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Sunday, Dec 14

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President Trump moves to block state AI laws as New York pushes tougher rules

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Alex Bores, a New York State Assembly member who sponsored an AI regulation bill, responds to President Trump's executive order aimed at blocking state oversight of artificial intelligence.

Pakistan's oldest brewery finds a path back to global markets

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A Pakistani brewery founded in the 19th century is exporting beer again for the first time in decades, despite alcohol being illegal for the country's Muslim majority.

The new 'Knives Out' movie and the irresistible appeal of whodunits

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NPR's Linda Holmes and Barrie Hardymon talk about why whodunits feel so cozy, what makes a great mystery work, and why the genre is having a moment again on screen.

A podcast investigates alleged sexual abuse in one of Louisville's schools

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Jess Clark, host of Louisville Public Media's podcast 'Dig', examines how alleged abuse by school staff went unaddressed for nearly 18 years in Louisville.

Nate Amos finds new meaning in old material on 'Holo Boy'

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Nate Amos, the songwriter behind This Is Lorelei, talks about revisiting old songs, reshaping them, and what it means to hear his past work with new ears.

Ukraine's ceasefire talks hinge on security promises Russia once broke

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Ukraine's president continues ceasefire talks in Berlin with Trump envoys and European leaders, pressing for concrete security guarantees so Russia won't invade Ukraine again in the future.

Australia reels from mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach

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Phil Mercer, a journalist in Sydney, reports on the deadly shooting at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach and what authorities are saying about the attack.

What we know so far about the Brown University shooting investigation

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Journalist Paul C. Kelly Campos of Ocean State Media on the continuing investigation into Saturday's shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and at least nine more wounded.

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Shooting at Brown University kills two, others injured, says Mayor of Providence

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Mayor Brett Smiley of Providence, Rhode Island says two people are dead and multiple people hurt after a shooting at Brown University.

Saturday, Dec 13

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Former Republican congressman on why it's so hard to get bipartisan consensus on healthcare

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Fred Upton, a former Republican congressman from Michigan, discusses the Senate's failed health care votes and the political fallout of rising insurance premiums.

A critic's guide to the year's most cringe-worthy watches

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Joanna Robinson, a cultural critic at The Ringer, examines what made this year's most talked about flops so bad.

Birth mothers call for more government support

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There are more federal tax cuts in the works for people who adopt children. Birth mothers say they also want financial support so they don't have to place their infants up for adoption.

Response to NPR's investigation into companies charging vets for free benefits

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NPR's Chris Arnold and Leah Rosenbaum of The War Horse discuss an NPR investigation into companies charging disabled veterans thousands of dollars for help the Department of Veterans Affairs says should be free and what the response from…

Back-to-back storms push Washington rivers past their limits

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John Ryan, KUOW environment reporter, describes how a series of powerful storms overwhelmed Washington's rivers and communities.

Riding the train in Rio that tells the story of samba

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Step aboard the Samba Train, where music, history, and resistance roll together through the streets of Rio.

How a U.S. citizen lost his voter registration to a federal database error

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A U.S. citizen in Texas lost his voter registration after a federal screening system wrongly labeled him a noncitizen.

Maria Corina Machado's daughter reflects on her mother's future

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Ana Corina Sosa, daughter of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, reflects on her mother's escape from Venezuela and the stakes for the future.

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For the first time in 35 years, NPR's Hanukkah Lights will be without Susan Stamberg

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This is the first Hanukkah that Murray Horwitz will not be joined by the late Susan Stamberg on NPR's holiday special Hanukkah Lights. We talk with him about their 35 years of making the show.

One U.S. diplomat describes being laid off amid sweeping cuts

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After 14 years as a U.S. diplomat, one officer talks about being laid off in the State Department's sweeping cuts, losing both career and professional identity.

The latest in Ukraine peace talks and war-time elections

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As Europe and Ukraine offer counterproposals to the White House's Kremlin-friendly plan to end Russia's war on Ukraine, Ukraine's president explores holding wartime elections on ceding territory.

19 photos were released from the Epstein files. We unpack their significance

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Nineteen of 95,000 photos for the Jeffrey Epstein files were released by a House committee Friday. What do they tell us and when will more information be available?

Friday, Dec 12

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About 100,000 remain under evacuation notice as rivers swell in western Washington

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Tens of thousands of Washingtonians remain under evacuation advisories after successive storms swelled rivers in the Western part of the state. It's not clear yet what damage the region sustained.

The best albums of 2025

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Pop critic Ann Powers shares a handful the albums on NPR Music's list of the best of the year, including the one album that nearly the entire team agreed on.

Honey flavor reaches new depths with... spotted lanternfly droppings

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Savory, sour and earthy tasting honey could be the new normal thanks to a new ingredient. Spotted lanternfly poop. The insects spread along the east coast across could usher in new ways to use honey.

'She's awesome': How U.S. veterans helped Venezuela's Machado escape

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In a daring nighttime martime operation, U.S. veterans whisked Venezuela's María Corina Machado out of the country to claim her Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

Old divides in a new Syria

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One year after the ousting of the Assad regime, some of the first Syrian revolutionaries return to their homes and try to start their lives again. But new divisions and old animosities still fester.

Why one trauma doctor sees self-driving cars as a 'public health breakthrough'

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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Dr. Jonathan Slotkin about the new data released by Waymo about accidents and their self-driving cars.

Israeli troops are killing unarmed Palestinians in West Bank operations

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A wife in the West Bank city of Nablus grieves her husband who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers after he appeared to surrender. An Israeli human rights group weighs in.

Medical experts warn that CDC vaccine advisers' guidance is untrustworthy

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The reverberations are still being felt from a vote by advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to strike a longstanding recommendation on the hepatitis B vaccine.

A breakdown of Indiana's vote against Trump's push to redraw congressional maps

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Indiana lawmakers rejected a push from President Trump to redraw congressional maps to favor Republicans. The vote is a significant rebuke for Trump.