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Jul 30, 2025
On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Comedian Aparna Nancherla talks about how her rage is manifesting in middle age.
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Jul 30, 2025
In the 8th inning of the Blue Jays-Orioles game Tuesday, Toronto's catcher, Ali Sanchez, was on the mound. Here's what happened when he threw a 35-mph pitch.
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Jul 30, 2025
In the 8th inning of the Blue Jays-Orioles game Tuesday, Toronto's catcher, Ali Sanchez, was on the mound. Here's what happened when he threw a 35-mph pitch.
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Jul 30, 2025
Texas Republicans have unveiled a proposed redraw of the state's congressional map that is likely to help the party pick up additional seats.
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Jul 30, 2025
North Carolina has a tradition of divided government, and the competition between the two parties over things like DEI, gun laws, and transgender care heated up this week.
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Jul 30, 2025
U.S. aid cuts have stoked the existing malnutrition crisis in northern Nigeria as treatment centers are forced to shut with the loss of U.S. support.
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Jul 30, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Kit Miyamoto, an engineer specializing in disaster recovery, about U.S. readiness following the major earthquake off the Pacific coast of Russia.
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Jul 30, 2025
NPR goes on a coast-to-coast hunt for treasure hiding in plain sight. Learn about sea glass and how to find it.
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Jul 30, 2025
A fragile ceasefire between Druze fighters and armed Bedouin clans in Syria has brought an uneasy pause in the violence there but a strain on Syria's interim government, and tested the loyalties of the Druze communities across the border in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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Jul 30, 2025
The National Transportation Safety Board opened a three-day investigative hearing Wednesday on the January midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which killed 67 people.
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Jul 30, 2025
Some of the same podcasters who backed President Trump last November have grown frustrated over the handling of the Epstein case, saying officials haven't keep their word to make more details public.
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Jul 29, 2025
Gaza faces a severe risk of famine, with food consumption and nutrition indicators at their worst levels since the conflict began, according to a Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Alert.
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Jul 29, 2025
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is changing how federal agencies handle vaccine recommendations. Pediatricians say some parents worry about future access and want to get kids' shots early.
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Jul 29, 2025
Trump went to Scotland for a golf minibreak, but the political firestorm over the Epstein files followed him there.
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Jul 29, 2025
Texas Congressman Keith Self held one of the few GOP town halls planned while the House is on summer recess. Constituents asked about Social Security solvency as well as the Jeffrey Epstein files.
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Jul 29, 2025
A growing number of American Jews whose parents and grandparents fled Germany during World War II are now getting German citizenship.
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Jul 29, 2025
A growing number of American Jews whose parents and grandparents fled Germany during World War II are now getting German citizenship, in part because of political concerns in the United States.
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Jul 29, 2025
Two of the U.S.'s largest railroad companies, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, say they plan to merge, which would create the country's first coast-to-coast freight railroad.
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Jul 29, 2025
Chicago Cubs legend and Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg has died after battling cancer. The second baseman was a Cub's fan favorite who earned a reputation as one of the best all-around players in the game.
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Jul 29, 2025
New York City authorities are trying to learn additional information about 27-year-old Shane Tamura, the gunman who burst into a Manhattan skyscraper and killed four people, including an NYPD officer.
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Jul 29, 2025
An influential poet has died at the age of 61. Thomas Sayers Ellis was the founder of a community of Black poets, as well as a musician, photographer and bandleader.
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Jul 29, 2025
Sculptures are sunk to the bottom of the Mediterranean sea with concrete blocks to break the nets of the trawlers that devastate marine life. They now protect miles of Tuscan coastline.
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Jul 29, 2025
Before departing Scotland, President Trump inaugurated a new golf course he owns, named after his Scottish-born mother. NPR spoke to some of Trump's new neighbors.
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Jul 29, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with David Milliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, about his call to allow more aid to enter Gaza amid a food crisis on the verge of famine.
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Jul 29, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rax King about her new collection of essays, Sloppy. King is now three years sober from alcohol and cocaine, and the book documents her journey getting clean.
