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Oct 27, 2025
Social media can push us to the dark side with negative content. A new study finds watching inspiring videos for just three minutes a day can boost your mood and reduce stress.
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Oct 27, 2025
A nonprofit based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, is providing smart homes to people with ALS. They use eye tracking software and a small joystick to control everything in the house.
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Oct 27, 2025
Families of Colorado-based troops who liberated Italian mountain regions in World War 2 visit the area and talk with locals about fascism on the 80th anniversary of the war's end.
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Oct 27, 2025
Hurricane Melissa will hit Jamaica as a massive Category 5 storm, and dump huge amounts of rain. Climate change makes large, rainy storms more likely.
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Oct 27, 2025
The dynamic drummer worked with jazz innovators and avant-garde pioneers across his career.
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Oct 27, 2025
The Trump administration now says it won't use a contingency fund to pay SNAP benefits to about 1 in 8 Americans in November.
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Oct 27, 2025
French police question two suspects in the Louvre jewelry theft, caught thanks to DNA evidence.
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Oct 27, 2025
Violence is escalating in Cameroon as Monday's election results confirm 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world's longest-ruling leader, for another term.
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Oct 27, 2025
Billboard ranked what they consider the best Halloween songs. All Things Considered staffers have strong opinions about Billboard's take.
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Oct 27, 2025
A settlement was reached to reunite and provide services for immigrant families that were separated at the border, but the ACLU says the Trump administration is severely undermining the agreement.
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Oct 27, 2025
Californians vote on whether to draw new congressional districts next month. Their decision might come down to how they feel about Gov. Gavin Newsom's confrontation with President Trump.
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Oct 26, 2025
Racers and their dogs from around the world hit Wisconsin's trails for a fast, snowless take on traditional sled dog racing. Katie Thoresen from member station WXPR reports.
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Oct 26, 2025
All Things Considered producers Avery Keatley and Marc Rivers talk about movies that capture the eerie spirit of Halloween without the blood, gore, or jump scares.
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Oct 26, 2025
A vineyard in Virginia has turned pest control into a pastime, arming visitors with electric fly swatters to protect its vines from lanternflies. Randi B. Hagi with member station WMRA reports on its fly swatting competition.
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Oct 26, 2025
A new program at the University of Cambridge library in the UK is asking people to bring in their floppy disks so that any digital artifacts on them can be extracted. Among rediscovered files are documents once belonging to Stephen Hawking, says technical analyst Leontien Talboom.
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Oct 26, 2025
Despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the two year-long war in Gaza has left a grim legacy - as well as tens of thousands killed, according to Gaza health authorities, about 170,000 have been wounded and many have lost limbs. Jane Arraf profiles a doctor who lost his leg after an aid truck hit him.
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Oct 26, 2025
French police have arrested suspects in last week's daring Louvre heist, where thieves disguised as maintenance workers stole a collection of imperial-era jewels in under seven minutes.
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Oct 26, 2025
A Boston woman's rape case fell apart after a DNA match came too late for prosecution, revealing how Massachusetts' 15-year deadline leaves many survivors without justice. WBUR's Willoughby Mariano reports.
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Oct 26, 2025
During his visit to Malaysia, President Trump highlighted a peace deal between Thailand and Cambodia while signaling trade goals and upcoming talks with China and Japan.
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Oct 25, 2025
The Portland Trail Blazers head coach was among several NBA figures arrested this week for allegedly participating in illegal gambling schemes.
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Oct 25, 2025
New sanctions on Russian oil giants show President Trump's frustration with President Putin as his peace effort falters.
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Oct 25, 2025
The Trump administration's goals to crack down on drug trafficking may be at odds with cuts to aid programs meant to fight coca at its source in the Amazon
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Oct 25, 2025
The Port of Houston is feeling the strain as unpaid customs officers, rising tariffs, and a prolonged government shutdown disrupt trade and threaten jobs across Texas.
