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Apr 18, 2025
Every day it seems new conflicts arise between President Trump and the courts. Prompting another round of the question: Are we in a constitutional crisis?
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Apr 18, 2025
Amtrak will be taking over renovations at New York's Penn Station, according to a letter sent by the Federal Railroad Administration.
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Apr 18, 2025
In the news, Sudan is often discussed a place devastated by a civil war and home to the world's largest humanitarian crisis. But a podcast sharing Sudanese folklore shows more about the culture.
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Apr 18, 2025
A huge amount of U.S. imports and exports come through the L.A. and Long Beach ports. Port officials say truckers, longshore members and customs house brokers will see less work and fewer hours ahead.
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Apr 18, 2025
Injury is the leading cause of death for people under the age of 45. But much of the staff at the CDC responsible for studying how to track and prevent injuries were cut during the recent firings.
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Apr 18, 2025
Would-be refugees with pending asylum cases are unsure whether the Trump administration's revocation of temporary protected status applies to them.
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Apr 18, 2025
A toddler wandered away from home in Arizona and many feared the worst after seeing mountain lions during their search. A ranch dog found him and guided him to safety.
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Apr 18, 2025
A big focus of the Trump administration is to shore up U.S. dominance in cutting edge technology like semiconductor chips and AI. But it's slashing employees at the agency that works on these issues.
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Apr 18, 2025
12th century French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be not local cows or sheep, but seals from as far away as Greenland. The find highlights the extent of medieval trade.
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Apr 18, 2025
Each year the State Department releases its Country Reports on Human Rights. NPR has obtained internal State department documents that show major changes coming this year
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Apr 18, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with University of Virginia law professor Amanda Frost about the latest escalation in the conflict between the Trump administration and the courts.
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Apr 18, 2025
A presidential effort to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status could run up against a number of challenges, including violating federal law.
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Apr 18, 2025
The week was dominated by news about the Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador. But there was also concern over tariffs and Robert F. Kennedy's work as Health and Human Services secretary.
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Apr 17, 2025
Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills says her state's not backing down against possible cuts in school and other funding threatened by the Trump administration over the state's policy on transgender athletes in sports.
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Apr 17, 2025
NPR science podcast Short Wave brings us the stories of how Fiddler crabs drum their mating songs into the sand, growing chicken nuggets in the lab, and a drug like LSD -- without the trip.
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Apr 17, 2025
Christian leaders gathered outside the U.S. Capitol building this week to call for more solidarity with LGBTQ people. We look at the conversations Black churches are having.
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Apr 17, 2025
Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney entered politics as trade relations with the U.S. hit a low point. The former central banker's economic chops may propel him to victory in the next election.
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Apr 17, 2025
The Trump administration's dramatic staffing cuts at federal lands agencies like the Forest Service are causing anxiety in tinder dry New Mexico, where the wildfire threat is already severe this Spring.
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Apr 17, 2025
Twin brothers, both played by Michael B. Jordan, return to their Mississippi hometown in 1932 to start a juke joint in Ryan Coogler's otherworldly tale of race and music, Sinners.
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Apr 17, 2025
Cracking cascarones -or decorated confetti eggs—is a playful tradition during Easter in the Mexican American culture from the Southwest, as a gesture of goodwill and a way to bring good luck. This year, despite soaring egg prices, the tradition lives on.
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Apr 17, 2025
Cracking cascarones -or decorated confetti eggs—is a playful tradition during Easter in the Mexican American culture from the Southwest, as a gesture of goodwill and a way to bring good luck. This year, despite soaring egg prices, the tradition lives on.
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Apr 17, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., about his campaign to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The Maryland man was illegally deported to a prison in El Salvador.
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Apr 17, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Donald Ingber of the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, about the impact of the stop-work orders that went out this week for federally-funded research.
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Apr 17, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with President Macron in Paris to discuss a peace settlement for Ukraine. France hosted top diplomats from the U.S., Germany, the U.K. and Ukraine.
