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This Christmas I'll be grieving. Here's how I'll be finding joy.
2 days, 1 hour ago

This Christmas I'll be grieving. Here's how I'll be finding joy.

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This Christmas I'll be grieving. toggle caption Windsor Johnston In the past, he and I spent most of the month walking hand-in-hand through Christmas markets in Europe, laughing, sipping apple cider and buying presents for our loved ones. So this December, I've been finding ways to recapture joy and continue the healing journey that I've been on since my husband's …

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On tap for the holidays: A blend of multicultural drink traditions and fond memories
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2 days, 1 hour ago

On tap for the holidays: A blend of multicultural drink traditions and fond memories

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On tap for the holidays: A blend of multicultural drink traditions and fond memories toggle caption Moriah Ratner for NPR The holiday season gives us a chance to put our own spin on traditions. toggle caption Moriah Ratner for NPR The menu is a mix of Asian and Latin American flavors, making every drink a unique experience. toggle caption Moriah …

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NPR's most-read stories of 2024 include a scam-fighter and zombie second mortgages
4 days, 1 hour ago

NPR's most-read stories of 2024 include a scam-fighter and zombie second mortgages

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NPR's most-read stories of 2024 include a scam-fighter and zombie second mortgages toggle caption From Left: Vanessa Leroy for NPR; National Transportation Safety Board via AP; Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images; Courtesy Marjie Alonso; Andy Manis/Getty Images; Saul Martinez for NPR; Gerard Albert III/BPR; Tim Agne/KJZZ; Solar Dynamics Observatory; Ratcliff family; Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP How can you outsmart scammers? toggle …

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Move over couples. Meet the single women sending out holiday cards
5 days, 1 hour ago

Move over couples. Meet the single women sending out holiday cards

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Meet the single women sending out holiday cards toggle caption Compiled by NPR If you get a holiday card in the mail, chances are it's from a family — or a couple. toggle caption Kate Pennington Sydnee Prince, 31, New York City "Two of my single best friends send Christmas cards every year and they inspired me to pull the …

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Scientists know our bodies are full of microplastics. What are they doing to us?
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Scientists know our bodies are full of microplastics. What are they doing to us?

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Scientists know our bodies are full of microplastics. "It seemed like nobody wanted to touch it," says Leslie, a microplastics researcher in the Netherlands whose team was the first to detect these particles in the human bloodstream several years ago. Sponsor Message Scientists can isolate microplastics, pull them out of human tissue and take pictures, but seeing where they are …

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A transplanted pig kidney offers a grandmother hope for life without dialysis
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A transplanted pig kidney offers a grandmother hope for life without dialysis

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A transplanted pig kidney offers a grandmother hope for life without dialysis toggle caption Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health NEW YORK – Towana Looney can hardly contain her anticipation as she waits to get wheeled to an operating room at the NYU Langone Health hospital in New York City for an historic procedure. "It's going to change my life," …

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South Korea's parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol
1 week, 3 days ago

South Korea's parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol

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South Korea's parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol toggle caption Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, holding him accountable for his attempt to impose martial law. toggle caption South Korean Presidential Office/Getty Images Yoon defiantly vowed on Thursday to "fight to the end," claiming his declaration of …

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The 2024 Game Awards recap: All winners and most surprising reveals
1 week, 4 days ago

The 2024 Game Awards recap: All winners and most surprising reveals

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The 2024 Game Awards recap: All winners and most surprising reveals toggle caption The Game Awards For a round up of our favorites of 2024, check out NPR's Games We Love. Sponsor Message Most decorated games Astro Bot — 4 wins, 7 nominations Metaphor: ReFantazio — 3 wins, 6 nominations Balatro — 3 wins, 5 nominations Black Myth: Wukong — …

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1972 Munich Olympics thriller shows nail-biting decisions in ABC Sports control room
1 week, 4 days ago

1972 Munich Olympics thriller shows nail-biting decisions in ABC Sports control room

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1972 Munich Olympics thriller shows nail-biting decisions in ABC Sports control room toggle caption Courtesy of Paramount Pictures The 1972 Munich Olympics kicked off under the banner of hope and peace, hosted by a country eager to turn the page nearly three decades after the fall of the Nazi regime. The film is set almost entirely in the ABC Sports …

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People in colder countries understand the magic of winter. What's their secret?
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People in colder countries understand the magic of winter. What's their secret?

