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Sep 18, 2024
Another former officer, who pleaded guilty to federal charges, testified that the assault occurred after a traffic stop and afterwards the officers lied about using excessive force.
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Sep 18, 2024
New research from Gallup and Workhuman finds that employees who receive recognition on the job are 45% less likely to leave their jobs. Younger workers, in particular, say appreciation is key.
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Sep 18, 2024
After decades of devastating increases driven by fentanyl and other toxic street drugs, overdose deaths are dropping sharply in much of the U.S. The trend could mean roughly 20,000 fewer deaths in 2024.
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Sep 18, 2024
Hundreds of costumed "Helens" are cheerfully invading bars across the country in honor of Helen Roper, from the 1970s sitcom Three's Company.
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Sep 18, 2024
In Part 2 of David Rennie's exit interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, the former Beijing Bureau chief for "The Economist" talks about living under the strict scrutiny of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Sep 18, 2024
An attack on pagers used by members of Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah led to thousands of casualties. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Beirut-based journalist Kim Ghattas about the unusual attack.
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Sep 18, 2024
A long-awaited mission to Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter, is on track to launch in just a few weeks. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 17, 2024.)
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Sep 18, 2024
Residents of India-administered Kashmir begin voting in the first regional elections in a decade. It comes years after India's government stripped away the territory's statehood.
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Sep 18, 2024
Floods have taken lives and buried towns in eastern Europe, Nigeria and Shanghai this week. Scientists say intense precipitation is becoming more possible with human-driven climate change.
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Sep 17, 2024
The apparent second assassination attempt of Donald Trump is stirring concern about growing political violence in the U.S.
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Sep 17, 2024
U.S. military veterans who support Ukraine worry about political blowback since the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has connections to their movement.
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Sep 17, 2024
Hundreds of members of Hezbollah were wounded by exploding pagers when they exploded in their pockets in what appeared to be synchronized blasts.
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Sep 17, 2024
Producer and star Sean "Diddy" Combs, who has been accused by multiple people of sexual misconduct, was arrested on Tuesday in Manhattan.
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Sep 17, 2024
Why do pop radio stations play the same songs over and over again? We take a closer look.
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Sep 17, 2024
Springfield faces repeated evacuations, lockdowns and cancellations after the spread of false claims about Haitian migrants. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Springfield News-Sun reporter Jessica Orozco.
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Sep 17, 2024
The apparent second assassination attempt of Donald Trump is stirring concern about growing political violence in the U.S.
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Sep 17, 2024
New York City has lots of rats. Officials are trying to contain them by resorting to something many other cities have relied on for years.
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Sep 17, 2024
A year after the UAW's historic strike against the Big 3 Automakers, the union has tried to use the momentum to write its next success story in the South. However, it's getting pushback.
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Sep 17, 2024
Georgia is a key swing state — it carries a lot of electoral votes. Only seven states have more. The Harris and Trump campaigns see it as key to their path to the presidency.
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Sep 17, 2024
U.S. military veterans who support Ukraine worry about political blowback since the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has connections to their movement.
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Sep 17, 2024
Families of men who disappeared during the rule of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hope for answers now that she's been ousted.
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Sep 17, 2024
David Rennie, longtime China Bureau Chief of "The Economist," is leaving Beijing. In Part 1 of an exit interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Rennie talks about where the Chinese economy is headed.
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Sep 17, 2024
Teenage boys have a new hair style obsession. Shaved on the sides, with a lot of fluff on top, it looks like the tuft of hair between an alpaca's ears.
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Sep 17, 2024
The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates this week for the first time since it started raising them in response to inflation. One group in particular is watching: Homeowners.
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Sep 17, 2024
The future of Fox News — and the rest of the Murdoch media empire — is at stake in a trial this week in Reno, Nevada. Rupert Murdoch wants to change his will to consolidate his eldest son's power.
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Sep 17, 2024
The journey U.S.-made ammunition make to the frontline in Ukraine is nearly 5,000 miles. We began in Pennsylvania, where workers make ammunition. Now we trace its path across the Atlantic.
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Sep 16, 2024
As early voting has begun, NPR's Steve Inskeep asks David Becker, executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research, what options voters have to cast ballots.
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Sep 16, 2024
The Trump campaign was the first to alert people with a statement from spokesman Steven Cheung: "President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity." VP Harris says she's glad he's safe.
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Sep 16, 2024
A man is in custody after what the FBI says was an apparent attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump while he was golfing in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Sep 16, 2024
The Emmy Awards didn't offer a single show that outperformed the rest. Instead, a few shows split most of the major categories -- without too many surprises.
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Sep 16, 2024
The Justice Department and TikTok will be arguing before a Washington appeals court over the fate of the app in the U.S. A federal law that takes effect in January may ban TikTok in the U.S.
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Sep 16, 2024
A Guantánamo judge will consider this week whether the defense secretary illegally rescinded plea deals with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other men charged in the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
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Sep 16, 2024
Puerto Rico's unstable electric grid affects every sector of society, including the island's rich cultural scene. An outage abruptly ended an emerging pianist's recent concert, touching a nerve.