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Jul 29, 2025
The Trump administration proposes eliminating a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. That would undermine the EPA's climate change regulations for power plants and cars.
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Jul 29, 2025
Earlier this year, Iran ordered Afghans living illegally in the country to leave. Since then, the government has labeled them Israeli spies, targeted their housing, employment and banking.
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Jul 28, 2025
In an effort to change the conversation following its CEO getting caught at a Coldplay concert with the head of HR, Astronomer hired actress Gwyneth Paltrow to make an ad. Was it a successful PR move?
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Jul 28, 2025
Studies show the populations of most North American shorebirds are declining. But the American oystercatcher found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts is a success story.
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Jul 28, 2025
As hunger grips Gaza,President Trump acknowledges "real starvation" and calls on Israel to allow "every ounce of food" in.
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Jul 28, 2025
President Trump's executive order on homelessness aims to make it easier for states and cities to get people into mental health or addiction treatment, even if that means involuntary civil commitment.
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Jul 28, 2025
In 2009, Kim Perlak was teaching music at three different colleges while also working a number of other jobs. She felt totally alone. A woman in the registrar's office changed that.
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Jul 28, 2025
NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi tells an unexpected family story from Israel about the friendship of her father and his Iraqi Jewish college friend.
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Jul 28, 2025
Marvel superheroes Mr. Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) take on planet-devourer in Fantastic Four: First Steps.
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Jul 28, 2025
The Trump administration has stopped a longstanding practice of allowing immigrants who are challenging deportation to do so while free on bond. Officials now say they should all remain in detention.
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Jul 28, 2025
The American Medical Association is urging Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to oust members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a group of experts focused on primary care.
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Jul 28, 2025
The EU and the U.S. finally have a preliminary trade agreement. What do Europeans think of it? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with EU ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupšiene.
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Jul 28, 2025
In Scotland, President Trump pledges more food aid for Gaza and threatens a tighter deadline for Russia sanctions.
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Jul 28, 2025
Carlos Daniel Terán, a 19 year old Venezuelan who was picked up by ICE in Texas and sent to CECOT prison, says he was beaten and abused by guards at the maximum security prison in El Salvador.
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Jul 28, 2025
President Trump's executive order on how cities and states deal with homelessness encourages removing encampments and getting people into treatment -- through involuntary civil commitment if needed.
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Jul 28, 2025
Cole's French Dip -- the oldest continually operating restaurant and bar in Los Angeles -- is closing. Customers are mourning the restaurant and its "classic Hollywood feeling."
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Jul 28, 2025
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now the No. 2 official at the Department of Justice and is handling the Epstein matter. His involvement raises unusual questions.
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Jul 28, 2025
A study of more than 2,100 people ages 60 to 79 found that an intensive two-year program of mental and physical activities, along with a heart-healthy diet, improved memory and thinking.
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Jul 28, 2025
A bright moon will make it hard to see the Perseid meteor shower in mid-August, but one night this week offers a decent chance of seeing some shooting stars.
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Jul 27, 2025
Pamela Melroy, former Deputy Administrator of NASA, talks about the importance of NASA to U.S. interests amid concerns about proposed budget cuts.
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Jul 27, 2025
Ichiro Suzuki has just been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Shannon Drayer about one of the most fascinating careers in Major League Baseball history.
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Jul 27, 2025
To mark the 40th anniversary of Back to the Future, NPR looks at what it takes to get time travel right on the big screen
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Jul 27, 2025
The Warped Tour is back this summer to celebrate its 30th anniversary.
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Jul 27, 2025
Prolonged and severe malnutrition is permanently damaging the health of children across Gaza. Doctors warn even if Israel lets in more food now, the damage to children's bodies can be irreversible.
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Jul 27, 2025
Journalist Art Silverman has an appreciation of the world's most influential, part-time musical-satirist. Tom Lehrer made people laugh by singing about politics, nuclear destruction and social harmony, among other themes.
