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A historic drought is causing a huge traffic jam at the Panama Canal

Sunday, August 27, 2023

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Adil Ashiq from the maritime intelligence firm MarineTraffic {sic} about how a historic drought is causing huge delays at the Panama Canal.

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How Americans are spending money

Sunday, August 27, 2023

Back-to-school spending reached another record this year, while other spending is giving some indications of how Americans feel about the economy.

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A gunman in Florida killed three people in a racially motivated shooting

Sunday, August 27, 2023

A gunman in Jacksonville, Florida killed three black people before taking his own life in a murder spree police say was racially motivated.

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People with insurance will now easier access to HIV-prevention medication

Sunday, August 27, 2023

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Carlos del Rio of the Emory University School of Medicine about updated recommendations for prescribing and insuring drugs that prevent HIV.

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The Library of Congress's latest addition is a guide to African American banjo music

Sunday, August 27, 2023

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with researcher Joe Johnson and musician Jake Blount about the new Library of Congress guide to African American banjo music resources in its collection.

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Politics chat: Trump's next hearing; Democrats and Republicans in campaign mode

Sunday, August 27, 2023

The next hearing in Special Counsel Jack Smith's case against former President Trump, at which a trial date may be set, is Monday.

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Natural disasters aren't going anywhere. FEMA is stepping up to tackle them

Sunday, August 27, 2023

Natural disasters are intensifying and happening more often. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with former FEMA administrator Craig Fugate about the agency's role in the worsening climate crisis.

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The best spooky reads for summer, according to a horror writer

Sunday, August 20, 2023

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks horror writer Joe Hill for some spine-tingling summer reading recommendations.

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Social media could be fueling gun violence among young people

Sunday, August 20, 2023

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis about the relationship between social media and an increase in gun violence, often resulting in homicides, among young people.

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Spain defeated England to lift its first ever Women's World Cup trophy

Sunday, August 20, 2023

We bring you the latest on the final match of the 2023 World Cup, between England and Spain.

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Sudan's dire humanitarian crisis has raised alarm bells in the region

Sunday, August 20, 2023

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Sudan scholar Alex DeWaal about the current political crisis and fighting in Sudan.

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A development in particle physics could point to the existence of a new dimension

Sunday, August 20, 2023

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Esra Barlas Yücel, a researcher at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, about Fermilab's most precise measurements of the muon particle's magnetic wobble.

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Rikers Island may no longer be under City Hall control

Sunday, August 20, 2023

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Reuven Blau, reporter for The City news website, about violence between inmates and guards at New York City jails.

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How the brain processes music, with a little help from Pink Floyd

Sunday, August 20, 2023

Scientists at University of California Berkeley have recreated a Pink Floyd song using previously recorded brain waves. In the process, they've learned a lot about how the brain processes music.

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'Mutt' is a journey into what happens when your past and present collide

Sunday, August 20, 2023

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with actor Lío Mehiel and writer/director Vuk Lungulov Klotz about their movie, "Mutt."

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Guatemala's presidential elections will be a test for its fragile democracy

Sunday, August 20, 2023

In Guatemala's elections Sunday, an establishment candidate is facing off against a challenger who's promising to fight corruption.

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Parents in Maui are grappling with where to send their kids as the school year begins

Sunday, August 20, 2023

According to Maui County, over 3,000 students have been displaced from their schools by the devastating wildfires in West Maui. With the school year just starting, parents are unsure what to do.

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Republican presidential candidates avoid speaking on Trump at a party conference

Sunday, August 20, 2023

Several GOP presidential candidates spoke at a conference in Georgia this week, but they largely avoided speaking about former President Donald Trump's indictment in that state a few days ago.

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After an ant and a spider, Harrison Ford now has a snake named after him

Sunday, August 20, 2023

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Illinois Wesleyan University Professor Edgar Lehr about the naming of a newly discovered species of snake after actor Harrison Ford.

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Rudy Guiliani is among the 19 other defendants in Trump's racketeering indictment

Sunday, August 20, 2023

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Ken White, a former federal prosecutor who now works as a criminal defense attorney, about the racketeering indictment against Rudy Giuliani.

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