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Stephen King's new story took him 45 years to write. He tells NPR why

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Stephen King is out with a new collection of short stories. As you might expect from the reigning King of Horror, some are terrifying. Some are creepy. Others are laugh-out-loud funny.

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Horror icon Stephen King doubts it's possible to 'gross out' the American public

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Stephen King about his new collections of short stories, You Like It Darker.

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Is this the beginning of the end of beauty pageants?

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Amy Argetsinger, author of There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America, about the recent controversy surrounding the resignations of Miss USA and Miss Teen USA.

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An expert's takeaways from day 1 of Michael Cohen's testimony

Monday, May 13, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author and attorney Andrew Weissman about former President Trump's hush money trial in New York and the testimony of Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former fixer and lawyer.

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Autocracies are pushing propaganda against democracy itself, says 'Atlantic' writer

Thursday, May 09, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic" about her latest cover story for the magazine, "The New Propaganda War."

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Why it feels like tornadoes are becoming more common, according to an expert

Tuesday, May 07, 2024

Are tornadoes getting worse, or does it just seem that way? NPR's Ari Shapiro discusses the recent series of devastating tornadoes across the plains states.

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Technology and disinformation places U.S. in multiple cold wars, author argues

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to journalist David Sanger about his new book, New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, And America's Struggle To Defend The West.

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Arizona Gov. Hobbs is determined to repeal state's near total abortion ban

Thursday, April 11, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Ariz., about the state's Supreme Court recently approving a near total abortion ban dating back to the 1860s.

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Trump's abortion comments are 'showing support' for women, campaign surrogate says

Tuesday, April 09, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., about former President Trump's recent comments advocating for abortion laws to be decided by individual states.

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Former U.S. diplomat argues for stronger tactics on Israel

Thursday, April 04, 2024

Days after Israeli bombs hit World Central Kitchen aid workers, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly spoke with the Council on Foreign Relations ex-president Richard Haass about the U.S. and Israel's relationship.

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Transportation Secretary Buttigieg gives update on Baltimore Key Bridge

Friday, March 29, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about the Baltimore Key Bridge which collapsed after being hit by a ship early Tuesday morning.

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The interpreter for Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani is fired amid gambling and theft scandal

Friday, March 22, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to LA Times columnist Gustavo Arellano about MLB player Shohei Ohtani's interpreter, who allegedly stole millions of dollars from the player to cover up gambling debts.

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U.S. Commerce secretary says $8.5B Intel grant is a national security and economy win

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo about the CHIPS act and the $8.5 billion grant awarded to Intel to help build semiconductor chip factories.

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Biden campaign co-chair reacts to 'uncommitted' votes in Michigan

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the co-chair of the Biden campaign Mitch Landrieu about the Michigan primary results and challenges for the campaign moving forward.

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Iraq War failures can be boiled down to miscommunications, according to this author

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with journalist and author Steve Coll about his new book, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, The CIA, and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq.

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Looking back on two years of war in Ukraine

Thursday, February 22, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Ukrainian writer Artem Chapeye about two years of war in Ukraine.

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The mayor of Kansas City recounts the shooting at a Super Bowl celebration

Thursday, February 15, 2024

NPR's Juana Summers talks to Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas about the shooting at a Super Bowl celebration Wednesday that killed one person and injured more than 20 others.

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Mexico's lawsuit against American gun manufacturers is revived by appeals court

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

An appeals court revived a lawsuit brought by Mexico against U.S. gun manufacturers, whose guns fueled violence by cartels. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the country's co-counsel, Jonathan Lowy.

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Congress makes moves to avoid impending shutdown

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Congress is on track to pass a short-term spending bill ahead of a Friday deadline.

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Matt Hay gradually went deaf. But music helped him partially hear again

Friday, January 12, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Matt Hay, who has struggled with his hearing since he was a kid, about his new book Soundtrack of Silence.

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