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Thousands of Afghans at a military base in Wisconsin await resettlement
Some 13,000 Afghan refugees who escaped the Taliban forces find themselves in an Army base in rural Wisconsin. They await resettlement in communities across the nation.
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More than social media: The WhatsApp outage affected small businesses worldwide
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ayman El Tarabishy, professor at George Washington University, about how Facebook's outage earlier this week halted work for businesses who rely on WhatsApp worldwide.
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How Janet Jackson's 'Control' shook the room for decades
Janet Jackson's Control turns 35 this week. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Sam Sanders of It's Been A Minute, who investigated the album's making and legacy to commemorate the anniversary.
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Idaho's lieutenant governor banned vaccine mandates while Gov. Little was out of town
While Idaho Gov. Brad Little left the state for a trip, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, who is running for the governor's seat in 2022, issued an order to ban mask and vaccine mandates even further.
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Supreme Court pushes government after it sought to block testimony in torture case
Both liberal and conservative Supreme Court justices pressed the U.S. government's lawyer about why a detainee at Guantanamo Bay couldn't testify about his own torture at the hands of the CIA.
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The world's 1st malaria vaccine gets a green light from the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization has given approval for the world's first malaria vaccine. Malaria kills tens of thousands of people every year, with at least half being children under age 5.
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The current debt ceiling issue might feel familiar. Here's why
The issue of the debt ceiling crops of every few years, floats in the public consciousness and then vanishes. Why do we pay so much attention to it?
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Student athletes have an easier time accessing mental health care on campus
One group of college student, athletes, routinely get more access to mental health services as an effort to care for the whole athlete. This care is gaining traction, but it is fair to other students?
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Senators discuss their proposal that would repair the infrastructure of HBCUS and
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Senators Chris Coons, D-Del., and Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., about their proposed act which would update the infrastructure of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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Reggaeton rules Latinx music, but not at the Latin Grammys
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Julyssa Lopez, writer for Rolling Stone magazine, and NPR's Felix Contreras, about the controversy around this year's Latin Grammys nominations.
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Biden promised to halt building Trump's border wall — but new construction has begun
Critics in Texas say President Biden is going against his promise to halt construction of the Trump border wall.
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Researchers who helped shape our understanding of climate change win Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in physics went to three scientists this year for their work on climate change and chaotic systems.