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Latest Episodes
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Lawmakers in Colombia have voted to ban bullfighting, a centuries-old tradition in the South American country.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has declined to recuse himself from two Jan. 6-related cases despite calls to do so after news reports said controversial flags were flown outside his properties.
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A decades-long debate at the heart of Taiwan's identity and history is roiling once again: whether to remove hundreds of statues of former authoritarian leader Chiang Kai-shek.
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The historic Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., will be disassembled and taken to a new location. The chapel sits in a landslide area that is shifting by about seven inches a week.
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Poll finds verdict in Trump hush-money trial won't impact most voters' choice for president. NATO members meet in Prague. Justice Alito says he won't step aside from cases related to 2020's election.
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Medetomidine, a chemical long used by veterinarians and doctors, is now turning up in the street drug supply and triggering a new wave of overdoses.
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Inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational revelations in a new documentary about Jim Henson
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Black voters have traditionally been a critical part of the Democratic Party’s coalition. But polls this year show a softening of that support.
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Twice annually — weeks before and after the summer solstice — residents and tourists raise their phones to capture Manhattan’s sun aligning with the city grid, creating a spectacular sunset.
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Did an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp near Rafah cross a red line with the Biden administration? NPR’s Leila Fadel talks to Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.