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The Aftermath Of An Immigration Raid In 'Separated'

By editor • Nov 16, 2019

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Saturday Sports: Colin Kaepernick, Myles Garrett

By editor • Nov 16, 2019

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I look forward all week to saying it's time for sports.

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Alex Gibney On 'Citizen K'

By editor • Nov 16, 2019

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Opinion: Diplomats Called 'Deep State' Insiders Were Outsiders Fleeing Oppression

By Scott Simon • Nov 16, 2019

It might be called "Revenge of the Pin-Stripes."

In this week's House Intelligence Committee hearings, career diplomats dressed in somber suits who have often been derided as "elites," "insiders," "the establishment," and even "the Deep State" got the chance to tell Americans how they have been nonpartisan representatives of America from administration to administration.

Those parts of their testimony weren't news "bombshells." But their words are worth noting.

When Cancer Arrived, The Battle Was Second Nature For Uncle And Nephew Veterans

By Emma Bowman • Nov 9, 2019

Ever since he was a child, Michael Menta looked up to his uncle Sal Leone for becoming a Marine. Menta would eventually follow in Leone's footsteps to serve his country, enlisting in the Navy during his senior year of high school.

Their shared veteranship brought them closer.

"We spoke the same language," Menta said, when he and Leone visited StoryCorps last month.

'Blue's Clues' Returns With A New Host

By editor • Nov 9, 2019

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UNIDENTIFIED CHILDREN: (As characters) A clue.

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"Blue's Clues" is back.

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UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) Oh, a clue. Wait. Where's the clue?

What's Left Behind Of The Berlin Wall

By Rob Schmitz • Nov 9, 2019

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Germany today celebrates the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. NPR's Berlin correspondent Rob Schmitz brings us this story on what's left of where the wall once stood.

Opinion: 30 Years After The Berlin Wall

By Scott Simon • Nov 9, 2019

The Berlin Wall stood for 28 years. Today, Nov. 9, marks the 30th anniversary of when it began to come down.

It may be hard to imagine, a generation later, what a momentous event that was and why the sight of ordinary citizens, chipping away by hand and hammer at that edifice of cruelty, lifted so many hopes around the world.

Remembering Former NPR Producer David Rector

By Scott Simon • Nov 9, 2019

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NPR has lost a friend and an old colleague. News reached us this week that David Rector died last month at the age of 69. He'd suffered an aortic dissection years ago that left him a quadriplegic.

Saturday Sports: Nationals Win World Series

By editor • Nov 2, 2019

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And it's time for sports.

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'On Swift Horses,' Shannon Pufahl's Celebration Of Her Grandmother

By editor • Nov 2, 2019

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The Layers Of Lasagna

By Karen Grigsby Bates • Nov 2, 2019

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Some States With Legal Weed Embrace Vaping Bans, Warn Of Black Market Risks

By editor • Oct 26, 2019

Around Washington state, cannabis shops are being required to hang signs warning customers of "severe lung injuries" and "deaths" associated with vaping.

Kevin Heiderich, a co-owner of one such shop, House of Cannabis in Tacoma, Wash., believes the government response to vaping illnesses should focus on the black market.

"Something has just changed and no one really knows what it is," he says.

Saturday Sports: World Series

By Tom Goldman • Oct 26, 2019

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You know, there is one institution in Washington, D.C. that works well. Time for sports.

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Mexico's Asylum Agency Struggles To Keep Up

By Carrie Kahn • Oct 26, 2019

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What A Fight Between Airplane-Makers Means For French Wine

By Eleanor Beardsley • Oct 26, 2019

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My Signature Song: 'She Used To Be Mine' By Sara Bareilles

By editor • Oct 19, 2019

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Time now for 32-year-old Ashley Syruws to share her signature song. It's helped her through one of the hardest stretches of her life. The song - "She Used To Be Mine." by Sara Bareilles.

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California Wants To Train Doctors To Prevent Gun Deaths

By editor • Oct 19, 2019

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Meet The Mysterious Blob At The Paris Zoo

By editor • Oct 19, 2019

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In the horror classic "The Blob," a small town is taken over by slime from outer space who, that, whatever, is intuitive, enterprising, unable to survive any weapon mere humans can muster.

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Now it's time for sports.

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Judy Garland's Personal Assistant On 'Judy'

By editor • Oct 5, 2019

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"Judy," the movie, has opened to great reviews, boffo box-office and Oscar talk, beginning with Renee Zellweger as the indomitable, inmimicable (ph) and vulnerable Judy Garland.

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