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October 10, 2025
Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights f...
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October 10, 2025
Unlike the government, our quiz writer is still at work. Can you ace her test?
It's Nobel season — but other stuff happened, too. If you're up on France, legacy media and authors both high- and low-brow, you'll get at l...
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October 10, 2025
Macario Martínez: Tiny Desk Concert
Macario Martínez, the street sweeper who became a Mexican pop star, brings his evocative music and longing lyricism to the Tiny Desk.
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October 10, 2025
A real-life robber, a musical and 'Tron: Ares' — all in theaters this weekend
The AI story in Tron: Ares is grandiose but, according to our critic, a waste of pixels. Lucky for theater-goers, there are lots of choices...
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October 10, 2025
Social Security workers say the shutdown has them unable to help with benefit letters
Employees at Social Security field offices say the government shutdown has left them unable to carry out an important service: help recipien...
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October 10, 2025
Sorry, dad! Colin Hanks says John Candy was the 'nicest guy in Hollywood'
John Candy was one of the most beloved comedic actors of his time, with starring roles in Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Uncle Buck. His...
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October 10, 2025
Where has Trump suggested sending troops? In cities run by Democratic mayors
In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities.
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October 10, 2025
White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that num...
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October 9, 2025
Federal judge partially grants state and city bid to block Trump administration National Guard deployment
Judge's order temporarily bars Trump administration 'from ordering the federalization and deployment of the National Guard of the United Sta...
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October 9, 2025
Dominion, the voting tech company at the center of false 2020 claims, is sold
Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Libe...
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October 9, 2025
Letitia James, who prosecuted Trump in N.Y., is indicted on one count of bank fraud
The indictment comes after steady pressure from President Trump to prosecute James, who successfully sued Trump and his company for inflatin...
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October 9, 2025
Once the Gaza ceasefire goes into effect, what happens next? Here's what to know
Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for the "first phase" of a plan promoted by President Trump to end the war in Gaza. A ceasefire i...
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October 9, 2025
This #MeToo melodrama isn't great, but Julia Roberts' performance is
Roberts plays a Yale professor whose life unravels after one of her colleagues is accused of sexually assaulting a student. After the Hunt i...
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October 9, 2025
What to know about the Nobel Peace Prize
Anticipation is growing and bookies around the world are taking bets on who'll be awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Here is what to kno...
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October 9, 2025
The 10th and final escapee from a New Orleans jailbreak is captured after five months
Ten men escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center through a hole in the wall behind a toilet on May 16. Most were captured within days, but...
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October 9, 2025
Why being in credit card debt doesn't mean you're bad with money
Financial educators bust three common myths about credit card debt — and explain why these negative assumptions can hold us back from making...
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October 9, 2025
Shutdown strains already short-staffed air traffic controllers, union president says
Understaffing at air traffic control towers has affected flights this week. But the The National Air Traffic Controllers Association preside...
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October 9, 2025
China curbs rare earth exports, raising stakes before Trump-Xi talks
Analysts say Thursday's announcement is China's bid to strengthen its leverage in trade talks with the U.S., ahead of a planned leaders' mee...
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October 9, 2025
Bipartisan negotiations are the 'obvious way out' of the shutdown, says Sen. Dick Durbin
As the government shutdown reaches its ninth day, Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin is calling on Republicans to resume negotiations in Washington...
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October 9, 2025
Pope Leo issues new document on poverty
The apostolic exhortation is Pope Leo's first since his election in May.
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October 9, 2025
In Utah, a group that helped prompt the redistricting says it's acting on faith
Mormon Women for Ethical Government was one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit that could overturn Utah's Republican-leaning map for U.S. House...
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October 9, 2025
Need a laptop? This retiree refurbishes laptops, gives them away to those in need
Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who...
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October 9, 2025
Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says
For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.
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October 9, 2025
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold an...
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October 9, 2025
59% of Americans disapprove of RFK Jr.'s moves as health secretary, a new poll says
A new poll shows trust in federal health policies is plummeting, and what -- or who -- people believe increasingly depends on their politics...
