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Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been pushing for student loan relief for years
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts about the Biden administration's plan to forgive some college debt owed by millions of American students.
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Biden wants to erase some or all federal student loan debt for millions of borrowers
President Biden announced a sweeping student loan cancellation plan Wednesday. Some are rejoicing over newfound financial freedom, but there are critics on both sides.
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Mack Rutherford, 17, becomes the youngest person to fly around the world alone
Mack Rutherford got his pilot's license when he was 15. He was born into a family of aviators. His older sister has the record for youngest woman to fly around the world alone.
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When did human bodies evolve to sweat? We don't know exactly when
All summer, NPR's Science Desk has been looking at sweat. Humans are covered with millions of sweat glands, but it wasn't always that way. When did humans start to sweat?
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People are gathering for the Fed's annual meeting in Jackson Hole
The markets are watching as the Federal Reserve holds its annual meeting in Wyoming. NPR's A Martinez talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution for a preview.
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A skateboarding destination in Arizona runs through the Hopi Reservation
A group of Hopi teenagers rallied together to bring a skate park to their village. When the pandemic began, the outdoor activity took on new life and the teens created what they called Skate264.
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Widow of Kobe Bryant was awarded $16 million in the trial over crash photos
NPR's A Martinez talks to Los Angeles Times reporter Alene Tchekmedyian about the verdict in the trial over the sharing of photos of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant.
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A GOP misinformation campaign targets Democrats' climate spending packages
The Biden administration's renewable energy and climate policies face pushback from a misinformation campaign that some Republicans tap when the power grid is strained.
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Trump asks court to appoint a third party to review records seized in FBI search
NPR's A Martinez talks to former Justice Department official David Laufman about former President Donald Trump's request for a special master to review materials seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago.
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NASA says there is a misconception that there is no sound in space
NASA released a sound from the black hole at the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster. What you'll hear is pressure waves emitted from the black hole causing ripples in the star cluster's hot gas.
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8-year-old girl in Kent, England, has an out of this world story to tell her friends
Isabella Payne used her father's ham radio to talk to astronaut Kjell Lindgren aboard the International Space Station. Her dad had been listening for weeks to Lindgren use his amateur radio equipment.
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Gov. DeSantis is seen as an heir to Trumpism, strategist David Jolly says
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to former Florida Republican Rep. David Jolly, who's an analyst for NBC, about the rise of Gov. Ron DeSantis to become a potential presidential candidate.