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7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody

The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
Michael Cohen On Trump In TV Interview: 'The Man Doesn't Tell The Truth'

President Trump's former lawyer says in a new interview that he is being forced to take responsibility for Trump's "dirty deeds" — and that the president directed Cohen to commit crimes.
Putting Together the Pieces of Mueller's Investigation Puzzle

The Takeaway

Friday host of the Takeaway Amy Walter takes stock of what we've learned so far and what questions remain in Mueller's complex investigation.
Scientists Say Gene-Edited Babies Claim Is 'Wake-Up Call' For World

U.S. National Academy of Medicine, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and Chinese Academy of Sciences call for international gene-editing standards. Critics blast statement as inadequate.
The 'City' That's Always Strived to Be a Community

WNYC's 1968: 50 Years Later series revisits the opening of Co-op City in the Bronx, an oasis of affordability on the outskirts of the city.

Birders in New York Are Conducting the Avian Census

The National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count is underway, and non-experts are encouraged to join the effort.
Review: The Met Museum Gives Acres of New Space to Abstract Art

But the exhibition, “Epic Abstraction,” is insufficiently epic.
Capturing Springsteen on Broadway

Documentary of the Week

The film “Springsteen on Broadway” documents Bruce Springsteen's one-man show, in which he tells stories from his life and sings acoustic versions of his classic songs.

Nancy Wilson, Legendary Vocalist And NPR 'Jazz Profiles' Host, Dies At 81

Wilson, who won three Grammy awards and recorded more than 60 albums, died at her California home Thursday after a long illness. From 1996-2005, she hosted NPR's documentary series Jazz Profiles.

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Three Years for Michael Cohen

On the Media

The Trump Inc. crew explains what they've learned from court filings in the Cohen and Manafort cases.
The Apps That Track And Sell Your Location

The Brian Lehrer Show

You may know your phone is tracking your movements... but do you know where that data ends up?
Apple Will Build $1 Billion Campus in Austin, Adding 5,000 Jobs

The tech company says the move is expected to make it Austin's largest private employer. The city already has more Apple employees than anywhere else outside the company's headquarters in California.

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Verdi's La Traviata: Opera's Original 'Pretty Woman'

Aria Code

What would you give up for true love? Verdi's La Traviata opens a window into a courtesan's heart as she makes the biggest decision of her life.
Weekly Music Roundup: Lin-Manuel Miranda's Own Hamildrop and Black Thought

Soundcheck

This week, Lin-Manuel Miranda is Hamilton again, Black Thought of The Roots goes solo, breakbeats meet jazz in music by Bilbao-based Rrucculla, and Aesop Rock goes duo.
#4038: Cross-Cultural Chamber Music

New Sounds

For this New Sounds, listen to unexpected chamber music collaborations by the band Sandcatchers, Daniel Herskedal & ensemble, Saeid Shanbehzadeh, Simo Lagnawi, & Helge Lien Trio.
Watch Now: Sons of Kemet Make Jubiliant Magic

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British quartet Sons of Kemet, led by saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, is a propulsive, fiery, unstoppable party of Caribbean music, jazz, and hip hop. They play their tunes in-studio.
Watch: Drummer Tyshawn Sorey Explores Time

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Composer, multi-instrumentalist and 2017 MacArthur Fellow Tyshawn Sorey stretches boundaries and defies casual listening. He leads an electro-acoustic ensemble, in-studio.