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October 9, 2025
Trump's use of National Guard strays from role as 'minutemen,' military experts say
Military experts say they also worry how these new deployments will affect recruitment and public trust.
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October 9, 2025
In an age of streaming excess, cult rappers master the mini-album
Three new hip-hop releases show a way forward for mid-level artists: albums the length of a network sitcom, and committing to the audience y...
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October 9, 2025
XX wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in literature was announced Thursday, with this year's winner joining the ranks of Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and Toni...
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October 9, 2025
Chicago puts up a fight against Trump, deployment of National Guard troops
National Guard troops from Illinois and Texas have been tasked with protecting federal government employees such as Immigration and Customs...
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October 8, 2025
At the Supreme Court, the case of the candidate who sued, even though he won
At issue was a suit by Rep. Michael Bost, R-Ill., challenging an Illinois regulation that allows ballots mailed in by Election Day to be cou...
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October 8, 2025
Israel and Hamas agree on the "first phase" of Gaza ceasefire deal
The deal raises the possibility that the war may now be over, ending the bloodiest fighting ever between Israelis and Palestinians.
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October 8, 2025
Federal appeals court ruling keeps Oregon National Guard federalized ahead of oral arguments
The ruling does not allow troops onto Portland streets.
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October 8, 2025
After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack
When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, b...
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October 8, 2025
'Fairyland' recalls a girl's life with her poet father in pre-AIDS San Francisco
Alysia Abbott's memoir about growing up in 1970s San Francisco with her gay, single father, has been adapted into a film directed by Andrew...
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October 8, 2025
Los Angeles: Spaghetti Cumbia, a band born from cultural fusion
Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the U...
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October 8, 2025
What are your holiday shopping plans? NPR wants to hear from you
Is this the season of cutbacks or splurges? As we prepare to cover holiday shopping and deals, NPR wants to hear from you, whatever your pla...
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October 8, 2025
Laufey was an 'odd fish' in native Iceland. Now she's a jazz-pop star
The Grammy Award-winning singer and musician had rigorous classical training. Now she's making music that crosses genres: "I've been inspire...
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October 8, 2025
What does Montreal sound like?
World Cafe is kicking off its latest Sense of Place series with a playlist that offers a glimpse of Montreal's lively music scene.
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October 8, 2025
Dozens of Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned to help public TV after funding cuts
Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live on The Joy of P...
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October 8, 2025
Shutdowns serve as excuse for GOP and Democrats to spend more, says Sen. Ron Johnson
Sen. Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, has a plan for how to avoid shutdown showdown negotiations, but it wouldn't be popular with C...
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October 8, 2025
Why gold is having its best year since 1979
The price of gold hit $4,000 per ounce for the first time ever. It's a bad sign for the U.S. economy
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October 8, 2025
1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has
A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it co...
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October 8, 2025
RFK Jr.'s new dietary guidelines could be controversial. Here's what to watch for
The Health Secretary's affinity for saturated fat and his ire over ultra-processed foods could influence federal food guidelines, expected o...
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October 8, 2025
A MacArthur 'genius' gleans surprising lessons from ancient bones, shards and trash
Kristina Douglass wanted to find out the truth about how past communities adapted to environmental change. Her revelatory work has earned he...
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October 8, 2025
Scientist on front lines of overdose crisis receives MacArthur 'genius' award
Nabarun Dasgupta was recognized with a MacArthur "genius" award for work studying the deadly overdose crisis. He's also a front-line organiz...
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October 8, 2025
Thinkers, dreamers, doers: Here's who made the 2025 MacArthur Fellow list
A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each Fellow will recei...
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October 8, 2025
Talks resume as Broadway actors consider a strike
Broadway's union for performers and stage managers says the sticking point is health care.
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October 8, 2025
Former FBI director Comey pleads not guilty to federal charges of lying to Congress
The former FBI director, who has long been one of President Trump's most vocal critics, was indicted last month on two counts stemming from...
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October 8, 2025
Greetings from the Mediterranean, where dolphins swim alongside a migrant rescue ship
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
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October 8, 2025