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Sep 16, 2024
Here's another good reason to keep exercising. A study finds people with obesity who exercise can store more fat under the skin instead of around their organs, which is much better for their health.
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Sep 16, 2024
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with historian Lindsay Chervinsky about lessons on the American presidency that can be learned from the then fledgling nation's second president, John Adams.
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Sep 16, 2024
The U.S. is dismissing the Venezuelan government's claim that the CIA is behind an alleged plot to destabilize the country.
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Sep 16, 2024
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks that question to Bill Gage, a former Secret Service agent, who is now a senior security consultant with Safe Haven Security Group.
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Sep 16, 2024
Morning Edition visits the Scranton, P.a, n Plant to get a behind the scenes look at how defense manufacturing contributes the economy in Northeastern Pa.
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Sep 13, 2024
The superstition of Friday the 13th isn't as old as you think. Here are some of the potential origins of unlucky days around the world.
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Sep 13, 2024
Australia has added 750 new species of plants, animals, fungi and other organisms to its official list of species living on the continent.
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Sep 13, 2024
With the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris over, the sprint is on to campaign for votes -- especially in swing states. We examine each campaign's post-debate strategies.
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Sep 13, 2024
The United States supports creating two new permanent U.N. Security Council seats for African states, and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states
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Sep 13, 2024
The United States supports creating two new permanent U.N. Security Council seats for African states, and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states
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Sep 13, 2024
Friday the 13th is a widespread superstition around the world. Some countries, however, have their own bad luck days.
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Sep 13, 2024
In this week's StoryCorps, a man shares his love of playing drums on Philadelphia's streets.
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Sep 13, 2024
President Biden hosts the new British prime minister at the White House. They'll discuss whether to let Ukraine launch western weapons into Russia. If they do, Russia says it will respond accordingly.
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Sep 13, 2024
Crime is a perennial issue in presidential campaigns, but experts say public perceptions of safety and justice are much different today than 30 years ago.
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Sep 13, 2024
Jifeng Bookstore in Shanghai used to be a gathering place for academics and students, but it closed in 2018 after the Chinese government declined to renew the lease on the building.
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Sep 13, 2024
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with actor Ian McKellen about his starring role as a powerful London theater critic who savages "bad performance" in Anand Tucker's new film The Critic.
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Sep 13, 2024
Some chefs are making the switch to electric stoves, and they are finding surprising benefits beyond just improving their climate impact.
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Sep 13, 2024
A rundown of the fall movies that we should be looking forward to the most, and the standouts from the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Sep 13, 2024
Linguist John McWhorter speaks with Steve Inskeep about Donald Trump's "weaving" style of speech.
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Sep 13, 2024
Russia's war on Ukraine will top Biden-Starmer meeting agenda. With the debate behind them, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump hit the campaign trail. Gas stoves may get a health warning in California.
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Sep 13, 2024
The FBI is investigating a bomb threat that had officials in Springfiel evacuate city hall. The Ohio city has been dealing with hostile and false rumors about Haitians who live there.
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Sep 12, 2024
NPR's Geoff Brumfiel fills us in on the first private spacewalk, which took place this morning.
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Sep 12, 2024
In FX's ‘The Old Man,' Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow play men who once clashed in the intelligence world. In the show's second season, they join forces to save Bridges' daughter, played by Alia Shawkat.
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Sep 12, 2024
A lawsuit contends that state officials are abusing state resources and interfering with a November ballot initiative that would expand abortion rights in the state. A judge fast-tracked the lawsuit.
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Sep 12, 2024
More than a year of conflict has brought one of Africa's largest countries to its knees and unleashed the world's greatest humanitarian crisis.
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Sep 12, 2024
More than a year of conflict has brought one of Africa's largest countries to its knees and unleashed the world's greatest humanitarian crisis.
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Sep 12, 2024
Donald Trump's false claims shined a light on immigrants in Springfield, Ohio. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Gov. Mike DeWine about the influx of Haitian migrants in Springfield.
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Sep 12, 2024
Climate change is driving more extreme weather events in the region where many cocoa beans are grown. A brother-sister team in Germany is working on a solution: making chocolate without cocoa beans.
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Sep 12, 2024
Australia has added 750 new species of plants, animals and other organisms to its official list of species living on the continent.
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Sep 12, 2024
Ukraine's president wants to attack targets inside Russia. Will the U.S. loosen restrictions on the long-range weapons it provides for the war?
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Sep 12, 2024
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right think tank, about how a potential second Trump administration would create economic growth.
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Sep 12, 2024
In South Korea's competitive, traffic-snarled capital, urban camping offers some welcome relaxation to campers with all the right gear but little time to travel.
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Sep 12, 2024
Opening statements in the trial of three former Memphis police officers revealed details in how the trial is likely to unfold.
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Sep 12, 2024
Classical music is a hit in Arkansas, where the symphony orchestra will have a new $12 million home. The Stella Boyle Smith Music Center is the symphony's first permanent home in its 58-year history.
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Sep 12, 2024
Line cutting can lead to a $145 fine. It's also a violation of ferry etiquette that can unleash road rage -- especially from locals toward visitors and transplants who aren't versed in ferry culture.