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Jul 27, 2025
Trump had most recently threatened tariffs of 30% on imports from the European Union. But on Sunday, he met with the president of the European Commission, and they agreed to a lower level.
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Jul 26, 2025
Pop megastar Madonna's new album, called 'Veronica Electronica,' returns to a time when Madonna was at the peak of her powers - and when dance music transformed into forms that were both more aggressive and more psychedelic.
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Jul 26, 2025
More than two million people living in Gaza are starving and hopes for a temporary ceasefire have been dashed after the U.S. accused Hamas of negotiating in bad faith.
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Jul 26, 2025
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Tamerra Griffin of The Athletic about Sunday's Euro Cup final between Spain and England.
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Jul 26, 2025
As the deadline for the start of 30 percent tariffs on the EU, Cecilia Malmstrom, former European Commissioner for Trade, explains the scope and scale of the EU-US trading partnership and what's at stake if a deal isn't reached.
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Jul 26, 2025
In our latest Reporter's Notebook conversation, we explore what it's like to report on the aftermath of deadly flooding and how it impacts the people who survive.
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Jul 26, 2025
During a week of urgent news, the administration has pushed a report on Obama and Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. NPR Senior Political Editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro and Cybersecurity correspondent Jenna McLaughlin unpack the context and timing.
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Jul 25, 2025
Artist Amy Sherald, who painted Michelle Obama's portrait, has canceled an upcoming exhibition of her work at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery after a dispute.
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Jul 25, 2025
Starvation is plaguing Gaza. We hear about why getting food to the half million people who need it is so difficult.
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Jul 25, 2025
An appreciation of Dame Cleo Laine, a jazz singer whose evocative phrasing and four-octave range made her among the most celebrated voices in the world.
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Jul 25, 2025
President Emmanuel Macron says France will become the first G7 country to recognize a Palestinian state, drawing praise from Palestinian leaders and sharp condemnation from Israel. Will other nations follow?
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Jul 25, 2025
Tariffs chaos is continuing — but investors and some big companies are shrugging it off.
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Jul 25, 2025
Protesters gather in Scotland, where President Trump's late mother was born, and where he's dedicating a new golf resort to her this weekend.
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Jul 25, 2025
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., about his office's investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's financial transactions -- and why he is urging the U.S. attorney general to act further.
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Jul 25, 2025
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been making big changes to federal vaccine policies. Many medical experts are concerned the administration will further limit vaccine access.
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Jul 25, 2025
Democrats have introduced legislation in California and New York, as well as in Congress, requiring officers to show their faces as anger mounts about the "secret police" vibe of ICE officers.
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Jul 25, 2025
A new law could mean bettors lose more money during tax season. Major poker players are calling on Congress to royally flush the measure down the drain.
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Jul 24, 2025
The Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of Paramount Global after the buyer made pledges to showcase a diversity of viewpoints and root out alleged bias in CBS' news coverage.
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Jul 24, 2025
President Trump took time to tour the headquarters of the Federal Reserve on Thursday -- part of a pressure campaign on its chair Jerome Powell.
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Jul 24, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Travis View, co-host of the QAA podcast, about how information about Jeffrey Epstein became the issue to drive a wedge in the MAGA base.
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Jul 24, 2025
Unlike most of its neighbors in the top 10, Lenae's slow-burning hit actually sounds like summer, says NPR Music's Stephen Thompson. It's a buoyant R&B throwback with a sugar rush vibe that fits in at pool parties, barbecues and beach hangs.
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Jul 24, 2025
The quintessential American economic myth is that the free market picks winners and losers. But the federal government has long had a role in this equation.
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Jul 24, 2025
The Short Wave team talks about spider origins, why the odds of having a girl or a boy aren't 50-50, and what the Orion constellation reveals about the life cycles of stars.
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Jul 24, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are suing a U.S. influencer for claiming that the first lady was born male.
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Jul 24, 2025
Delta airlines says it wants to use AI to price 20 percent of all domestic fares. Lawmakers and consumers alike have concerns about the implications of the company's policy when it comes to privacy and consumer protection.
