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From cockpit to catwalk with aviation icon Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was famous as an early aviatrix. Her flight suit is part of a bigger story about the history of American fashion and celebrity.
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Pentagon replaces USS Abraham Lincoln in Middle East following historic deployment

Families of crew members aboard the USS Lincoln have put pressure on the Pentagon to address problems that have cropped up during the aircraft carrier's record-breaking 250-day deployment.
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Hundreds of U.S. diplomats stuck in limbo months after Middle East evacuations

Hundreds of U.S. diplomats remain in limbo, months after they were evacuated from the Middle East, as the war with Iran drags on.
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Silvio Rodríguez: Singing Cuba's history from revolutionary triumphs to modern protests

From its triumphant revolution to the decay of today, singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez has chronicled Cuba's history.
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Shh… Action! Modern Silent Shorts brings live music and dialogue-free film to New York

Contemporary silent films are touring around the New York area this summer as part of Modern Silent Shorts.
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Saturday Sports: Lakers sale; WNBA and transgender athletes; White Sox 'Pope night'

NPR's Eyder Peralta and sports reporter Michele Steele discuss the sale of the L.A. Lakers, the WNBA's handling of player remarks on transgender athletes and "Pope night" for the Chicago White Sox.
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Phoebe Bridgers releases highly anticipated third solo studio album, 'Lost Weekend'

A look inside Phoebe Bridgers' new album, "Lost Weekend," and the lives she's lived since we heard from her last.
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From Wales with love: Stranded sea turtle Rhossi back in Texas after epic 5k-mile trek

NPR's Eyder Peralta talks to the care team of Rhossi, a sea turtle from the Gulf of Mexico that was returned to Texas this week after getting swept up in an ocean current that took him to Wales.
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The AI cheating disaster that forced Mexico's top university back to pen and paper

Widespread fraud on a university entrance exam in Mexico is one more example of cheating in the age of AI. NPR's Eyder Peralta talks with Tricia Bertram Gallant of UCSD about academic integrity.
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Week in Politics: USS Lincoln; latest primaries and Democrats; White House ballroom

A shortage of some munitions as well as the problems with the USS Lincoln have the Trump administration on the defensive. Meanwhile, what the latest primaries show about Democratic enthusiasm.
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Weekend Edition Saturday

NPR’s Scott Simon reports on the world’s top news, features and entertainment to your Saturday morning. 

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