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Inspections of grounded Boeing planes begin after a door plug blew off one in flight
The NTSB says it has recovered the door plug that blew off a Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplane on Friday. Investigators are trying to understand why a system that's worked well on other planes failed here.
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Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta weighs in on Secretary Austin
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Obama's Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta about why it took the Pentagon three days to tell the White House that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized.
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The significance of the Cartier glasses worn by the University of Michigan Wolverines
The University of Michigan is playing for the College Football National Championship. Whenever the team gets a turnover, the triumphant player puts on an iconic pair of Cartier white buff sunglasses.
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There's already trouble for the Peregrine moon mission
On Monday, NASA launched America's first robotic mission to the moon's surface since the Apollo era. The small probe, called Peregrine-1, is already having issues.
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Former Capitol Hill police officer announces run for Congress near Jan. 6 anniversary
Former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn talks about why he's running for the Congressional seat being vacated by Maryland Democrat John Sarbanes.
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Blinken is in Israel on his Mideast tour aimed at trying to contain the war in Gaza
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel on Monday as part of a multi-country trip to try to curb Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Gaza and prevent a wider regional war.
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Truth, forgiveness: 'Swept Away' is a theatrical vessel for Avett Bros' music
With songs by the Avett Brothers, Swept Away follows four men fighting to survive a shipwreck. The musical is inspired by the true story in which men resort to cannibalism to survive.
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'Society of the Snow' director on his framing of the plane crash survival story
The new film Society of the Snow revisits the infamous story of survival after a plane crash in the Andes. But director Juan Antonio Bayona wants the audience to see a different side of the survivors.
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NRA corruption trial preview
A civil trial in New York could further upend the National Rifle Association. The state alleges misuse of funds at the powerful group.
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Kentucky backs away from plan to fund opioid treatment research with settlement money
Kentucky was going to use some its opioid settlement money on research of a psychedelic drug to treat opioid addiction, but now officials are backing off.
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Congressional leaders reach a deal to fund the government, avert a shutdown
The deal — which has yet to pass Congress — adheres to the spending levels agreed to by President Biden and former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in a deal last summer.
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Denver Mayor Johnston says migrant spillover is humanitarian and fiscal crisis
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston about the high numbers of migrants that have been arriving in the city. Denver has spent more than $36 million helping migrants.