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Jul 24, 2025
Israeli settler attacks have reached a Palestinian Christian village of the occupied West Bank. It drew a rare rebuke from the U.S. ambassador to Israel, an evangelical Christian pastor and supporter of Israeli settlers.
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Jul 24, 2025
Neurotic robots are a staple of science fiction. Researchers who study how people react to robot personalities, however, haven't focused on this much -- though one study recently found that neurotic traits in a robot can make them seem more relatable.
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Jul 24, 2025
The USDA has told states they must turn over SNAP recipients' sensitive data between July 24 and July 30. A federal judge will weigh in on whether that happens.
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Jul 23, 2025
From Buenos Aires to Bangkok, Montreal to Moscow, nearly every taxi driver in the world understands "OK." It's a gift from American English that's spread across the globe in less than 200 years.
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Jul 23, 2025
The decision further limits a 90-year-old high-court precedent that was aimed at protecting the independence of certain regulatory agencies.
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Jul 23, 2025
The School District of Philadelphia used pandemic relief money to launch the Summer Achievers program. The goal is to bring teachers and nonprofits together to make learning fun for kids.
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Jul 23, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tim Podlogar, who researches exercise metabolism, about how elite cyclists consume thousands of calories each day to compete in the Tour de France.
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Jul 23, 2025
A pharmacist created a hospital go-bag for his 93-year-old father. The idea is catching on, since nearly a quarter of older people who go to the emergency department end up being admitted.
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Jul 23, 2025
Despite great fanfare in Washington, Indonesian businesses say they are not convinced by the trade agreement with the U.S.
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Jul 23, 2025
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Kate Phillips-Barrasso, a vice president of Mercy Corps, about a joint statement issued by over 100 aid organizations warning of mass starvation in Gaza.
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Jul 23, 2025
When Congress approved a Trump administration plan to take back $9 billion in funds for public media and foreign aid, just one program was spared: the U.S.'s HIV/AIDS initiative, or PEPFAR.
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Jul 23, 2025
As the situation in Gaza becomes more and more dire, with reports of people dying from starvation, NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Israel's Permanent Representative to the U.N. Danny Danon.
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Jul 23, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will heed protesters angry about his new anti-corruption policy.
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Jul 23, 2025
Why are some songbirds so brightly colored? A new study finds that a hidden layer of black and white feathers help their colors pop.
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Jul 23, 2025
The International Court of Justice has ruled that nations are legally obligated to respond to climate change. The case was brought by a small island nation that faces an existential threat.
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Jul 22, 2025
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about the sentencing of a former police officer involved in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor.
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Jul 22, 2025
One of the nation's oldest Civil Rights organization warns the Trump administration's policies have thrust the country into a "state of emergency" for antidiscrimination policies, personal freedoms and black economic advancement.
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Jul 22, 2025
Aid has been pouring into areas affected by the devastating Texas floods. But those in the U.S. illegally are reluctant to seek help, fearing arrest. A church is helping them collect what they need.
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Jul 22, 2025
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the latest TV iteration of the nearly 60-year-old franchise, debuts its third season on Paramount this week. NPR spoke with members of the cast.
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Jul 22, 2025
As Trump supporters continue to demand answers in the Epstein case, today the DOJ requested to question jailed Epstein associate Ghislane Maxwell.
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Jul 22, 2025
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kevin Combs of McKeany-Flavell about the U.S. sugar industry's capacity to meet demand for a new Coke drink made with U.S. cane sugar.
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Jul 22, 2025
President Trump says he was unaware of the latest developments in the Epstein backlash and pivots to his complaints about the Obama administration.
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Jul 22, 2025
On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Jason Reynolds talks about the realities of caregiving for his aging mom.
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Jul 22, 2025
Bogota's police crackdown on the tire puncturing scammers wreaking havoc on the Colombian capitals unsuspecting motorists
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Jul 22, 2025
The price of rice in Japan has doubled in the last year. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with University of Pittsburgh scholar Kay Shimizu about what's behind the shortage in the homeland of sushi.
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