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ICJ orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza as UNRWA workers struggle with looming famine

Sunday, March 31, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to former UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunnes about distributing aid in Gaza and how aid organizations interact with Hamas in order to do their work.

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How Rae Wynn-Grant defied expectations and became an ecologist and host of a nature show

Sunday, March 31, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Rae Wynn-Grant about her journey to becoming an ecologist. Grant writes about it in her memoir, "Wild Life: Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World."

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After delays and protests, people in Senegal voters finally go to the polls

Sunday, March 24, 2024

People in Senegal will finally have the chance to vote March 24. The country's president postponed elections last month.

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Wastewater helped us track COVID-19 strains. Some say it can do the same for drug use

Sunday, March 24, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with epidemiologist João Matias of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction about the organization's latest wastewater and drug detection analysis.

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The renter's guide to renovating your apartment

Sunday, March 24, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with interior designer and social media content creator Imani Keal about DIY, renter-friendly apartment renovations.

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This tax season, IRS launches e-filing, goes after wealthy tax evaders

Sunday, March 24, 2024

With less than a month to go before the tax-filing deadline and as it experiments with a new way for people to file electronic returns, the IRS says this year's tax season is proceeding smoothly.

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A new TV show follows 4 reporters on the presidential campaign trail

Sunday, March 24, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with actor Christina Elmore about the new show "The Girls on the Bus," a breezy drama following four political reporters on the 2016 campaign trail.

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Politics chat: Unrest on Capitol Hill, election updates and analysis

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Congress passed and President Biden has signed spending measures necessary to operate the government. It is a basic function but one that has become the object of Republican brinksmanship.

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The EPA's new rules point to EVs being the future — but consumers have their doubts

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Electric vehicles may account for more than half of new cars by 2032. Consumers have many questions and concerns about them and the environment.

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Simone St. James's new thriller puts a newlywed couple at the center of a murder case

Sunday, March 24, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Simone St. James about her new book, "Murder Road," and about weaving the supernatural into her fiction.

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ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack that killed over 100 in Russia

Sunday, March 24, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Soufan Center Senior Research Fellow Clarke about why the Islamic State staged an attack in Russia and why now.

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How one Palestinian-American business owner helped evacuate her colleagues in Gaza

Sunday, March 24, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Palestinian-American Yasmeen Mjalli, owner of the online boutique Nol Collective, about trying to evacuate her colleagues and their families from Gaza.

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Some states want to keep these pretty pear trees from blossoming

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Bradford pears are blooming all over parts of America: pretty, but a problem! NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with master gardener Jessica Damiano about the trees.

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What classifies as a famine, and how does ongoing conflict contribute?

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Gaza, Haiti, and Sudan are all at risk of famine. NPR's Ayesha speaks to Paul Howe of Tufts University about the role of conflict in causing hunger.

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How Boeing's troubles could impact your travel plans

Sunday, March 24, 2024

How troubled is Boeing? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to aviation expert William McGee about the challenges facing the aerospace giant.

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Where public health stands 4 years after the COVID-19 pandemic began

Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Jennifer Greene, and Raven Walters about the state of public health four years after COVID-19 became a national emergency.

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David Dastmalchian's new film is set in 1970's late-night TV with a supernatural twist

Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with actor David Dastmalchian about his starring role as a 1970's late night host in the new movie "Late Night with the Devil."

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NAACP president on its call for Black athletes to avoid Florida public universities

Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, about his organization's call for Black student athletes to avoid public colleges and universities in Florida.

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'The Exvangelicals' follows the lives of people who loved, then left the Church

Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Sarah McCammon, NPR National Political Correspondent, about her religious upbringing and new book, "The Exvangelicals."

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One of the tightest Senate races in the country will play out in Ohio

Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with David Cohen, politics professor at the University of Akron, about one of the tightest races in the country: the Ohio Senate seat held by Sherrod Brown since 2007.

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