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White House, House Democrats Agree On A Framework To Pay For Their Spending Plan
House leaders on Thursday announced an agreement with the White House on a loose framework for how they will pay for their spending package. No specifics were announced about the framework.
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Defining T. Rex Album Came Out The Same Year NPR Debuted Original Programming
NPR celebrates its 50th anniversary remembering other events in 1971. The band T. Rex overhauled their musical style and released Electric Warrior, an album that became the cornerstone of glam rock.
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The Elizabeth Holmes Trial Is Sparking A Gender Debate In Silicon Valley
The debate: Why have male CEOs, who promised the moon and failed, not been prosecuted? Holmes faces possible prison time over fraud charges tied to her former blood-testing company Theranos.
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How Goats Are Being Used To Prevent Wildfires In Ireland
Hills in Ireland are covered in a dry shrub called gorse that is responsible for many of the fires there. Goats love to eat gorse.
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Democrats, Progressives And Moderates, Are Divided Over Infrastructure Plan
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington State, head of the House Progressive Caucus, about the threats to vote no on the infrastructure bill.
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Melvin Van Peebles, A Giant Of Black Cinema, Dies At 89
He helped pave the way for the renegade genre known as blaxpolitation, with movies that were bitingly funny, sexually swaggering and occasionally violent, that put Black protagonists front and center.
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A Pfizer Booster Is Authorized For People 65+ Or At High-Risk For COVID
The Food and Drug Administration gave the OK for a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster for anyone 65 or older or at high risk for severe disease. People whose work puts them at risk will also be eligible.
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Betty Soskin, The Oldest Active U.S. Park Ranger, Is Still Going Strong
Soskin, who turned 100 years old on Wednesday, currently works as a ranger at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif.
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Finland Researchers Experiment With Growing Coffee In A Lab
Coffee cultivation contributes to deforestation and exploited labor. Smithsonian Magazine reports researchers found a way to do without cultivation — growing coffee from plant cells in bioreactors.
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At 91, Clint Eastwood Isn't Slowing Down. 'Cry Macho' Is His Latest Film
NPR's A Martínez talks to film critic Kenneth Turan about Cry Macho — the latest film from director and actor Clint Eastwood. The nonagenarian started directing films 50 years ago.
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The United Nations Warns People In Ethiopia's Tigray Region Face Famine
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Associated Press reporter Cara Allen about the humanitarian situation in Tigray — the war-torn region of Ethiopia where people are facing famine.
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John Prine's First Album Came Out The Same Year NPR Debuted Original Programming
NPR turns 50 this year, and we're marking it by looking back on some other things that happened in 1971. It was that year that songwriter John Prine released his debut album. Prine died in 2020.