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Palestinian President May Postpone Election
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called long overdue elections to unite Palestinians and renew his legitimacy internationally. But he faces challengers from his own party and may postpone the vote.
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Rutherford Falls Creators On Finding Humor In America's 'Messy' History
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with comedy writers Michael Schur and Sierra Teller Ornelas about coming to terms with America's messy history, and turning discomfort into the sitcom "Rutherford Falls."
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Snapchat Post Takes Teen Off Cheerleading Squad — And To The Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a First Amendment case that involved a teenager suspended from her cheerleading squad for using profanities on Snapchat.
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Police Bodycam Footage Released After Man Died During Arrest In Alameda, Calif.
Body camera footage released of a northern California man who died after officers pinned him to the ground for five minutes has sparked outrage. His family wants the officers involved prosecuted.
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Jhumpa Lahiri On Her Unique Use Of Place In 'Whereabouts'
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Jhumpa Lahiri about her unusual use of place in her new novel, Whereabouts, which she first wrote in Italian and translated herself into English.
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U.S. Diplomats To Come Home From Afghanistan To Prepare For A Troop Withdrawal
The U.S. State Department announced that it is bringing some U.S. diplomats home from Afghanistan to prepare for a U.S. troop withdrawal.
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India's Government Is Telling Facebook, Twitter To Remove Critical Posts
Twitter and Facebook are removing posts in India that are critical of the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, now a dire crisis.
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The Situation At The U.S.-Mexico Border May Disrupt The White House's 100 Day Agenda
The White House tried to remain laser-focused on the agenda that it had laid out for the first 100 days, but the situation at the border has been the greatest source of disruption beyond its control.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Officially Faces Recall Election
California's secretary of state says there are more than enough valid signatures to trigger a recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat.
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Billions Of Cicadas Will Be Emerging Soon
Soon, billions of periodical cicadas will emerge from the earth in parts of the East Coast and Midwest — a spectacle that only happens every 17 years.
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Did Last Night's Oscars Work As A TV Show?
We've talked about the ratings and who won what — but did the Oscars telecast work as good TV? Oscars producers made some unusual choices this year. We break down the good, the bad and the ugly.
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As Pregnancy-Related Deaths Rise In The U.S., Experts Say Expanding Medicaid Is Key
The U.S. is the only industrialized nation where the rate of pregnancy-related deaths is rising. Black mothers face the highest risk, and the CDC estimates over half of these deaths are preventable.