Leila Fadel
Stories
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Racist questions are asked as Arab American rights leader testifies at hearing
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, about a contentious exchange at a Senate hearing on hate crimes.
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North Carolina’s lt. governor is accused of posting on a pornographic website
Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, faces pressure to withdraw after reports that he made racist, homophobic and sexually explicit comments online.
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Netflix documentary follows teens participating in high-level Mariachi competitions
A documentary follows the world of competitive high-school mariachi performance. "Going Varsity in Mariachi" is now streaming on Netflix.
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Haitians consider leaving Springfield, Ohio, after they're accused of eating pets
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Viles Dorsainvil about the mood among Haitians in Springfield after former President Donald Trump amplified false claims about Haitian migrants there.
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Trump's Truth Social reaches a business milestone. Will he cash out his stake?
The former president is about to be able to sell his majority stake in Trump Media, the parent company of his Truth Social network. But the share price has plunged, as investors try to predict the outcome of the presidential election.
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Beirut is on edge after 2 waves of explosions that used pagers and walkie-talkies
In Lebanon, victims were buried after a cyberattack Tuesday that detonated thousands of hand-held pagers used by the militant group Hezbollah. The next day there was a second wave of attacks.
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Examining whether a U.S. ban on TikTok would be censorship
Is the U.S. banning TikTok essentially censorship? NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with an attorney whose firm filed a petition on behalf of a TikTok creator seeking to stop the U.S. ban.
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Morning news brief
For a second day devices were turned into bombs in Lebanon. The explosions are the latest in a series of attacks attributed to Israel. The Teamsters are not endorsing a 2024 presidential candidate.
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Lebanon blames Israel for thousands of pagers that were turned into little bombs
There were thousands of causalities when pagers carried by members of Hezbollah exploded in crowded stores and streets. The method of attack was highly unusual -- if not unprecedented.
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Morning news brief
Electronic pagers belonging to members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah were attacked. The Federal Reserve is on the verge of cutting interest rates. Drug overdose deaths dropped in the U.S.