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Brazil's floods leave more than 100 people dead and thousands displaced
NPR· 11 hours agoThe torrential rains in southern Brazil reflect the rising global temperatures. This is worsened by the region's topography, which keeps the waters there trapped. The longer the floods last, ...
Bearing witness, celebrating strength: How poetry has changed lives for NPR's audience
WUSF 89.7· 7 days agoLast month, we asked NPR readers what poetry means to them. From sparking the imagination to helping...
Sturgill Simpson’s ‘Metamodern Sounds’ Is Still Reshaping Country Music
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoSimpson had just become a father, and he’d been reading a lot of books as part of what he described...
Boy Scouts of America changes its name to Scouting America
WABE· 3 days agoAfter being embroiled in a sex-abuse scandal, the Boy Scouts are changing their name. The 114-year...
Dutch Girl Donuts to hold grand reopening this Saturday - WDET 101.9 FM
WDET-FM Detroit· 13 hours agoBack in 1947, Dutch Girl Donuts first opened its doors on Woodward Avenue. The shop’s new owner...
An angry Trump gathers allies to push against Stormy Daniels
Politico via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThursday, as Trump watched the cross examination, he was less visibly animated as his defense team was determined to put Daniels on her heels and try to paint her as inconsistent and greedy ...
Katie Ledecky tells NPR about her plans for the Paris Olympics — and LA in 2028
NPR· 7 days agoSo I learned a lot about myself during that time, learned that you can adapt and you can adjust to ...
Remembering minimalist painter and sculptor Frank Stella
NPR· 16 hours agoBut I like commercial paints largely because they make - they combine sort of easily. And it changes the quality of the color when - fine art pigments are more intense in ...
Why Jenny Slate sometimes feels like a 'terminal optimist' : Wild Card with Rachel Martin
NPR· 7 days agoAnd now that we live there, it's very sparse. I prefer a more Shaker aesthetic. Rachel Martin: You...
Many in Kenya are angry with the government's response after months of heavy rains
NPR· 1 day agoGHELANI: By 2030, we could have 10 disasters a week because of climate change. And even when they're not more frequent, what we are seeing is that they're more intense. IGUNZA ...