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Apr 17, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with actor Hugh Bonneville about his starring role in the play Uncle Vanya, which is showing at D.C.'s Harman Hall.
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Apr 17, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Steven Dunn founder and CEO of Munchkin a U.S.-based company selling lifestyle products for mothers, babies and children. Dunn has written an open letter to President Trump and Congress about how tariffs could harm his business and American families.
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Apr 17, 2025
DHS said it was conducting wellness checks on students who arrived unaccompanied to the border. The head of the Los Angeles Unified School District has a different account.
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Apr 17, 2025
Trump issued an executive order on day one of his administration that sought to limit birthright citizenship, an idea widely considered a fringe view because the Supreme Court ruled to the contrary 127 years ago, and that decision has never been disturbed.
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Apr 16, 2025
The Boston Marathon marks the anniversary of an important tradition. It was a half-century ago that Boston became the first major marathon to include a division for wheelchair athletes.
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Apr 16, 2025
Katherine Maher, president and CEO of National Public Radio, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the White House proposal to eliminate federal funding for public media.
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Apr 16, 2025
A federal judge ruled that there is "probable cause" to find the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court for violating his order last month to halt deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.
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Apr 16, 2025
Stories of the kingdom of Kaabu's reign have been told for generations through a kind of traditional song. Now, an archaeological dig has confirming the histories told and retold by griots.
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Apr 16, 2025
People with dementia sometimes get agitated and frustrated. New services provide a sort of Netflix for dementia, with videos designed for this population — leaving out confusing plots or jarring ads.
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Apr 16, 2025
On Wednesday, Britain's top court clarified the legal definition of a woman: Someone born biologically female. The ruling has implications for transgender rights.
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Apr 16, 2025
In an effort to reach across political divides, a group of vets has been holding regular gatherings to talk about it all over a beer. They call the events "Pints and Patriotism." NPR went to one recent meeting to gauge the mood.
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Apr 16, 2025
Matt Ford, who covers the courts for The New Republic talks about Trump's idea to send '"homegrown criminals"-- U.S. citizens -- to prisons in El Salvador. He says it'd be flagrantly unconstitutional.
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Apr 16, 2025
Two new studies suggest that stem cells are close to helping people with Parkinson's disease. The results are a victory for scientists who have spent decades trying to treat it with brain cells.
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Apr 16, 2025
As fewer people attend church in the U.S., some religious institutions are wondering what to do with the land they own. In Austin, Texas, the answer is to build affordable housing.
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Apr 16, 2025
Many schools are mourning the loss of federal funds considered essential. One program in particular would help prepare teachers to work in rural areas where teachers are especially needed.
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Apr 16, 2025
All 27 scientists at the CDC's viral hepatitis lab were told their duties were "unnecessary." Ongoing outbreak investigations have now been halted.
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Apr 15, 2025
The White House is proposing that virtually all federal funding for public media—that's NPR and PBS—be eliminated, starting a process that will reach Congress later in April.
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Apr 15, 2025
The White House is proposing that virtually all federal funding for public media—that's NPR and PBS—be eliminated, starting a process that will reach Congress later in April.
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Apr 15, 2025
Julianne Nicholson is a pro at portraying grief. She does it in Mare of Eastown and Janet Planet. But she was relieved to get to do something different with her character Sinatra in Hulu's Paradise.
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Apr 15, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with chef Roy Choi about his new cookbook, The Choi of Cooking: Flavor-Packed, Rule-Breaking Recipes for a Delicious Life.
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Apr 15, 2025
Woodpeckers are vandalizing car window and mirrors in the town of Rockport, Mass.
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Apr 15, 2025
Nico Iamaleava is leaving Tennessee after a public NIL renegotiation, days before the spring transfer portal window opens. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Richard Johnson from CBS Sports about the standoff between the university and the student athlete.
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Apr 15, 2025
Immigration officials called student Mohsen Mahdawi in for his U.S. citizenship interview. When he arrived, ICE arrested him. Experts say it's a new extreme in the crackdown on student activism.
