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Bob Dixon highlighted programs in the county, including some that received American Rescue Plan Act funds.
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George Walker IV/APThe botched execution in Tennessee of Christa Pike – who survived despite being subject to two doses of lethal injection on Wednesday – has reignited furious debate about the death penalty in the U.S. -
Jason Mendez/Getty Images for TuneCoreNPR Music culture critic and reporter Rodney Carmichael ruminates on the latest in rap culture. This week: a hip-hop divorce, an OutKast lawsuit and the state of rap music on the charts.
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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Zoo Atlanta; Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesPlus, how well do you know your pandas and fat bears? -
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesAfter 32 years in Congress, Ohio's Sherrod Brown lost his Senate seat in 2024 as many working class voters turned out for Trump. Now Brown is counting on union voters to send him back to Washington.
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Move over, beach reads. With the fall equinox behind us, we can now curl up with cozy autumn books. There are new titles coming from Barbara Kingsolver, Chad Harbach, Jasmine Guillory and more. -
The dark side of the prediction market boom is becoming more clear: Experts say the sites have become go-to outlets for gambling addicts to relapse as the companies avoid state consumer protections. -
Activists across Asia are being hunted down by authoritarian governments even across international borders. Human rights groups have been warning of a "swap market" of repression in Southeast Asia. -
September jobs report to give an update on the market, Tennessee governor halts executions after woman survives attempt, N.Y. attorney general appointed as special prosecutor in Cornell rape case.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Robert Garland, artistic director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, a company where he was once principal dancer and that he is taking back to the African continent for the first time since the 1990s.
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The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term, with test cases on religion, guns, immigration and climate change ahead.
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Google has launched an experimental satellite that will test the feasibility of putting AI data centers in space.
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Car crimes have plunged in San Francisco over the last four years. The city credits, in part, Flock cameras. We investigate the claim.
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Since the 2024 election, Black voters have led a surge in Democratic voter enthusiasm by responding to a Supreme Court decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act.
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School districts that drive long distances are navigating record high diesel prices in different ways. Some have transitioned to electric or propane buses to ease the pinch.
