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Taylor Swift's Eras Tour Concert Film is coming to a theater near you
The film is the latest in a string of concert movies making box office waves — and it's not the last. Beyoncé is up next. Swift's newest album – a rerecording of 1989 – is set to come out October 27.
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Queen Elizabeth's legacy lives on in Florida with a flock of swans
The swans are the descendants of a pair that the British monarch gifted the city of Lakeland nearly 70 years ago. The now 50 swans are being rounded up this week for their annual physical.
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In Argentina, everyone is living through record inflation and political upheaval
A political outsider won an important presidential primary in Argentina, campaigning on the promise to replace the country's currency with the dollar — making an already volatile economy even worse.
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U.S. experiences an epidemic of loneliness. Could making more friends help?
Making friends in adulthood can be difficult — sometimes the fear of rejection holds people back. So how do you make friends?
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Why TikTok videos of kids modeling clothes for a Dallas boutique have gone viral
The clothing store uses children to model their merchandise on TikTok. Are those kids getting paid? It is part of an internet trend that's raising concerns about children's rights.
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Human rights lawyer says attack by Hamas against Israel is a war crime
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Fernando Travesí of the International Center for Transitional Justice about the definition of war crimes in the context of the Hamas-Israel conflict.
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Maui welcomes back tourists and prepares to open schools after deadly wildfires
NPR's Michele Martin talks to AP reporter Jennifer Sinco Kelleher about west Maui reopening in an effort to help the island recover economically. Some locals have mixed feelings about the decision.
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Israeli hostages seized by a Hamas include a mother and her children
NPR's Michel Martin talks to the cousin of a woman presumed to have been kidnapped by Hamas, along with her children, during the weekend's attack on Israel.
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Some Christians want to make amends for the church's treatment of Indigenous people
Many Christian denominations in recent years have repudiated a doctrine that was used to justify the destruction of Indigenous people and culture. (Story aired on ATC on Oct. 5, 2023.)
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Israel's military is trying to push back militants who attacked multiple towns
The Israeli military said Monday it was still battling Hamas militants in several locations inside Israel's borders — on the third day after the attack from Gaza by hundreds of Hamas fighters.
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Halloween display at a house in Glen Falls, N.Y., is so good — it was 'fire'
So fire, as the slang term goes, that the fire department got a call. But the house wasn't burning down, it was a fire illusion made by two LED lights, a box fan, silver sheets and a fog machine.
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College roommates had no idea the lasting impact they would have on each other
Trey Phillips and Andre Thomas, two former college roommates, including one who is transgender, talk about what they have learned from each other.