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In 'One of Our Kind,' a Black family moves to a planned utopia :NPR's Book of the Day
NPR· 20 hours agoBut things start to take a turn when Jasmyn realizes not everyone who lives in Liberty is the way she expected them to be. In today's episode, author Nicola Yoon speaks with NPR< ...
Woman suddenly loses Social Security benefits, gets hit with $20,000 bill
Newsweek· 7 hours agoIt happened after Karen Williams decided to be responsible and get life insurance, she told NPR....
Arizona GOP Rep. Ciscomani criticizes Biden's effort to reduce the flow of migrants
WLRN Miami· 24 hours agoNPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican Congressman Juan Ciscomani of Arizona about President Biden's effort to reduce the flow of migrants at the southern border.
NPR staffers pick their favorite fiction reads of 2024
NPR· 1 day agoEven hardworking news journalists by day need a break from reality in their off hours. In our newsroom at NPR, there are some omnivorous fiction readers. We have fans of romance ...
Willie Mays, Giants’ electrifying ‘Say Hey Kid,’ has died at 93
Associated Press via Yahoo Sports· 2 hours agoWillie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and...
Researcher of ancient Mayan human remains uncovers site used in male, twin sacrifices
WUNC Chapel Hill· 1 day agoNPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Rodrigo Barquera, a researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, about a study revealing a surprise about ancient Mayan sacrifices.
Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year
NPR· 1 day agoWe see you, hard-core NPR readers — just because it's summer doesn't mean it's all fiction, all the time. So we asked around the newsroom to find our staffers' favorite nonfiction ...
Boston Celtics fans are celebrating a league record 18th NBA championship
WLRN Miami· 23 hours agoNPR's A Martinez talks to Martenzie Johnson of ESPN’s Andscape about the Celtics 106-88 win over the Dallas Mavericks Monday night in Game 5 of the NBA finals.
NPR probe finds getting help from a sale leaseback company can be costly
NPR· 5 days agoCompanies like EasyKnock offer to help people in financial trouble by buying their home and renting it back. A new NPR probe found the deals cost some people a lot of money and even their homes.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is pardoning 175,000 marijuana convictions
WLRN Miami· 20 hours agoNPR's Michel Martin talks to Gov. Wes Moore about absolving people convicted of cannabis-related crimes, in what he calls “the most sweeping state level pardon in any state in American history.”