Raina Douris, host of World Cafe at member station WXPN, about Mitski's new album, Nothing's About to Happen to Me.
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Feb 27, 2026
Republicans and Democrats are embracing their own takes on populism to respond to shifting politics in the country.
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Feb 27, 2026
In Australia, the attempted return of people with alleged links to the Islamic State has raised questions about who bears responsibility for nationals who traveled overseas to join the Islamic State.
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Feb 27, 2026
Pakistan struck several sites in Afghanistan early Friday in what it calls an "open war." We look at what's driving the renewed fighting.
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Feb 27, 2026
On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Jennette McCurdy talks about her experience with eating disorder recovery.
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Feb 27, 2026
The deal struck by Paramount to acquire CNN's parent company leaves a series of questions over the cable TV news giant. Journalists there are girding for what could be next if the deal is approved.
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Feb 27, 2026
In an effort to stabilize child care in America, the Biden administration changed how child care subsidies are paid. The Trump administration says the change invited fraud and is preparing a reversal.
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Feb 27, 2026
A woman born in Colorado has never had a birth certificate; her parents rejected such things. She's never gone to school, had a job or been on a plane. Revised rules mean she'll soon officially exist.
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Feb 27, 2026
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Hilary Duff about her new album. It's called Luck... Or Something, and is her first release in more than 10 years.
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Feb 27, 2026
WXXI News' Alex Crichton is retiring Friday, after 42 years at the station and hosting All Things Considered in Rochester, N.Y.
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Feb 27, 2026
2016 was a complex year for Black music, between the last year of the Obama presidency, and the numerous high-profile deaths of Black people at the hands of police.
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Feb 27, 2026
Many GOP primary voters in North Carolina say they want a candidate who will support the president after Sen. Thom Tillis chose not to seek reelection following disagreements with President Trump.
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Feb 27, 2026
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with journalist Tina Brown, one of the first to report about Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, about the fallout of the Epstein files.
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Feb 27, 2026
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Helena Bottemiller Evich, founder and editor in chief of Food Fix, about tensions between the MAHA movement and President Trump over glyphosate.
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Feb 27, 2026
By staying out of wars, keeping quiet and building trust, Oman plays a historic role as mediator in the U.S.-Iran talks.
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Feb 27, 2026
Trump announced that Federal agencies would be cease using Anthropic's tools within six months.
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Feb 26, 2026
Warner Bros. says Paramount's sweetened bid to buy the whole company is "superior" to an $83 billion deal it struck with Netflix for just its streaming services, studios, and intellectual property.
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Feb 26, 2026
She's from Iowa. She's a star female college basketball player. Her name is Audi Crooks. The junior at Iowa State University is a center who is known for her dominance on the court.
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Feb 26, 2026
The mayor of Buffalo, New York, is blaming ICE for the death of a man who was released from their custody. The man was blind and did not speak English. He was found dead days after his release.
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Feb 26, 2026
The Trump administration has been sending asylum seekers from Ukraine and Russia back to a warzone. One family in Minnesota says they fear for their lives.
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Feb 26, 2026
In California, the two candidates with the most votes in the primary advance to the general election, regardless of party. That's an issue for Democrats who have nine major candidates for governor.
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Feb 26, 2026
Researchers of online extremism say lack of public accountability in relation to the release of the latest Epstein files has bred a worrying mixture of cynicism and nihilism in some online spaces.
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Feb 26, 2026
Wall Street's AI worries are getting stranger. Chip company Nvidia reported record-breaking earnings on Wednesday, but tech investors are still panicking.
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Feb 26, 2026
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the singer-songwriter Bill Callahan about his new album My Days of 58.
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Feb 26, 2026
Older residents of Kyiv's many high-rises are learning to live with intermittent heat and electricity, cut off by Russian attacks.
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Feb 26, 2026
The official memorials for Jesse Jackson began this week. The late civil rights leader is lying in repose at his Rainbow-Push Coalition headquarters in Chicago Thursday and Friday.
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Feb 26, 2026
In 1946, Orson Welles vowed to solve a shocking crime on his radio show on ABC: the beating of a Black soldier who was returning from service after Word War 2. Radio Diaries recalls the story.
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Feb 26, 2026
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, about his continued efforts to limit President Trump's ability to use military force through war powers resolutions.
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Feb 26, 2026
Indirect talks between the U.S. and Iran have wrapped, and a deal was not reached on Tehran's nuclear program. NPR's weekly national security podcast Sources & Methods explores what's next.
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Feb 26, 2026
NPR Music's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports on the artists making waves on the pop charts. Taylor Swift is now back at number one on the Hot 100. But Bad Bunny hasn't gone anywhere.
