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Air Force secretary: Hold on confirmations is a 'disruption to military leadership'

Friday, September 08, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall about accusations that Sen. Tommy Tuberville is putting national security at risk by blocking Pentagon confirmations in protest.

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Minnesota is returning 1,400 acres of land to the Upper Sioux Community

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Minnesota is returning the Upper Sioux Agency State Park, once used for religious and communal ceremonies, to the Native people whose ancestors were killed on the land more than a century ago.

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Arkansas lawmaker describes going on the first congressional trip to Syria in 5 years

Thursday, August 31, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with GOP Rep. French Hill of Arkansas about his trip that he took to Syria with two other Republican members of Congress.

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He helped write MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Now he reflects on change in the U.S.

Monday, August 28, 2023

60 years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, we hear from one of the men who helped him write it, his friend and attorney Clarence B. Jones.

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Tahoe residents are now safe from the break-ins of 400-pound bear after her capture

Tuesday, August 08, 2023

Jordan Traverso from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife describes the capture of a 400-pound bear nicknamed "Hank the Tank."

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He was a top church official who criticized Trump. He says Christianity is in crisis

Tuesday, August 08, 2023

Russell Moore criticized Donald Trump and the Southern Baptist Convention's response to a sexual abuse crisis. Then he found himself on the outside.

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Military spouses demanding Sen. Tuberville stop blocking military nominations

Thursday, August 03, 2023

Hundreds of admiral and general nominees have been stalled since February as Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., stages a one-man protest to try to change Pentagon abortion policy.

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Hulu's 'This Fool' gives a working class perspective of life in Los Angeles

Friday, July 28, 2023

Comedian and actor Frankie Quiñones talks about the second season of the show This Fool, now streaming on Hulu.

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The journey for the Emmitt Till and Mamie Till-Mobley national monuments

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with executive director Patrick Weems on the announcement of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.

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SOUTHCOM commander describes U.S. military readiness in Latin America and Caribbean

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Laura Richardson about U.S. military readiness and cooperation in the Caribbean and Latin America and the challenges posed by China's influence.

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Tour de France heads to the final stages with leader changes and crowd control issues

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Patrick Redford from the Defector about the progress of the Tour de France.

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Iran's 'morality police' are again enforcing the country's strict dress code

Monday, July 17, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa program at Chatham House, about how Iran will resume patrolling the streets and enforcing the strict dress code.

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Turkey's president agrees to allowing Sweden into NATO

Monday, July 10, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Asli Aydintasbas from The Brookings Institution. Sweden's admission to NATO may depend on Turkey's admission to the EU, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Do you you keep ketchup in the fridge or cupboard? We're here for the debate

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

Fridge or cupboard: Where do you keep your ketchup? Dr. Melvin N. Kramer, the president of a group that consults on food safety, joined NPR to bring science to this condiment conundrum.

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Finalists for the top teenage piano competition join NPR

Monday, June 19, 2023

The final three participants share thoughts as they headed into final round of Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition, where more than 20 teenagers performed classical sonatas and concertos.

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The Vegas Golden Knights, the NHL's newest Champions

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks hockey with Ben Gotz from the Las Vegas Review Journal after the Vegas Golden Knights win their first NHL Championship.

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A preview of the big tennis match between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic in Paris

Thursday, June 08, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Sports Illustrated executive editor and senior writer about the Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic tennis match up at the French Open.

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Want Johnny Carson's desk? A trove of TV memorabilia is up for auction

Friday, June 02, 2023

Hollywood memorabilia collector James Comisar is relinquishing a trove of items — from scripts to costumes and even fake mustaches — that have taken decades to amass.

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Sen. Jeff Merkley from Oregon opposes the debt ceiling bill heading to the Senate

Thursday, June 01, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, a member of the Democratic Party, about provisions in the debt ceiling bill approaching a Senate vote.

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A man's collection of more than 10,000 pieces of TV history are going up for auction

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

James Comisar is a Hollywood memorabilia collector who is putting up hundreds of iconic television items up for auction.

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