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The administration said it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres in Alaska to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin, who star in the new Broadway revival of "Cabaret."
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Several key historical American landmarks are threatened by climate change, and there's a move to look for solutions to avoid further degradation of structures like Fort Mifflin.
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Some teachers have found a way to combat classroom burnout: stand up comedy. In Oregon, the Teacher Show features professors, preschool teachers and everyone in between joking about their day jobs.
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Crown Books for Young ReadersWhen actor George Takei was 4 years old, he was labeled an "enemy" by the U.S. government and sent to a string of incarceration camps. His new children's book about that time is My Lost Freedom.
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In "Henry Henry," Shakespeare's Prince Hal gets a modern, queer recast. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Allen Bratton about his debut novel.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with scientists Feifei Qian and Ryan Ewing of the LASSIE Project. It is training a robot dog to navigate different types of terrain in preparation for future space missions.
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A church rents apartments for asylum seekers, who pay the church back after an initial buffer period. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on April 16, 2024.)
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Volkswagen workers at a plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee have voted to join the United Auto Workers union.
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NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the long career of John Sterling, the New York Yankees' play-by-play announcer, who is retiring at the age of 85. -
We discuss today's upcoming vote on the multiple aid packages before Congress today as well as the jury selection in the hush money trial of former president Donald Trump.
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The U.S. House is poised to vote on a series of bills that would give additional aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The funding for Ukraine is causing divisions among House Republicans.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with reporter Pavni Mittal about the Indian elections which began this week and will end in June. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third term.
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Children are among the hundreds of thousands displaced by fighting on the Lebanon-Israel border. In south Lebanon, an arts program is trying to restore some normalcy to their lives.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Masoud Mostajabi, deputy director of the Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council, about Iran's military strategy with its proxies in the region as well as Israel.
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