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Apr 15, 2025
Women pilots worry they will lose precious flight time as the Air Force rolls back the rules on flying while pregnant. The move comes as the Pentagon looks at standards across the military.
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Apr 15, 2025
The Trump administration cut $2 billion in federal grants for Harvard after it rejected what it saw as illegal government demands. Trump has now threatened to remove Harvard's tax exempt status.
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Apr 15, 2025
The president's comments came after the administration froze $2 billion in federal grants for Harvard after the university rejected what it saw as illegal government demands.
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Apr 15, 2025
The Oklahoma City Thunder are headed to the NBA playoffs later this week. While the team is known for its moves on the court, clips highlighting their affectionate teasing of sideline reporter, Nick Gallo, have become a viral sensation with fans.
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Apr 15, 2025
Music can change a person's entire gaming experience. That's the case with South of Midnight, now available on Xbox. Juana Summers talks to the game's composer about how his vision came to life.
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Apr 15, 2025
When a 5.2 earthquake hit near San Diego yesterday, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park caught its elephants on video taking action to protect their young, forming what experts call an "alert circle."
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Apr 15, 2025
Descendants of FDR and others reflect on the unfinished business of the New Deal, Roosevelt's program to pull the U.S. out of the Great Depression, as the Trump administration slashes the government.
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Apr 15, 2025
Mary's House for Older Adults in Washington, D.C., is a new affordable housing project that is trying to ease the barriers LGBTQ seniors face when looking for safe, affordable housing.
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Apr 15, 2025
In Zuckerberg's second day of testifying in the federal antitrust trial, he defended Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The U.S. government wants Meta to bust up the two companies.
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Apr 14, 2025
Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most celebrated writers in Latin America and the first Peruvian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died at 89. The author died on Sunday surrounded by his family.
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Apr 14, 2025
Trump administration reforms at the State Department are shrinking the United States' diplomatic footprint globally.
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Apr 14, 2025
Damian Kulash of OK Go reflects on the band's decades of creating elaborate one-take viral music videos.
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Apr 14, 2025
China's leader, Xi Jinping, embarks on a five-day, three-nation Southeast Asia tour, amid the trade war with the U.S.
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Apr 14, 2025
Ousted FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks talks about the current administration's policy on vaccines, and how that is impact its response to the on-going measles outbreak in the southwestern U.S.
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Apr 14, 2025
A viral "true crime" story was actually made up, generated by A.I. Reporter Henry Larson explores the ethical questions raised by this new frontier of content.
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Apr 14, 2025
In 2023, Ashley Blas traveled to visit her mother's grave for the first time since the funeral, 30 years ago. A man she encountered ended up respecting her grave, too.
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Apr 14, 2025
The new album from OK Go, called And The Adjacent Possible, is the band's first in more than a decade.
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Apr 14, 2025
Dinosaur time is a viral TikTok trend helping some people eat more vegetables. Nutritionists have other tips for getting enough veggies into the daily diet.
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Apr 14, 2025
Venezuela's economic malaise and political paralysis under the country's increasingly authoritarian government is impacting its most beloved national pastime - baseball.
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Apr 13, 2025
NPR's Michel Martin and Religion Correspondent Jason DeRose talk about their favorite -- and least favorite -- films about spirituality, including some hidden gems that might not seem religious at first glance.
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Apr 13, 2025
The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia has gripped the attention of people across the country. Legal experts say the case could have major implications for the rule of law and the separation of power. Some fear that now anyone can be sent to a foreign prison. Scott Detrow speaks with law professor Laurence Tribe.
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Apr 13, 2025
As U.S.-China rivalry intensifies, Chinese nationals in the United States are being caught up in the tensions.
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Apr 13, 2025
Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a nationwide scale -- making it possible to one day track the health and well being of species around the globe.
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Apr 13, 2025
Cringing at the time you gave a speech with spinach in your teeth, or accidentally liked an ex's picture on social media? Awkward moments have a tendency to haunt us - even ones from decades ago. Life Kit reporter Andee Tagle breaks down why we get so embarrassed about the things we do and how we can experience those feelings a little less.
