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Business

After decades on NPR, this familiar voice is retiring

NPR's Ari Shapiro and longtime newscaster Jack Speer chat about his early years covering business for the network, his retirement, and what he'll miss about covering the daily news.

The professor behind the 'power nap,' James Maas, dies at 86

Renowned social psychologist James Maas was on a mission to get Americans to take sleep more seriously. The longtime Cornell professor credited with coining the term "power nap" died last week at 86.

How the latest SCOTUS ruling on religous rights echoes the Scopes trial

The Supreme Court ruled that a Maryland couple could pull their child out of classes where the material involved books with LGBTQ themes.  Almost exactly one hundred years ago – in July 1925 – there was another famous legal debate over what kids learn in the classroom that took place in Tennessee. 

Politics

Sen. John Thune, once a political enemy of Trump, emerges as a key ally

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is a key ally of President Trump's, helping get his domestic policy bill passed by the Senate. It is a dramatic reversal from their days as virtual political enemies.

Politics

Rep. Mike Lawler on the GOP's spending bill, and whether the House can pass it

NPR's Juana Summers talks with New York Rep. Mike Lawler, a republican, about the Senate's tax and spending bill – and whether he thinks the House has enough votes to send it to the president's desk.

Music

A Green Day fan invited onstage to play one of their songs plays 'Wonderwall' instead

A fan at a Green Day concert was invited onstage to play along with the band — only to start playing someone else's music.

National

Pre Civil-War Wisconsin law does not ban abortion, says state Supreme Court

A law from 1849 does not ban abortion in Wisconsin. That's what the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday.

The Dalai Lama's succession

As Dalai Lama turns 90, he says he will not be the last spiritual leader of Tibet's Buddhists — there will be a successor.

National

Proposed Medicaid cuts threaten the future of Kentucky health clinics

A look at a rural clinic in Kentucky shows how it could get harder for states to provide health care for people on Medicaid — and how other clinics could be affected — if Congress imposes cuts.