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Vaxxed & Waxed, Booked & Busy: Post-Vaccination Beauty Salon Boom
After a tough financial year for the beauty industry, salons are seeing a much welcome boost in bookings now that more adults in the U.S. are vaccinated.
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Chris Bosh Talks About The NBA's New Kids On The Court Dominance
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with two-time NBA champion, author and 2021 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Chris Bosh about the NBA's new wave of stars asserting dominance this year.
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In A Wild News Cycle, Student Journalists Rise To The Challenge
The Red & Black at the University of Georgia shows what it means to be entering journalism when trust in the media is low, disinformation is rampant and traditional media business models are broken.
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Activists Want To Know What Amazon Is Going To Do About Nooses At Construction Site
Nooses are being discovered at a Connecticut Amazon warehouse construction site. Black social justice leaders want to know who's responsible for these hate symbols and what Amazon is doing to stop it.
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Prominent Defense Attorney F. Lee Bailey Has Died At 87
Prominent defense attorney F. Lee Bailey has died. He took on huge cases that often dominated the news, including those of Patty Hearst and O.J. Simpson. Bailey was 87.
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Colonial Pipeline CEO Explains The Decision To Pay Hackers $4.4 Million Ransom
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Colonial Pipeline CEO Joe Blount on the ransomware attack on the pipeline's network and the decision to pay the hackers the $4.4 million ransom.
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Cities Are Weighing The Dangers And Benefits Of Facial Recognition
King County, Wash., banned the use of facial recognition by county agencies like law enforcement, following cities such as San Francisco. In most of the U.S., activists are finding bans a tough sell.
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International Committee Of The Red Cross Director On Hurdles To Aid Gaza And Israel
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Robert Mardini, the director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, about the situation in Gaza and Israel after the 11-day war in May.
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A Racist Law From 1834 Stands In The Way Of A Chehalis Tribe Business Venture
The Chehalis Tribe in Washington state has a plan to create jobs and revenue. The problem? A racist law from 1834.
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Former Obama Advisor Explores the Decline of Democracy Across The Globe In New Book
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Rhodes, former advisor to President Obama, about his new book which explores the decline of democracy abroad — and warns that it could happen here, too.
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Sackler Family Empire Poised To Win Immunity From Opioid Lawsuits
A federal bankruptcy judge cleared a plan for final vote by Purdue Pharma's creditors that would release members of the Sackler family and their financial empire from liability for the opioid crisis
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Still Talking: Biden, Republicans Agree To Keep At Infrastructure Negotiations
The continued talks between the president and Senate Republicans come despite an ongoing split over the scope of the proposal and how to pay for it.