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Feb 26, 2026
Why did a $72 million mission to study water on the moon fail so soon after launch? A new NASA report has the answer.
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Feb 26, 2026
After the U.S. withdrew from the World Health Organization, it wasn't clear they would participate in this WHO-led meeting to determine the recipe for the next flu vaccine.
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Feb 25, 2026
Alabama Sen. Katie Britt came to national prominence in 2024 with an image as a firebrand on the right but has developed a reputation as a bipartisan deal maker in the Senate.
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Feb 25, 2026
Well before the Supreme Court struck down many of President Trump's tariffs, Wall Street had been literally betting on it. Firms created a market to sell companies' claims on refunds, if they happen.
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Feb 25, 2026
Bridgerton continues to enthrall fans. This season, Yerin Ha stars as Sophie Baek in a Cinderella-coded story.
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Feb 25, 2026
A Black little league team that got invited to the 1963 Little League World Series but never got to go because of segregation is finally getting recognition.
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Feb 25, 2026
At issue is whether a county can seize homeowners' residence for unpaid property taxes and sell the house at auction for less than the homeowners would get if they put their home on the market themselves.
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Feb 25, 2026
At issue is whether a county can seize homeowners' residence for unpaid property taxes and sell the house at auction for less than the homeowners would get if they put their home on the market themselves.
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Feb 25, 2026
Among the cattle ranches and stretches of desert of Eastern Nevada, there aren't a lot of social events. But there is a full moon hike every month in the tiny town of Baker.
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Feb 25, 2026
When a fatal avalanche happens, what's the process that officials use to analyze a particular event and learn from it?
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Feb 25, 2026
Democrats and others are raising questions about FBI Director Kash Patel's travel on a taxpayer-funded plane.
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Feb 25, 2026
Scientists have created an AI version of a monkey brain that recognizes images without requiring the massive computing power of existing AI systems.
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Feb 25, 2026
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States as Russia's war with Ukraine stretches into a fifth year.
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Feb 25, 2026
Parts of the Apalachicola {APP-ah-LATCH-ih-KOH-lah} Bay re-opened for limited wild oyster harvesting after a five-year pause. Oyster eaters and fishermen are delighted.
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Feb 25, 2026
In his State of the Union address, President Trump avoided health topics that he spoke of last year, including abortion and cancer. He also didn't mention his health secretary RFK Jr.'s priorities.
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Feb 25, 2026
President Trump gave his State of the Union address Tuesday night — and blamed Democrats for the affordability issues facing many Americans. The address was also surprisingly short on new ideas.
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Feb 25, 2026
Olivia Joffrey's teacher organized a Father's Day softball game for students and their dads. But Joffrey's father was sick and not able to be there for his daughter. Her unsung hero stepped in.
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Feb 25, 2026
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Norah O'Donnell about her new book, "We the Women," which chronicles the stories of the women who built America.
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Feb 25, 2026
During a confirmation hearing, senators asked Dr. Casey Means about her current positions and her past statements on a range of public health issues.
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Feb 25, 2026
The shortlist also includes a 1990s pop diva, heavy metal pioneers and a legendary R&B singer and producer.
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Feb 24, 2026
Something rare happened Tuesday in the U.K. Parliament: MPs criticized the royals, which 19th century rules prohibit. But an exception was made for disgraced ex-Prince Andrew — and floodgates opened.
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Feb 24, 2026
The Indian prime minister will meet his Israeli counterpart in Israel this week amid a rapidly shifting geopolitical crisis.
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Feb 24, 2026
Facing rough poll numbers, President Trump has a lot at stake for the State of the Union address. Here's how other presidents have handled the moment.
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Feb 24, 2026
The actor Robert Carradine, famous for roles in Revenge of the Nerds and Lizzie McGuire — among more serious parts — has died. He was 71.
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Feb 24, 2026
Fans of The Washington Post's now-canceled Book World section had a send-off for it last weekend. It was one of the last major sources of book reviews and recommendations for a general news audience.
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Feb 24, 2026
Tomato clownfish appear to adjust the stripes on their bodies in response to social pressures, a new study finds.
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Feb 24, 2026
In the new video game Relooted, players are asked to repatriate African artifacts from museums.
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Feb 24, 2026
Americans paid for tariffs. They shouldn't expect their money back.
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Feb 24, 2026
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with conservative podcaster Michael Knowles, host of The Michael Knowles Show, about what he hopes to hear from President Trump tonight in the State of the Union.
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Feb 24, 2026
President Trump is expected to deliver a lengthy defense of the first year of his second term and make the case for his party ahead of the midterms in his speech Tuesday.
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Feb 24, 2026
In an emotional video plea, Savannah Guthrie announced a $1 million family reward for her mother, Nancy's, recovery.
