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A profile of Wall Street's top cop: SEC Chairman Gary Gensler
The top U.S. securities regulator has a full plate. SEC chairman Gary Gensler wants to protect novice investors who are trading stocks and crypto currencies.
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Many remain wary of the group behind the Golden Globe awards
Golden Globe nominations are out Monday. But after allegations of corruption within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association emerged earlier this year, some remain skeptical of the group.
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Texas-based nonprofit lends a hand to the real Santa Clause
Eighty-one-year-old Jim Fletcher, from the Texas-based Lone Star Santas organization, shares what it's like to be Santa Claus year-round.
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Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion law as legal fights move ahead
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed abortion providers to challenge Texas' restrictive abortion law. NPR's Noel King speaks with Florida State law professor Mary Ziegler about the implications.
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British court permits Julian Assange extradition to the U.S. on spying charges
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to journalist Willem Marx about the court opening the door for Assange to be extradited. It ruled U.S. assurances were enough to guarantee Assange would be treated humanely.
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U.K. researchers develop a questionnaire to find if your cat is psychopathic
Researchers adapted human tests for cats, Vice reports. Owners answer yes or no to statements like: My cat meows loudly for no apparent reason or my cat doesn't appear to act guilty after misbehaving.
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The day Santas stormed Macy's to protest for AIDS awareness
On Black Friday 1991, AIDS activists protested the department store's decision to not rehire a Santa who had HIV. The man who inspired the protest reconnects with an activist who helped organize it.
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Morning news brief
New York's attorney general wants to question ex-president Trump in a civil fraud case. U.S. Delta cases surge. A Michigan school district, its officials and some staff, are sued after a shooting.
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EU official holds talks with U.S. officials, who are grappling with big tech firms
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to the European Union's top competition official, Margrethe Vestager, about how governments should be handling big tech firms.
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Pennsylvania sees a dramatic surge in COVID cases driven by the Delta variant
COVID-19 cases are rising in parts of Pennsylvania. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Jeffrey Jahre, an infectious disease expert with St. Luke's University Health Network, based in Bethlehem, Pa.
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People in Aurora search for answers into shootings involving teenagers
Sixteen teens were shot in Aurora, Colo., over 20 days in November. Adults and kids are looking for reasons and solutions.
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World's democracies meet to show solidarity against a rising tide of authoritarianism
President Biden has invited more than 100 countries to a virtual summit on democracy. But some of the names on the list are drawing questions over their own democratic practices.