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Stories
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National
At 84, he has completed his goal of riding all 21,000 miles of the Amtrak network
Nat Read says he has ridden every mile on the Amtrak rail network, and he's never grown tired of looking at the country through a train window.
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National
This year's NBA draft was different — and it wasn't just Victor Wembanyama
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rafael Barlowe, the director of scouting for the NBA Big Board newsletter and host of their podcast, about the NBA draft and how it has changed over the years.
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National
How the 'jock tax' eats away at the incomes of non-resident athletes and entertainers
As the 2023 NBA Finals comes to a close and a champion crowned, we take a look at the financial surprise that awaits both post-season winners and losers — The Jock Tax.
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Arts & Life
Is Nike past its peak? A look at the company's current slump
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Chris Burns, footwear analyst and founder of ARCH (Art & Research, Culture-Hype) about Nike's shoe sale slump, inventory excess and colorway reliance.
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National
Astronaut Peggy Whitson unretires for a fourth trip to space
A crew of four astronauts, on a private Axiom Space trip run by SpaceX, has reached the International Space Station. Among them: mission commander Peggy Whitson, 63, and no stranger to orbit.
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TV writer David Simon weighs in on the Writers Guild of America strike
David Simon talks about how being a TV writer has changed over the years — and so have writer's wages.
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Politics
CNN was 'right to try' a townhall with Trump even if it failed, argues moderator
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jon Ralston, CEO of The Nevada Independent, about why he strongly supported the CNN's town hall with Trump — and then changed his mind minutes into the broadcast.
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National
Ft. Hood is now Ft. Cavazo, honoring a Latino general instead of a Confederate one
Army Colonial Chad R. Foster, commander of the newly-named Ft. Cavazos military base in Texas, and Brian Dosa, Ft. Cavazos' public works director, talk about changing the base's name from Ft. Hood.
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National
What's next, now that the IRS has a new commissioner and a new budget
Danny Werfel is in place as the new IRS commissioner with a new budget courtesy of the Inflation Reduction Act. How's he going to spend it?
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Technology
Lonely pet parrots find friendship through video chats, a new study finds
Parrots are known to be chatty, social animals. But when they're kept as pets, they can get lonely. A group of scientists found that video chatting with other parrots helps them feel less so.