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TRUDEAU RESIGNING
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he is stepping down ahead of this year's general election.He had faced mounting pressure to resign — from both allies and opponents.
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ISIS RESURGING?
Is ISIS having a resurgence? NPR's A Martinez talks to Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about how ISIS is adapting its tactics to survive.
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Orthodox Christmas takes on special meaning in Lebanon ths year
Many Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas in January, not December. In Lebanon, Christians say the holiday is extra poignant for them this year.
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In 2007 interview, Jimmy Carter discusses what he faced after losing reelection
Hear excerpts from a 2007 NPR interview with former President Jimmy Carter talking about the stark question he faced after failing to win reelection: what to do with the rest of his life.
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How Zora Neale Hurston's posthumous novel 'The Life of Herod the Great' was rescued
Scholar and editor, Deborah G. Plant, shares with NPR the process of rescuing Zora Neale Hurston's posthumous novel, "The Life of Herod the Great."
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Syria's interim government faces a new, serious challenge — bread lines
Bread lines have become a feature of the new Syria, posing a critical challenge to the country's rebel rulers who ousted President Bashar al-Assad last month.
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A Wisconsin-based surfer is on a quest to create a more eco-friendly board
The Great Lakes don't readily evoke images of surfing and surfboard-making, but a surfer in Wisconsin is on an eco-friendly mission to change that.
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Growing number of Colombians are fighting — and dying — in conflicts around the world
More and more former members of Colombia's armed forces are fighting and dying as mercenaries around the world.
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US Steel sues Biden administration for blocking its sale to Nippon
US Steel has gone to court to salvage its sale to a Japanese steelmaker. President Biden moved to block that sale last week, citing national security concerns.
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Dr. Rachel Levine focused on her job at HHS. Still, anti-trans politics followed her
Dr. Rachel Levine is the highest ranking, out transgender person ever to serve in the federal government. Her tenure at HHS ran concurrent with an explosion in state legislation targeting transgender people.
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Jan. 6 is set to be different this year — in a big way and more subtle ways too
In response to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot four years ago, Congress passed new rules to govern the presidential certification process. Those rules will be in effect Monday.
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Snow and ice impact millions as major winter storm moves across the U.S.
Tens of millions of Americans are dealing with snow and ice today after a powerful winter storm system has churned across the Midwest and parts of the East Coast.