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Apr 13, 2025
An art installation in Perth, Australia, seeks to extend the musical output of the late experimental composer Alvin Lucier, and asks interesting questions about the nature of creativity.
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Apr 12, 2025
The U.S. and Iran have launched negotiations to strike a new deal that would scale back Iran's nuclear program.
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Apr 12, 2025
NPR's Ryan Lucas speaks about his beat covering the federal judiciary during the tumult of the second Trump administration.
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Apr 12, 2025
Ecuadoreans will vote for their president this weekend, as the country is experiencing high levels of drug-related gang violence and an economic slowdown.
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Apr 12, 2025
China has retaliated with tariffs on U.S. goods after President Trump raised tariffs on Chinese imports. And though it is avoiding further escalation, the Chinese government is projecting defiance.
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Apr 12, 2025
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with two educators about teaching F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby 100 years after its publication.
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Apr 12, 2025
Since antiquity, Aleppo has been famous for gold. But a post-war crime wave means jewelers no longer display gold in windows. The city is installing solar-powered streetlights to fight crime.
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Apr 11, 2025
The Academy Awards added a new category that recognizes stunt design. We talk to a veteran stunt coordinator about the long road to recognition for stunt professionals.
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Apr 11, 2025
On campuses nationwide, students are saying that the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on antisemitism have caused a chilling effect on speech and political activity.
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Apr 11, 2025
On campuses nationwide, many students are saying that the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on antisemitism have caused a chilling effect on speech and political activity.
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Apr 11, 2025
Not long ago, a Czech record company was making its money producing harmless pop songs for the eastern bloc. Now they're helping facilitate the world's newfound addiction for vinyl records.
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Apr 11, 2025
Usually when the stock market goes down, the bond market thrives. But the bond market has been struggling.
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Apr 11, 2025
Amid the recent news of a U.S. citizen being asked to turn over his phone to authorities at a border crossing, Sophia Cope of the Electronic Frontier Foundation has tips on digital civil liberties.
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Apr 11, 2025
A small community-focused arts and culture center in San Francisco's Chinatown is reeling from the combined effects of being dropped, ghosted and confused by three major federal funding bodies.
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Apr 11, 2025
A small community-focused arts and culture center in San Francisco's Chinatown is reeling from the combined effects of being dropped, ghosted and confused by three major federal funding bodies.
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Apr 11, 2025
NPR's Mia Venkat explains to All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro who the internet has been talking about all week.
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Apr 11, 2025
Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
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Apr 11, 2025
The award-winning composer and lyricist William Finn died this week. He's best known for "Falsettos" and "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."
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Apr 11, 2025
A new study shows that like humans, crows can recognize geometric regularity, making them the first nonhuman animal known to have this ability.
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Apr 11, 2025
In Anchorage, enthusiasm has spread for a high school production of the musical Hadestown. It's led to an extended run, packed shows, and an invite to perform on the city's biggest stage.
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Apr 10, 2025
The Supreme Court ordered the administration to "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly taken to El Salvador and remains in custody there.
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Apr 10, 2025
In his new book, Blink-182 lead singer Mark Hoppus tells the story of how one of the biggest bands in the world broke up -- then overcame all the small things.
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Apr 10, 2025
The popular Dominican merengue vocalist Rubby Pérez died after a roof collapsed at a popular nightclub on Tuesday night. Here's what the loss means to the vibrant Dominican merengue scene.
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Apr 10, 2025
Americans who run different kinds of businesses are trying to figure out what's going on with tariffs and how to respond.
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Apr 10, 2025
The ripple effects of Trump's actions targeting specific law firms already are being felt beyond boardrooms, in declining interest in pro bono work for causes that are unpopular with the president.
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Apr 10, 2025
The efforts to assess ongoing mental and physical needs of the community hard hit by Hurricane Helene were canceled.
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Apr 10, 2025
A new study finds that regular exercise can help colon cancer survivors live longer lives after diagnosis, and in some cases, even longer than people who didn't have cancer.
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