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Sep 12, 2024
As global warming makes cocoa expensive, a German couple is working on a tasty chocolate substitute
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Sep 12, 2024
Ten nations are exposing Russian hacking tactics against Ukraine and its allies. For Estonia, one of those nations, it's a major milestone.
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Sep 12, 2024
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Middle East security and nuclear policy expert Seyed Hossein Mousavian about Iran's nuclear program and U.S.-Iranian relations.
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Sep 11, 2024
Nearly half of the water drawn from the Colorado River goes to feed for beef and dairy cows. Researchers say modest changes in American diets could help farmers use less water — and help the climate.
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Sep 11, 2024
Nearly half of women over 40 have dense breasts, which raises their risk of breast cancer. Mammograms should now include an assessment of breast tissue density.
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Sep 11, 2024
All summer, a wide range of hits were in the running for the biggest songs of the season — country singalongs, rap diss tracks, pop kiss-offs and rock epics. But two took the race down to the wire.
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Sep 11, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his U.K. counterpart are in Kyiv after Russia received shipments of close-range ballistic missile systems from Iran.
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Sep 11, 2024
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Republican strategist Ron Bonjean and Democratic strategist Maria Cardona about their reactions to the Trump-Harris debate.
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Sep 11, 2024
Researchers, farmer and bakers in Washington State are on the hunt for agricultural solutions that could help create a better loaf. They're looking at wheat blends that can help preserve soil carbon.
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Sep 11, 2024
On Tuesday morning, four commercial astronauts took off on a journey to orbit. In the coming days, they're planning on undertaking the first commercial spacewalk.
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Sep 11, 2024
Emergency officials in Louisiana are warning residents to take the threat of Francine seriously as the strong tropical system is set to come ashore on Wednesday. Heavy rains, high winds are concerns.
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Sep 11, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off over the economy, abortion, foreign policy and immigration.
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Sep 11, 2024
Two California artists help grieving communities build floral alters in memory of mass shooting victims. Their latest stop is a high school in Winder, Ga. (Story aired on ACT on Sept. 9, 2024.)
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Sep 11, 2024
Beginning next week, Germany will start to introduce border checks along all of its nine land borders. The country aims to reduce what it calls "irregular migration."
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Sep 11, 2024
Treatment plants that filter "forever chemicals" from drinking water in Orange County, Calif., are models for water systems across the country that will need to comply with EPA rules by 2029.
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Sep 11, 2024
Immigration was a big topic at Tuesday night's presidential debate in Philadelphia. We fact-check former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on their claims.
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Sep 11, 2024
Congress must pass a stop-gap spending bill before the end of the month. The House is set to vote Wednesday on an opening offer from House Republicans that will begin the negotiations.
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Sep 11, 2024
Kendrick Lamar will be the featured performer at the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show. Who makes that decision about who will perform, and how do they decide?
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Sep 10, 2024
Several wildfires are burning in the western U.S., and one of the most dangerous is the Line Fire in San Bernardino County, Calif.
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Sep 10, 2024
NPR's A Martinez asks Republican strategist Doug Heye what Donald Trump's tactics should be going in to his debate with Vice President Harris.
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Sep 10, 2024
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Gal Hirsch, Israel's coordinator for captives and the missing, following the killings of six Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
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Sep 10, 2024
The Department of Justice says Google is monopolizing digital advertising technology, which website publishers depend on to buy and sell ads.
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Sep 10, 2024
One of the longest serving anchors in U.S. television news history is stepping down. Univision anchor Jorge Ramos made his announcement on Monday.
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Sep 10, 2024
Most Colorado River water is used to grow hay to feed cattle. This story traces the history of how the Imperial Valley became the hub for the cattle feed business, and follow the supply chain all the way to meat and milk we buy at a Southern California grocery store and work to answer the questions -- do we need to change our diets to save the CO River? How are farmers thinking about this issue?
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Sep 10, 2024
NPR's Mandalit del Barco offers this tribute to the multi-faceted actor James Earl Jones.
(Story aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 9, 2024.)
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Sep 10, 2024
More than 2,000 items, like Jon Snow's sword and the Iron Throne, from the iconic HBO series will be auctioned off in October. Here's what's for sale.
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Sep 10, 2024
A lot of people say they'll tune in Tuesday night to the first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Harris, according to an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
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Sep 10, 2024
Tony Blair's On Leadership: Lessons for the 21st Century is the political leadership guide he says he would have wanted in 1997, at the start of his 10-year tenure as British prime minister.
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Sep 10, 2024
The GOP nominee has trained his eye even more squarely on the Golden State and its progressive record -- a line of attack he's likely to lean into at tonight's debate with Vice President Harris.
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Sep 10, 2024
After a 16-year prohibition, a group of Virginia watermen voted to reinstate winter crab dredging. Many argue the decision puts the blue crab's fragile population in jeopardy.
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Sep 10, 2024
A lot of Americans are expected to be listening and watching Tuesday night's debate. While most voter's minds are already made up, some are still looking for a reason to back one side or the other.
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Sep 09, 2024
An Australian musician is touring the U.S., turning everyday people into a choir capable of beautiful harmonies.
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