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NPR goes on a real life treasure hunt
A few weeks ago, a video game designer and a musician hid treasure somewhere in the forests of the Northeastern U.S. It’s called Project Skydrop. NPR joined the hunt.
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A pair of new films take laughter both theatrically and seriously
Joker: Folie A Deux is a musical follow-up to Joaquin Phoenix's turn as DC Comics villain Joker, this time with Lady Gaga; and Saturday Night dramatizes the very first show of what would become SNL.
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3 ex-police officers found guilty on some charges in beating death of Tyre Nichols
A federal jury has convicted three former Memphis police officers of some federal civil rights violations and found them not guilty of others in the 2023 beating death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols.
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Striking dockworkers want a complete ban on automation
Dockworkers are on strike for a third day on the East Coast and Gulf Coast. One of their demands: A complete ban on automation. Their union wants humans moving shipping containers, not machines.
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Israeli and Palestinian women are working together for a peaceful future
On Oct. 4, 2023, thousands of Palestinian and Israeli women marched for peace. After a year of conflict and casualties, the groups are still working together to call for peace.
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Kate McKinnon's middle-grade book is for a love letter to her fellow weirdos
In her first children’s book, SNL star Kate McKinnon shows her affection for outsiders. It features Millicent Quib, a mad scientist with worms in her hair and oysters in her bathtub.
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Utah's controversial effort to gain control of U.S. public lands
In the upcoming Supreme Court term, Utah hopes the conservative justices will continue to overturn long-established legal precedents, including the federal government's control of U.S. public land.
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How the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin is doing 12 years after tragedy
We visit The Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, where a white supremacist mass shooting took place 12 years ago.
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Israeli airstrike hits a medical center in central Beirut
In Lebanon, Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed at least seven medical and rescue workers. The Lebanese government accuses Israel of targeting Lebanon’s already stretched infrastructure.
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This week in science: squid fabric, a growing Everest, and the mystery of lightning
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about squid-inspired fabric, the growing height of Mount Everest, and new research into the mystery of how lightning forms.
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Visiting the world's biggest Elvis festival in — unexpectedly — a small town in Wales
You might expect the world’s biggest Elvis Presley festival to be in Las Vegas, or Memphis, Tenn. One small seaside town holds an annual -- and possibly the worlds biggest -- Elvis Presley festival.
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Social Security is expected to run out. What does the future hold?
As a record number of people retire, social security won’t be around for much longer either. We look at the origins of social security and some new ideas to tackle new retirement challenges.