Chris Benderev
Chris Benderev is a founding producer of and also reports stories for NPR's documentary-style podcast, Embedded. He's driven into coal mines, watched as a town had to shutter its only public school after 100 years in operation, and, recently, he's followed the survivors of a mass shooting for two years to understand what happens after they fade from the news. He's also investigated the pseudoscience behind a national chain of autism treatment facilities. As a producer, he's made stories about ISIS, voting rights and Donald Trump's business history. Earlier in his career, he was a producer at NPR's Weekend Edition, Morning Edition, Hidden Brain and the TED Radio Hour.
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Russian police dragged opposition leader Alexei Navalny from a march in Moscow and carried him feet-first into a van. Earlier Russian authorities appeared to raid his headquarters,
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The organizers of 2017's historic Women's March in Washington, D.C., chose Las Vegas, Nev., for its swing state status.
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The U.S. views the Kurdish group as crucial to battling ISIS, but Turkey considers them allies of another Kurdish group it classifies as terrorists.
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The topic came up during Pence's talks with Egypt's and Jordan's leaders. The vice president now heads for a warmer welcome in Israel from the country's government.
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Wichita, Kan., police fatally shot a father of two Thursday after a false 911 report claimed a man was holding his family hostage at that address. The suspect is thought to be behind the call.
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The recent trend on Twitter has users posting pictures of their 14-year-old selves in both funny and poignant rebukes of Roy Moore's alleged sexual encounter with an Alabama teen.
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Pence, both the father and son of servicemen, delivered a speech that was by turns conventional and surprisingly personal.
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Brett Talley, 36, a Harvard Law School graduate, has worked for numerous political campaigns and written partisan blog posts but has limited experience as a practicing attorney.
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Clocks "fell back" Sunday at 2 a.m. in most of the U.S. Many will gladly accept the extra hour of sleep, but others argue this twice-a-year tradition ultimately harms society.
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The third- and fourth-largest U.S. wireless carriers had been in talks for a long time but announced Saturday that they could not agree on mutually beneficial terms.