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U.S. Takes The Ryder Cup In A Historically Dominant Win
A team made up of the best male golfers in the U.S. is celebrating a dominating win Sunday in the Ryder Cup. The Americans tallied a record-setting number of points against the European team.
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A High-Stakes Political Game Of Chicken Is Playing Out In Washington This Week
Senate Republicans are expected to block a vote to extend government funding and the raise the federal debt ceiling, increasing the odds of a government shutdown and a debt default in mid-October.
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How Our Brains Create Meaning From The Sounds Around Us
How do our brains create meaning from the sounds around us? That is the question at the heart of a new book from neuroscientist Nina Kraus, called Of Sound Mind.
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An Conundrum Years In The Making, China Is Struggling To Find Workers For Factories
For decades, China exported better and cheaper stuff. But now China is experiencing a factory worker crunch that could lead to higher prices on exports. It's been a long time coming.
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R. Kelly Is Found Guilty Of Sex Trafficking And Racketeering
Disgraced R&B star R. Kelly has been found guilty of charges including the sexual exploitation of children, bribery, racketeering and sex trafficking involving five victims
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John Hinckley Jr., Who Shot Ronald Reagan, Will Be Unconditionally Released In 2022
John Hinckley Jr., who wounded then President Reagan and three others in a failed assassination attempt in 1981, will win unconditional release next year as part of a court settlement.
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Religious Exemptions To Vaccine Mandates Present A Dilemma For Employers
With a vaccine mandate coming to businesses with over 100 employees, lots of workers opposed to the shots are looking into how to request religious exemptions — putting their employers in a quandary.
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Reporter's Notebook: Fall On The Adirondack River
NPR's Brian Mann sends us an audio postcard from a canoe trip down a wild river in New York, in search of autumn color.
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The Kerner Commission's Last Living Member: We Still Need To Talk About Racism
Former U.S. Sen. Fred Harris is the last surviving member of the Kerner Commission, appointed in 1967 to study the root causes of social unrest in America. Its groundbreaking report blamed racism.
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Visitors See More Than Just Grief And Loss At COVID-19 Memorial In D.C.
NPR's Michel Martin visits the National Mall to talk with artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg about her installation, "In America: Remember," honoring the more than 660,000 Americans lost to COVID-19.
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With 'Blue Bayou,' Filmmaker Justin Chon Asks: Who Decides Who Is American?
Justin Chon's new film Blue Bayou is about a Korean-born, American-raised adoptee who faces deportation back to Korea. Many adoptees without U.S. citizenship face that same problem in real life.
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Anthony Hamilton On New Album 'Love Is The New Black'
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton, who delivers his first album in five years with the help of some friends like Jennifer Hudson.