All Things Considered
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Tesla is losing favor among Democrats. But do pro-Musk Republicans want to buy EVs?
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Allergy season is changing. Here's why symptoms may be hitting earlier and harder
Many people say their seasonal allergies are hitting earlier and harder. We talk with a professor who studied how climate change has affected plant biology for over 30 years.
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The push to get electric air taxis for the 2034 Olympics in Salt Lake City
A Vermont company with operations in Utah says it can have electric air taxis ready for service in time for the 2034 Olympics in Salt Lake City. Pending federal regulations will be a big factor.
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Louisiana is locked in a legal battle over its planned execution of a death row inmate
Louisiana has hit a roadblock in its plan to resume executions after a 15-year pause. At issue is the method -- death by nitrogen gas -- an which has been used only a handful of times in Alabama and puts one religious group in particular on edge.
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Mission launches to retrieve 2 astronauts from the ISS
A SpaceX capsule will launch from Florida to the International Space Station. The capsule will bring home Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who spent several months longer than planned on the ISS.
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Revisiting Club Quarantine, the dance party that DJ D-Nice brought to our homes
DJ D-Nice wanted to bring people together during the pandemic. In 2020, Club Quarantine was born, attracting hundreds of thousands of music lovers. DJ D-Nice reflects on that moment five years later and what's happened since then
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Canada's threat to hike electricity prices highlights U.S. reliance on imported power
As a trade war grew this week, Ontario's leader threatened a surcharge on Canadian electricity sold in some U.S. states. The episode highlighted the U.S. reliance on imported Canadian power.
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How the Trump administration's Education Department cuts are playing out
The Trump administration has announced it is laying off nearly half of all staff at the U.S. Department of Education, a bold step toward keeping President Trump's campaign promise to close it.
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NIH investigating agency-funded research into mRNA vaccine technology
The Trump administration has ordered the National Institutes of Health to terminate dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and issues related to the LGBTQ community. The NIH is also gathering information about grants that involve the mRNA technology used to create the COVID-19 vaccines.
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The latest on the Trump administration's Ukraine-Russia ceasefire proposal
Ukraine has agreed to a 30-day ceasefire in its war with Russia. But there's still no response from Russia to the proposal, which is being brokered by the Trump administration.
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John Mulaney brings an 'anti-talk show' approach to his new Netflix program
The new late night show Everybody's Live with John Mulaney starts on Wednesday. It's intended to both boost Netflix's live offerings and reinvent the celebrity talk show format.
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A little-known law is in the spotlight: What to know about the Privacy Act of 1974
The Privacy Act of 1974 protects personal information collected across federal agencies. Privacy groups and attorneys are invoking it to block access to personal records by DOGE.