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The NFL is expanding its worldwide reach to Brazil
Thursday, December 14, 2023
The NFL will hold a regular season game in São Paulo, Brazil, next year. The League says Brazil is an important market, with more than 38 million fans. The league has had games in the UK ad Germany.
UNICEF's James Elder discusses the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and risk to children
Thursday, December 14, 2023
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with UNICEF spokesperson James Elder about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the extreme risk to children.
DK Metcalf's ASL teacher says Seahawks receiver brings his own style to the language
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf is learning American Sign Language and using it in his touchdown celebrations. We hear from his ASL instructor.
Morning news brief
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds marathon Q&A session. The Supreme Court will hear a case about access to abortion pills. The prosecution rests in the Trump civil fraud trial.
Tonight's Geminid meteor shower could bring up to 120 shooting stars per hour
Thursday, December 14, 2023
One of the most reliable and prolific meteor showers of the years continues its peak tonight. The Geminid {JEH-mih-nid} display delivers up to 120 shooting stars per hour.
Doritos and Empirical Spirits partner to make nacho cheese-flavored liquor
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Empirical Spirits pitched the idea of whipping nacho chips into alcohol to the makers of Doritos. And now — for just $65 — you too can partake of liquor that smells and tastes like cheese dust.
The Supreme Court will rule on the availability of mifepristone, a key abortion drug
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
The Supreme Court says it will hear arguments next year on the availability of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions.
House will vote Wednesday on formalizing impeachment inquiry into President Biden
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
The House will vote Wednesday on formalizing the impeachment inquiry into President Biden that Republicans began earlier this year.
Orphaned sea otter found in Alaska has a new home in Chicago
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
An orphaned sea otter pup was wounded, dehydrated and malnourished when people in Seward, Alaska, found him. He was taken on a cross-country trip and now has a new home at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium.
Morning news brief
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
The House is set to vote on formalizing an impeachment inquiry. Biden makes critical comments about Israel's response to Hamas. Alabama plans to execute a prisoner using nitrogen gas.
American Council on Education president discusses limits on free speech on campuses
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks the president of the American Council on Education, Ted Mitchell, about rights and limits to free speech on college campuses.
Federated States of Micronesia's president discusses delayed aid funds from Congress
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to the Federated States of Micronesia's President Wesley Simina {sim-min-AH} about delayed aid money from Congress, under a decades-old agreement with the Pacific islands.
E3, once the 'Superbowl of video games, has been canceled for good
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
After two decades, an event once called "the Super Bowl of video games," has been canceled. And this time, the Electronic Entertainment Expo is gone for good.
Volunteering in the U.S. is on the decline, reports say
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Soup kitchens and homeless shelters are struggling to keep up with demand, even as volunteering is on the decline.
President Biden makes critical remarks on Israel's response to Hamas attacks
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
President Biden says the Israeli government needs to keep an open mind to how Gaza is governed after the fighting there stops.
GOP presidential candidates debated in Alabama. Trump was a no-show
Thursday, December 07, 2023
Four Republican presidential primary candidates took the stage Wednesday night in Alabama. This was the last debate before the Iowa caucuses in January.
Morning news brief
Thursday, December 07, 2023
Four GOP presidential candidates debated in Alabama. Israel says the U.N. has been slow to speak out about reports of sexual violence in the Hamas attack. Ex-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is retiring.
Israel demands U.N. investigate charges of sexual violence by Hamas fighters
Thursday, December 07, 2023
Israel wants the United Nations and international community to do more about its evidence of sexual violence by militants in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7.
How do Kevin McCarthy's constituents feel about him abruptly leaving Congress?
Thursday, December 07, 2023
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will leave Congress at the end of the month. For more than a decade he's represented people in the area of Bakersfield, Calif.
Morning news brief
Wednesday, December 06, 2023
Ukraine's counteroffensive has resulted in little battlefield gains. Sen. Tuberville drops hold on military promotions. Four of the remaining GOP presidential candidates debate Wednesday night.