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HELP!! NPR is embarking on a project exploring the American chain restaurant (like Chili's, Red Lobster, etc. not so much fast food chains), why and how they have such strong staying power, and what keeps people coming back OR never to return. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOUUUU!
www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
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Love or hate chain restaurants? We want to hear your story
America loves chain restaurants. NPR reporters Alana Wise and Jaclyn Diaz explore why.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/29/nx-s1-5588623/chain-restaurant-family-dinner-culture
about 2 months ago
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Here’s expanded (& updated) reporting from
@jaclynmdiaz.bsky.social
about Noem’s partisan political video & the airport authorities that are refusing to air it.
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2 months ago
Spoke with
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about DHS Secretary Noem’s Hatch-Act-violating political propaganda video
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🔊 Listen Now: Airports are refusing to play a Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for the shutdown
All Things Considered on NPR One | 3:58
https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=nx-s1-5574162:nx-s1-9491650
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Karen Attiah
3 months ago
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
https://substack.com/@karenattiah/note/p-173531760?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2bz6j
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4 months ago
A federal judge ruled against breaking up Google but is barring it from making exclusive deals to make its search engine the default on phones and other devices.
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In a major antitrust ruling, a judge lets Google keep Chrome but levies other penalties
A federal judge ruled against breaking up Google, but is barring it from making exclusive deals to make its search engine the default on phones and other devices.
https://n.pr/4p2RW19
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"Trust nothing — verify everything."
www.npr.org/2025/07/10/n...
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A recent high-profile case of AI hallucination serves as a stark warning
MyPillow creator Mike Lindell's lawyers were fined thousands for submitting a legal filing riddled with AI-generated mistakes. It highlights a dilemma of balancing technology and using it responsibly.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/10/nx-s1-5463512/ai-courts-lawyers-mypillow-fines
6 months ago
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Rachael Myrow
6 months ago
The use of
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by lawyers in court is not itself illegal. But the lawyers violated a federal rule that requires lawyers to certify that claims they make in court are "well grounded" in the law. Turns out, fake cases don't meet that bar.
www.npr.org/2025/07/10/n...
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A recent high-profile case of AI hallucination serves as a stark warning
MyPillow creator Mike Lindell's lawyers were fined thousands for submitting a legal filing riddled with AI-generated mistakes. It highlights a dilemma of balancing technology and using it responsibly.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/10/nx-s1-5463512/ai-courts-lawyers-mypillow-fines?utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=bsky.app&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social
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The DOJ is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship. It's just the latest step by the Trump administration to reshape the nation's immigration system across all levels of government .. w/ Juliana Kim
www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...
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DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5445398/denaturalization-trump-immigration-enforcement
6 months ago
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Bruh, if you are looking for a Very Unserious Story during these Very Serious Times, look no further than this Word of the Week explainer
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Brother to Bruh: How Gen Alpha slang has its origins in the 16th century
What was once another shortened way to call a friend "brother," the word "bruh" is now being used widely, especially by Gen Alpha kids, to address parents, express sadness, frustration, happiness and ...
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/25/nx-s1-5443929/bruh-meaning-explained-word
6 months ago
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A bit older now, but still worth a read (in my humble opinion). Google just wrapped their case with closing arguments expected at the end of the month
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8 months ago
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WIRED
9 months ago
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with
@freedom.press
to offer this for our new coverage.
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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
https://freedom.press/issues/wired-is-dropping-paywalls-for-foia-based-reporting-others-should-follow/
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"We weep in silence and invisibility" -- A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.
www.npr.org/2025/03/10/n...
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Benita Long disappeared. So why wasn't she added to this missing person database?
A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/10/nx-s1-5057412/missing-persons-indigenous-mmiw-namus-police-database
10 months ago
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Emily Feng
10 months ago
Wonderful profile of NPR's wonderful Gaza producer
www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...
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For NPR’s Anas Baba, covering the war in Gaza also means living it
The NPR producer is one of few Palestinian journalists working with a U.S. news organization to file dispatches from Gaza.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2025/03/11/anas-baba-npr-gaza-profile/
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"We weep in silence and invisibility" -- A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.
www.npr.org/2025/03/10/n...
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Benita Long disappeared. So why wasn't she added to this missing person database?
A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/10/nx-s1-5057412/missing-persons-indigenous-mmiw-namus-police-database
10 months ago
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10 months ago
A really thorough look at what's happening with passport issues for transgender, intersex and nonbinary people because of the Trump administration's new policies, by
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Trump's passport policy leaves trans, intersex Americans in the lurch
President Trump's executive order that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, male and female, is disrupting the lives of some trans, nonbinary and intersex people applying for passports.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5300880/trump-passport-policy-trans-gender-intersex-nonbinary
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Mallory Yu
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“I knew someone on AA5432.” That was the subject of an email NPR host Adrian Ma sent to newsroom leaders in the hours after the DC plane crash. He trusted us with sharing his story — and her contagious energy.
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NPR host Adrian Ma remembers his girlfriend who died in D.C. plane crash
NPR host Adrian Ma's girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River. He spoke to NPR about that night and about his late girlfriend.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/20/g-s1-49853/dc-plane-crash-american-airlines
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This is from last year, but still one of my favorite, fun stories I got to do. I got to speak with really cool people about their favorite books for an hour!
www.npr.org/2024/02/01/1...