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Oct 25, 2025
As the ceasefire takes hold, Prime Minister Netanyahu faces a turning point in his political future, according to Anshel Pfeffer of The Economist.
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Oct 25, 2025
For the first time, NATO allowed journalists to witness its annual nuclear exercise, a once-secret event that now serves as both a show of transparency and a message of deterrence toward Russia.
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Oct 25, 2025
NPR's Neda Ulaby and Bob Mondello reflect on Susan Stamberg's lasting influence on arts reporting, sharing how her inventive use of sound, vivid writing, and curiosity taught generations of journalists to make listeners see what they could not watch.
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Oct 24, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with R&B musician Leon Thomas, who describes his new EP Pholks as a collaboration of polymaths inspired by multi-talented artists like Prince and Quincy Jones.
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Oct 24, 2025
A youth orchestra in the Kyiv region composes a symphonic poem, re-creating the sound of wartime nights in Ukraine.
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Oct 24, 2025
Because of the shutdown, the federal government is belatedly releasing new Consumer Price Index numbers, which the Social Security Administration needs to adjust for next year's benefits.
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Oct 24, 2025
Over a week after ex-typhoon Halong swept through western Alaska, people in the affected villages are taking stock. In Kipnuk, state officials estimate that over 90% of structures have been destroyed.
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Oct 24, 2025
Last night's Billboard Latin Music awards honored Bad Bunny, who received the lifetime achievement award. When the legendary Rita Moreno handed it off, the moment was like the passing of a baton.
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Oct 24, 2025
The FBI says card shuffling machines were hacked to cheat at poker as part of a major illegal gambling scheme. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to a reporter who's been covering the machines' vulnerabilities.
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Oct 24, 2025
NPR's Adrian Florido talks with ambassador James B. Story, a former top diplomat to Venezuela, about the rising tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela, and what President Trump's goals might be.
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Oct 24, 2025
The World Series gets underway Friday evening in Toronto between the Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani and Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. are set to shine.
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Oct 24, 2025
A core business line for Western Union is migrant workers in the U.S. sending money back home. An earnings call reflects a lot less of that since President Trump took office.
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Oct 24, 2025
Republicans in Georgia are worried about losing a rare off-year election in November because rural voters might not show up at the polls.
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Oct 24, 2025
NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with George Retes, a U.S. citizen who was detained by federal immigration officers in July while attempting to enter his workplace.
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Oct 24, 2025
On his first album in nearly a decade, global superstar Miguel pulls inspiration from his personal life and Mexican heritage.
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Oct 24, 2025
For years, the Kremlin has been cracking down on the internet. It has banned Facebook and Instagram. Now, it's pushing a new app called "Max" for a wide range of internet services.
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Oct 23, 2025
Fall is when farmers apply for credit and other assistance ahead of spring planting. The federal shutdown means they can't.
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Oct 23, 2025
After Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered cities to remove art from roadways, issues of political messaging — and who gets to define it — prompted confusion across the state.
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Oct 23, 2025
Ticketmaster's CEO made waves with a recent comment that event tickets are underpriced. Economics 101 backs him up. So why do ticket prices seem so out of control?
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Oct 23, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with European Union leaders as they prepare massive new financing for Kyiv's war effort.
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Oct 23, 2025
More than 25 years ago, Philip Pullman's first novel, The Golden Compass, introduced readers to heroine Lyra Belacqua. Now, more than 25 years later, her story comes to a close in The Rose Field.
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Oct 23, 2025
Researchers have found a new "grue jay" bird in South Texas, a hybrid between blue and gray jay birds that is likely the result of shifting weather patterns and climate change.
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Oct 23, 2025
Misty Copeland was the first Black principal dancer at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre.
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Oct 23, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Kevin Blackistone, a national sports columnist at The Washington Post, about where Thursday's NBA gambling arrests fit within the history of sports gambling scandals.
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Oct 23, 2025
The city of Toronto is buzzing in anticipation for their Blue Jays first World Series since 1993.