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Feb 24, 2026
Juana Summers talks with NPR Music's Ann Powers about why Charli XCX's music for the Wuthering Heights film represents a bigger, musical trend in romance reading.
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Feb 24, 2026
An NPR investigation has found that the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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Feb 24, 2026
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Bridget Brink, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who's now running for Congress, about the U.S.'s next moves in brokering peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
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Feb 24, 2026
The company's Claude chatbot is one of the few AI systems cleared for use in classified settings. But a standoff between Anthropic and the Trump administration is putting its government work at risk.
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Feb 24, 2026
What does the Democratic leader see for himself in the years to come?
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Feb 23, 2026
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about the film and TV of a decade ago as part of a Black History Month series about the year 2016.
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Feb 23, 2026
A horse's whinny is an unusually distinctive mix of sounds including both high and low frequencies, a new study in Current Biology shows.
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Feb 23, 2026
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with organized crime expert Steven Dudley about "El Mencho" and what the death of the cartel leader means for the fight against drug trafficking in Mexico.
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Feb 23, 2026
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the busiest National park in the U.S., but with the park service cutting nearly a quarter of all positions last year, volunteers have made up the difference.
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Feb 23, 2026
Blizzard conditions kept people at home from Delaware to coastal New England, with many communities seeing record snowfall. Travel was banned and clean up will be a big project in many towns.
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Feb 23, 2026
In cities around the world, groups of people get together to do on-location drawing in the place where they live. They say it helps them notice new things in their city.
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Feb 23, 2026
In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, as government troops and militia allies battle Rwanda-backed M23 rebels for control of mineral-rich land, civilians pay the price in a brutal war.
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Feb 23, 2026
Oregon caves housed evidence of sewn materials from the end of the last Ice Age.
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Feb 23, 2026
Mexico braced for more violence following an eruption of clashes after the armed killed the leader of a powerful cartel
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Feb 23, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted that Washington helped spark recent protests in Iran by creating a U.S. dollar shortage, leading to runaway inflation.
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Feb 23, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted that Washington helped spark recent protests in Iran by creating a U.S. dollar shortage, leading to runaway inflation.
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Feb 23, 2026
The far-left France Unbowed party faces a backlash after a right-wing activist was beaten to death.
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Feb 23, 2026
Peter Mandelson, former U.K. ambassador to the U.S., has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He's accused of passing government information to Jeffrey Epstein.
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Feb 23, 2026
The war in Ukraine enters its fifth year this week, with millions of Ukrainians displaced, hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed, and little change on the battlefield.
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Feb 23, 2026
A team of researchers in the Netherlands set out to decipher the rules of an ancient Roman board game, with an assist from artificial intelligence.
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Feb 23, 2026
Researchers followed more than 400,000 teens until they were adults. It found that those who used marijuana were more likely to develop serious mental illness, as well as depression and anxiety.
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Feb 23, 2026
Recent breakthroughs have accelerated worries that AI may soon replace humans in the workforce on a massive scale. Two experts talk through how and whether that could happen.
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Feb 22, 2026
Some U.S. Olympians at the Winter Games spend most of their lives overseas, training and putting down roots in the countries they compete against.
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Feb 22, 2026
Tariffs, DHS funding and international tensions are expected to be at the heart of the president's State of the Union speech to Congress this week.
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Feb 22, 2026
NPR's Emily Kwong speaks with Sadeqa Johnson about her new novel THE KEEPER OF LOST CHILDREN and discovering the story of mixed-race children who were left in German orphanages following World War II.
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Feb 22, 2026
Father Andriy Zelinskyy, a chaplain in wartime Ukraine, talks about what he sees in the trenches and what he's learned about the fragility of humanity, years into the war with Russia.
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Feb 22, 2026
In Milan, the site of the Winter Olympic Games, the mayor is taking steps to help migrants while the national governments seeks to discourage immigration.
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Feb 22, 2026
An inmate who was imprisoned for 21 years in Syria's notorious Sadnaya prison shows NPR's Jane Arraf the concrete cells where he was held.
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Feb 22, 2026
An Academy Award in Best Casting will be the newest prize at the Oscars in March. An NPR panel examines what an achievement in casting might mean.
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Feb 21, 2026
Salsa legend, Willie Colon, has died at age 75. Colon was a key part of salsa's development in the 1970's as an instrumentalist, songwriter and producer.
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Feb 21, 2026
President Trump announced a 15% increase on tariffs across the board. Europeans have been celebrating yesterday's SCOTUS decision, but have been doing so quietly.
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Feb 21, 2026
Last year, the video game industry generated around $190 BILLION in revenue. More than the music and film industry combined. How did this medium go from the arcade into a global juggernaut? That's the subject of a new podcast series called Hidden Levels.
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