Sarah Handel
Stories
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In U.S., TikTok users flock to another Chinese app -- and love the irony
With the possibility of a TikTok ban looming, social media users in the U.S. are flocking to another Chinese app known as RedNote.
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Invasive crabs threatened West Coast ecosystems for decades. One solution? Otters
NPR's Juana Summers speaks to researcher Rikke Jeppesen about her work on how sea otters, which were hunted to almost near extinction, have been able to thrive by eating up to 120,000 crabs a year.
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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona reflects on FAFSA rollout, debt forgiveness
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona talks with NPR's Juana Summers about what went wrong and what went right in his department during the Biden administration.
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Santa Ana winds routine in Southern California. This wind event was anything but
The Santa Ana winds are fueling wildfires in southern California. Usually, they stay at higher altitudes, but this time, they dropped lower and squeezed through mountain passes.
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U.S. declares genocide in Sudan
The Biden administration said it has determined that Sudan's paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, is committing genocide in the country's ongoing civil war.
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'Magical, bold' script for 'The Substance' yields Globes win for Demi Moore
After decades performing in Hollywood movies, Demi Moore won her first major acting award on Sunday at the 2025 Golden Globes.
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Counter-terrorism expert says we shouldn't be surprised by ramming attacks
David Brannan, a counter-terrorism expert at the Naval Postgraduate School and vice president at The Hoffman Group, talks about the vehicular attack in New Orleans that killed at least 10 people.
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In Alabama, work release for incarcerated people more common than you might think
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Margie Mason, investigative reporter at the AP, about the alleged exploitation and abuse of the prison labor force in Alabama.
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Y2K: Looking back on the bug that wasn't
Zachary Loeb, Purdue University assistant professor, tells NPR's Juana Summers that the real story of Y2k wasn't about computers run amok. It was about experts sounding an alarm, and fixing problems.
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Authorities have recovered two black boxes from Wednesday's plane crash in Kazakhstan
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks about the Azerbaijan Airlines crash with The Ohio State University's Shawn Pruchnicki. He was trained in accident investigation at the National Transportation Safety Board.