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Oct 23, 2025
Local leaders in Astoria, Oregon are building a hospital meant to withstand earthquakes and tsunamis, but the Trump administration canceled its FEMA grant, and the shutdown has stalled communication.
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Oct 23, 2025
Billboard magazine implemented new rules for when old songs must be removed from the Hot 100.
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Oct 23, 2025
Cattle ranchers are upset at President Trump over his comments that he plans to buy beef from Argentina. Ranchers say it will hurt struggling farmers.
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Oct 23, 2025
Following Portland's example, demonstrators at No Kings protests around the U.S. donned inflatable costumes to counter the Republican narrative that the events are hate-filled and un-American.
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Oct 23, 2025
NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with California Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democrat, on an investigation he is leading into arrests of U.S. citizens by federal immigration authorities.
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Oct 23, 2025
A new peer-reviewed analysis shows K-12 students who got regular access to social and emotional learning had better test scores and better grades.
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Oct 23, 2025
With the theft of valuable jewels from The Louvre this week, NPR looks into the economic imperatives for going to the trouble of stealing artifacts from museums.
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Oct 23, 2025
NPR's It's Been a Minute podcast explored some of the pitfalls of relying on AI search results, including concerns about accuracy and bias.
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Oct 23, 2025
Prosecutors say Rozier and others passed confidential intel to organized crime groups to help wager on NBA games. Billups allegedly participated in a separate scheme involving underground poker games.
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Oct 22, 2025
An Oregon penitentiary is showcasing its inmates' debating skills. They make arguments, speak to others' perspectives and resolve disputes amicably.
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Oct 22, 2025
An Oregon penitentiary is showcasing its inmates' debating skills. They make arguments, speak to others' perspectives and resolve disputes amicably.
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Oct 22, 2025
The President's "cardiac age" has been reported to be 14 years younger than his chronological age. What does this mean, and who can get this test?
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Oct 22, 2025
Many Christians are worried that the rise of Christian Nationalism — the idea that the U.S. government should be ruled by Christian beliefs — is doing harm to their religion.
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Oct 22, 2025
President Trump's expansive interpretation of executive power is continuing to reshape federal spending in a government shutdown.
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Oct 22, 2025
Portland launches York Fest, an event to honor an enslaved Black man named York who entered what is now Oregon as part of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Oct 22, 2025
Scientists test a traditional method for fermenting yogurt... using ants.
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Oct 22, 2025
American Eric Lu is the newest winner of the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition held in Warsaw, Poland.
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Oct 22, 2025
Ever see two people and wonder, are they a couple? Aaron Feinberg, a co-creator of Meet Cutes NYC, takes this question head-on in his spontaneous interviews on the streets of New York and new book.
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Oct 22, 2025
When you hear "tree rodeo," you may expect people lassoing branches. But in this event, arborists for utility companies show off the skills that allow them to safely remove trees from power lines.
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Oct 22, 2025
Researchers in the U.K. have published a major review of published data on physical side effects related to antidepressants such as changes in weight, blood pressure and heart rate.
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Oct 22, 2025
In the NBA season opener, the Houston Rockets started the tallest NBA lineup of all time. Host Ailsa Chang speaks with the Ringer's Rob Mahoney, about the evolution of the skilled big man in the NBA.
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Oct 22, 2025
Congo is suffering from an Ebola outbreak, but even when the virus is contained there remains a risk. Scientists are trying to understand how the virus can hide out inside the bodies of survivors.
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Oct 22, 2025
The assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has reanimated claims that the left is increasingly responsible for terrorist activity in the U.S. But the data paints a more complicated picture.
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Oct 22, 2025
Even small actions can have a positive impact
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Oct 22, 2025
Jared Kushner played a decisive role in securing the ceasefire, but it comes with questions about the appropriateness of him working with countries giving him billions.
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Oct 22, 2025
The NPR Politics Podcast breaks down the central policy issue behind the government shutdown: enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans.
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Oct 22, 2025
In some communities, fire crews are delayed -- not by distance, but by a lack of equipment. Higher costs and supply chain issues means some departments have to wait years for new trucks.
