David Jerome's book is about Preacher Roe who hailed from West Plains, Missouri.
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Angie Nixon, the Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate in Florida, is running from the far left — raising questions about whether such a campaign can work in a red state like Florida.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with writer Meg Mason about her latest book, Sophie, Standing There, and the one-sided relationships we form with some of our favorite authors.
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After a botched lethal injection in May, dozens of Tennessee medical professionals told the governor that healthcare professionals shouldn't help with executions, ever. No matter the method.
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Much of what we are hearing about AI leaves many people anxious about the risks posed by the technology. The writer Michael Sacacas takes a long view of how to manage such feelings.
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Landlords are using AI chatbots to manage interactions with their tenants. We hear from one renter who just wants help from a human.
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Bucking the national trend, poverty has been steadily rising among seniors and older adults. A new survey sheds light on how low-income people are struggling in the crucial years before retirement.
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Five British men have been released on bail after being detained near a military base for alleged terror offenses. The British base is used by the U.S. military for strikes on Iran.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Charles Spencer about his new book Swan Song.
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We speak with a grandma in Scotland who has earned a Guinness record for playing Fortnite.
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The legendary calypso singer Slinger Francisco, known popularly as Mighty Sparrow, has died at 91 years old.
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Sophia Dasser, editor-in-chief at The Cornell Daily Sun, talks with NPR's Juana Summers about an alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell and the campus fallout.
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U.S. health and development aid to many countries may soon fall off a cliff. At the end of the U.S.'s fiscal year, more than $1 billion allocated for aid remains unspent by the Trump administration.
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The Senate is expected to pass the Protect College Sports Act to allow the NCAA to reinstate limits on athlete transfers and eligibility, opponents say it doesn't do enough to address rising spending.
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A former Cornell University student has filed a lawsuit alleging the school didn't do enough to protect her after she says she was sexually assaulted at a fraternity house.