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Venezuelans prepare for a tense inauguration day
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Raul Stolk, the managing director of Caracas Chronicles, which covers Venezuelan politics. Friday will see President Maduro sworn in despite disputed results.
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L.A. fires latest: Close to 200,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation
As high winds persist, Los Angeles struggles with water and firefighting staffing challenges. Authorities say "thousands" of homes and businesses are destroyed. At least five people have died.
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A wage hike for home health care workers in Nevada is proving game-changing
After Nevada gave home care workers a huge raise, from about $11 to $16 an hour, turnover in the industry fell sharply. Now, caregivers are preparing to lobby for another wage hike.
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NASA hedges its bets on costly Mars rock mission
NASA has decided it's going to pursue parallel missions to attempt to retrieve samples of rock on Mars collected by rovers.
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Bad Bunny's new album is being called his most Puerto Rican and political yet
No matter how famous he gets, the focus of Bad Bunny's music always comes back to his home of Puerto Rico. And his new record is being called his most Puerto Rican and most political album yet.
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Ancient kangaroo teeth hold clues to the role of climate change in ancient extinction
In a mass extinction event some 40,000 years ago, Australia lost 90% of its large species. New research suggests climate change played a much smaller role than once thought, though not all agree.
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Altadena Town Council chair talks about disaster response from the Eaton fire
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Victoria Knapp, chair of Altadena Town Council, about the destruction in her town from the Eaton fire.
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Outgoing CIA Dir. Bill Burns shares his outlook on Russia, Mideast and ISIS
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to outgoing CIA Director Bill Burns about the handling of Russia, the Mideast, and security threats during his tenure, plus what lies ahead for the intel community.
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How several major landmarks are doing in the Los Angeles fires
Seven Los Angeles landmarks and how they're affected by the fires raging across the region.
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The latest on the fires burning across southern California
Destructive winds not seen in more than a decade have led to multiple fires burning across Southern California. Here's the latest information.
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A 9/11 plea deal is in doubt: Unpacking the legal drama
The DOJ has asked to stop the alleged 9/11 mastermind from pleading guilt at Guantanamo -- even though two U.S. military courts already rejected the Defense Secretary's attempt to block the plea.
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A husband honors the 4 women who protected his injured wife from oncoming traffic
When Charlie Essers arrived at the scene of his wife's bike accident, he found four women protecting her from oncoming traffic.