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6 books to help young readers learn about Black history
Five authors, librarians and book shop owners suggest turning to literature to help teach kids about Black history, culture and themes for this Black History Month.
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/01/1226660053/black-history-month-best-books-kids
11 months ago
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NEW: I got my hands on a new Bureau of Prisons policy that requires transgender women in federal prisons to hand over any female-identifying clothing and other commissary items, like women's razors and hair care
www.npr.org/2025/02/05/n...
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'We do not exist anymore': New prison rules ban female clothing for trans women
As federal lawsuits challenge President Trump's executive order impacting trans inmates, the Bureau of Prisons is starting to roll out new policies demanding trans women hand over female-identifying c...
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/05/nx-s1-5287001/federal-prison-trans-inmates-rule-changes
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“At least 160 journalists, translators, fixers, and others helping with newsgathering have been killed … deadliest period for reporters since the Committee to Protect Journalists began keeping track in 1992 … the vast majority of those killed have been Palestinian.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/record-...
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Record number of journalists dead in Gaza war
The conflict between Israel and Hamas has been especially deadly for the people documenting it.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/record-journalist-death-toll-in-gaza-60-minutes/
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SCOTUS is hearing arguments right now in a case involving a Texas law that mandates adult users of pornographic websites verify their ages before they can access the material. MORE ON THE CASE:
www.npr.org/2025/01/15/n...
and listen in live:
www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
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Supreme Court to hear arguments on Texas porn law
At issue is a Texas law that mandates pornography websites verify the ages of their users before they gain access to the material.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/15/nx-s1-5260178/supreme-court-texas-porn-law
11 months ago
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NEW: Now more than 1,000 incarcerated firefighters are helping to battle the historic LA wildfires
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Inmates are fighting California wildfires in long-running and controversial practice
California has turned to incarcerated firefighters since 1915. To those opposed to the use of inmates as firefighters, the system is seen as exploitative.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5254122/inmate-firefighters-california-wildfires
11 months ago
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NPR
12 months ago
UPDATE: Currently the number of people under evacuation orders has dropped to about 92,000, with 89,000 people under evacuation warnings, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Monday.
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As recovery efforts in LA move forward, powerful new winds threaten progress
Damaging winds gusting between 55 and 70 mph are forecast, increasing fire risks across LA and Ventura counties through Wednesday. While evacuation orders have eased, they are expected to rise again.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/13/nx-s1-5258115/los-angeles-fires-palisades-eaton-santa-ana
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12 months ago
Increases in Delaware, Illinois and Rhode Island will bring those states' minimums to $15 an hour, meaning 10 states and Washington, D.C., will now have $15 or higher minimum wage. via
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21 states are getting minimum wage bumps in 2025
Increases in Delaware, Illinois and Rhode Island will bring those states' minimums to $15 an hour, meaning 10 states and Washington, D.C., will now have $15 or higher minimum wage.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/01/nx-s1-5244050/states-minimum-wage-increase-2025
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12 months ago
Dozens more were hurt when a pickup driver reportedly plowed into a crowd near the French Quarter early Wednesday during New Year's celebrations, authorities said. The suspect died after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement. Coverage from our member station WWNO:
www.wwno.org/wwno/2025-01...
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FBI investigating New Orleans mass casualty incident as potential terrorist act; suspect dead
The FBI said in a press release that the suspect died after exchanging gunfire with officers, and they are investigating the incident "as an act of terrorism."
https://www.wwno.org/wwno/2025-01-01/10-killed-dozens-injured-after-vehicle-slams-into-crowd-on-bourbon-street-officials?1735740176313
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Bird strikes occur daily for commercial flights, costing airlines millions in damages each year. Although rare, these incidents can result in injuries and fatalities.
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Should you be worried about bird strikes during your next flight?
Bird strikes occur daily for commercial flights, costing airlines millions in damages each year. Although rare, these incidents can result in injuries and fatalities.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/31/nx-s1-5243325/bird-strikes-plane-crash-south-korea
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Etiquette experts weigh in on what to do with that ugly sweater you got for the holidays. via
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How to navigate gift returns and regifting this holiday season
Etiquette experts weigh in on what to do with that ugly sweater you got for the holidays.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/26/nx-s1-5235403/holidays-presents-returns-regift-etiquette
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After the stunning fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, U.S. officials say they are working with sources on the ground to get information about missing American journalist Austin Tice. For those of you new to the story, here is a snippet of the Tice case:
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The fall of Syria's Assad has renewed hope for the release of U.S. journalist Austin Tice
Austin Tice went missing during a reporting trip in Syria in 2012. His release is a top priority for the U.S. government following a rebel group's ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/nx-s1-5222287/austin-tice-journalist-syria
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"Many in our community, particularly trans people and their families, are filled with anxiety and fear about what a second Trump presidency could bring." Activists worry that Trump will bulldoze trans rights. Here's a look at how they're preparing
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Activists worry that Trump will bulldoze trans rights. Here's how they're preparing
Trump's campaign promised policies targeting the transgender community once he's in office. LGBTQ groups face fear, anxiety and uncertainty as they prep for an anticipated challenging four years.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/nx-s1-5184156/trans-rights-trump-administration
about 1 year ago
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