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Oct 22, 2025
It's called the oldest high school to graduate Black students west of the Mississippi River. Sumner High School opened in 1875. There's been an ongoing fight with the school board to keep the school alive.
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Oct 22, 2025
The game that's now known as lacrosse was a powerful and healing tradition in many Native American communities. It had largely disappeared but an effort to bring the game back has taken root.
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Oct 21, 2025
Poet and performance artist John Giorno launched Dial-a-Poem in the 1960s to deliver random poems over the phone. Now, a group continues his work on a new medium -- the internet.
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Oct 21, 2025
New York City has long argued over whether to ban the horse-drawn carriages that ferry tourists around Central Park and other sites. Now, it looks like the horses may at last be put out to pasture.
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Oct 21, 2025
The Trump administration has pledged to invest in artificial intelligence. Yet a promising program that uses AI to solve weather-related problems lost funding from the National Science Foundation.
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Oct 21, 2025
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, noted Jewish activist and author of The Freedom Seder, has died at the age of 92. He spent nearly six decades writing, teaching and changing the shape of American Jewish practice.
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Oct 21, 2025
American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky died this week at 29 years old — just two weeks shy of his 30th birthday. His peers remember him as humble despite his immense skill.
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Oct 21, 2025
Remember when the internet was simple? A little less violent? In his new book Racebook, Tochi Onyebuchi hearkens back to the early days of the internet, how fun it was, and when everything changed.
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Oct 21, 2025
On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Actor and author Nick Offerman reflects on a place that shaped him.
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Oct 21, 2025
What does the government shutdown mean for the financial stability of houses of worship in the DC area? And how are clergy ministering to those affected?
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Oct 21, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, age 34, is on track to topple Andrew Cuomo who's been Democratic Party royalty for decades. Analysts say Mamdani's hopeful appeals to young voters on social media shook up the race.
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Oct 21, 2025
The idea of "common sense" has been central to American politics since the founding of the United States. Politicians still use the phrase all the time -- perhaps none more so than Donald Trump.
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Oct 21, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Anthony Amore, director of security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, about art heists and what he's noticed about the recent jewelry theft from the Louvre.
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Oct 21, 2025
The Washington Post reports that Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed to return MS-13 informants who were in U.S. custody to El Salvador — to secure access to El Salvador's most notorious prison.
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Oct 21, 2025
North Carolina Republicans plan to redraw their congressional districts to provide a boost for the GOP. It's the latest in a series of moves initiated by the White House.
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Oct 21, 2025
Japan has chosen a hardline nationalist as its first female prime minister. She's shattered a glass ceiling, but she's no feminist, and her ruling coalition, she admits, faces grave challenges.
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Oct 21, 2025
Just over half the states in the U.S. have schools that operate on a 4 day/per week schedule. Their numbers continue to climb. It's an effort by schools to attract and retain teachers.
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Oct 21, 2025
Vice President JD Vance arrives in Israel as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to bolster a Mideast ceasefire that's already proving shaky.
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Oct 21, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Ellie Rushing, crime reporter from the Philadelphia Inquirer, on how a drop in violent crime and new technology is leading to a high homicide clearance rate.
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Oct 21, 2025
A decade ago, research said giving young children peanut products can prevent allergies. A new study says that, 10 years later, tens of thousands of U.S. children have avoided allergies as a result.
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Oct 20, 2025
Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions in the human world as well.
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Oct 20, 2025
Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions in the human world as well.
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Oct 20, 2025
The race for governor in blue New Jersey appears to be a dead heat between Democratic Rep. and former Navy pilot Mikie Sherrill and pro-Trump Republican and longtime N.J. politician Jack Ciattarelli.
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Oct 20, 2025
Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a ceasefire after unprecedented clashes, including strikes in Kabul and the deaths of three cricket players
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Oct 20, 2025
The Charlotte Symphony decided it wants a sonic logo, so it got a composer to write a seven-second piece of music for the orchestra.
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