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  Iraq vets reflect on a war Americans have largely put behind them

  The U.S. invasion of Iraq 20 years ago gripped the entire nation. Today it is far from the minds of most Americans, though not for the veterans who served there.

  Mar 21, 2023 at 2:00 am

• Saturday Sports: March Madness begins; men's FIFA World Cup expands format

  March Madness has begun in college basketball with some stunning upsets in the first round, the World Baseball Classic comes to a close, and the men's FIFA World Cup expands its format.

  Mar 18, 2023 at 5:01 am

• Biden has big ideas for fixing child care. For now a small workaround will have to do

  Companies applying for federal subsidies through the new CHIPS law must guarantee their workers have affordable child care but advocates say it won't solve the country's child care crisis.

  Mar 18, 2023 at 5:01 am

• These two sisters fled the Taliban and found a new dream — acting

  Two Afghan sisters flee the Taliban, leaving their dreams behind, only to find a new dream acting in a movie that's making headlines at several film festivals.

  Mar 18, 2023 at 5:01 am

• In one Tennessee prison, inmates serving life sentences show a better path forward

  In Tennessee's Turney prison, inmates serving life terms want to show younger inmates how to take a different path once they finish their sentences.

  Mar 11, 2023 at 5:03 am

• Saturday Sports: Mikaela Shiffrin's ski record; college basketball coaches retire

  This week in sports, Mikaela Shiffrin skis towards another record, the World Baseball Classic highlights unlikely stars, and college basketball says goodbye to two storied coaches.

  Mar 11, 2023 at 5:03 am

• Kali Uchis on her new album 'Red Moon in Venus'

  NPR's Scott Simon speaks with singer-songwriter Kali Uchis about her soulful new album, "Red Moon in Venus," and the inspiration behind it.

  Mar 11, 2023 at 5:03 am

• Selma residents are still recovering from January's tornadoes

  March 7 marks the 58th anniversary of the attack on civil rights activists in Selma, Alabama. Residents there are still recovering from tornadoes that ripped through the city in January.

  Mar 04, 2023 at 5:00 am

• A professor found a bug in Walmart. Years later, he realized it was a rare species

  A University of Pennsylvania entomologist discovers, live on Zoom, that an insect was not nearly as ordinary as he thought it was.

  Mar 04, 2023 at 5:00 am

• Saturday Sports: MLB's new rules; NBA star player moves; Bruins set a new NHL record

  NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about Major League Baseball's new rules, star player moves in the NBA and the Boston Bruins setting new NHL scoring record.

  Mar 04, 2023 at 5:00 am

• Jenny Jackson on her debut novel 'Pineapple Street'

  NPR's Scott Simon asks book editor Jenny Jackson about her debut novel, "Pineapple Street," set in the well-to-do Brooklyn Heights section of New York City.

  Mar 04, 2023 at 5:00 am

• Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been banned from making movies or leaving Iran

  Filmmaker Jafar Panahi is banned from making movies or leaving Iran. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Vulture critic Roxana Hadadi about the work he manages to produce despite government restrictions.

  Feb 25, 2023 at 4:52 am