All Things Considered
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One leg at a time: Chinese textile company makes the world's largest pair of jeans
A textile company in Southern China has reset the Guinness World Record for the largest pair of jeans. The pants are over 250 feet long.
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A visit to Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood, a Hezbollah stronghold and target of Israel
Dahieh, where Hassan Nasrallah was killed, is both a Hezbollah stronghold and one of the most vibrant parts of Beirut.
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Barbed wire, high fences: some election locations in Arizona close, but others step up
A church and a community college are stepping up to serve as voting locations after others pulled out due to security threats.
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Palme d’Or winner ‘Anora’ is a strip club Cinderella story
Sean Baker's Palme d'Or-winning comedy Anora is a Cinderella story of sorts, with a standout performance by Mikey Madison as the title character.
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Israel says its troops have killed Yahya Sinwar, the Oct. 7 attack mastermind
Israel's military says its troops have killed Yahya Sinwar, an architect of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. His death is being seen as a possible chance to end the war he started just over a year ago.
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Liam Payne, former member of One Direction, dies at 31
Payne, who came to fame as a teen in the massively popular British boy band One Direction, died in Buenos Aires after falling from his hotel balcony, according to reporting by the Associated Press.
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These organizers want you to know that New York does have good Mexican food
There's a misconception that New York City has no authentic Mexican food. But its first ever Mexican Restaurant Week, organized by an arts collective called Migo Events for Hispanic Heritage Month, raises visibility for the wide range of flavors and cuisines that unite the Mexican-American diaspora.
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How an anesthesiologist brought comfort to a woman on the operating table
On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain: Samantha Hodge-Williams was terrified as she lay in the operating room. Then the anesthesiologist offered a surprising source of calm.
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BOOK: WAR PART II
NPR's Scott Detrow continues his interview with journalist Bob Woodward about his book War, which details how the Biden administration has navigated Russia’s war with Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war.
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An illegal wine ring — busted in Europe — garnered up to 15 thousand euros per bottle
Six people have been arrested in connection with an international criminal network selling fake bottles of high-end French wine.
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Harris and Trump see federal land in the Southwest as an opportunity for more housing
Both major presidential candidates are reimagining swaths of land in the Southwest, much of it federally owned and maintained, as an opportunity to build more housing. Could this work on arid land?
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A man's colorful obituary for his father has gone viral
An obituary posted on Facebook mentions Robert Adolph Boehm’s habit of wearing unconventional hats, his possibly dangerous hobbies and his "last unintelligible and likely unnecessary curse."