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People in colder countries understand the magic of winter. Although the city experiences polar night, a time of darkness when the sun doesn't rise above the horizon for two months of the year, its residents didn't tend to perceive the long winter as dreary. Sponsor Message Leibowitz explains how to embrace this attitude in a book published in October, How …

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A suspect is in custody. Some Americans are celebrating his alleged actions : Consider This from NPR
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A suspect is in custody. Some Americans are celebrating his alleged actions : Consider This from NPR

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A suspect is in custody. Some Americans are celebrating his alleged actions Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Five days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in Manhattan, police arrested 26 year old Luigi Mangione in Pennsylvania. Authorities believe they have arrested the person responsible for gunning down the CEO of a …

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In Syria, the Assads leave a bitter legacy after a half-century of repressive rule
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In Syria, the Assads leave a bitter legacy after a half-century of repressive rule

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In Syria, the Assads leave a bitter legacy after a half-century of repressive rule toggle caption AP/Saudi Press Agency President Bashar Al-Assad and his father, Hafez Al-Assad, combined to rule Syria for more than a half-century, always with an iron fist that crushed all dissent and relied heavily on the country's feared security forces. Sponsor Message In power since 2000, …

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Photos: Notre Dame Cathedral reopens, with its first service since a devastating fire
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Photos: Notre Dame Cathedral reopens, with its first service since a devastating fire

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Photos: Notre Dame Cathedral reopens, with its first service since a devastating fire toggle caption Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images The bells of Notre Dame Cathedral rang on Saturday evening in Paris for the first time since a fire devastated the Paris landmark in 2019. Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich began the ceremony by knocking three times on the cathedral's door with his …

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Syrian government falls to rebels, in stunning end to 50 year iron rule of the Assads
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Syrian government falls to rebels, in stunning end to 50 year iron rule of the Assads

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Syrian government falls to rebels, in stunning end to 50 year iron rule of the Assads toggle caption Omar Sanadiki/AP/AP DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian government collapsed early Sunday, falling to a lightning rebel offensive that seized control of the capital of Damascus and sent crowds into the streets to celebrate the end of the Assad family's 50 years of …

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Want a great photo of yourself? Try these confidence-boosting poses
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Want a great photo of yourself? Try these confidence-boosting poses

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Want a great photo of yourself? If your expressions for this shoot are "fearless" or "bold," try standing with your "legs wide open as if you're going into a split," says Yeboah. "We often look dead straight at the camera" when we take photos, says Suh. By changing those three angles alone, "we've just hit three different poses," says Suh. …

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Longer careers in ice hockey are linked to a greater risk of CTE, a new study finds
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Longer careers in ice hockey are linked to a greater risk of CTE, a new study finds

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Longer careers in ice hockey are linked to a greater risk of CTE, a new study finds toggle caption Patrick Smith/Getty Images For years as the link between American football and the degenerative neurological disease known as CTE has come into focus, research on other sports had lagged behind, even for contact sports like ice hockey. The study, published Tuesday …

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Here's how the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is brought to life
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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Here's how the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is brought to life

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Here's how the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is brought to life toggle caption Barry Gordemer/NPR Thanksgiving comes only once a year. But for the artists and engineers who create the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thanksgiving is a year-round occupation and obsession. The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade took place a century ago in 1924. toggle caption Barry Gordemer/NPR Long before …

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PHOTOS: A drone's eye view of 'foodscapes,' from cattle to soybeans to shrimp
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PHOTOS: A drone's eye view of 'foodscapes,' from cattle to soybeans to shrimp

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PHOTOS: A drone's eye view of 'foodscapes,' from cattle to soybeans to shrimp toggle caption George Steinmetz We usually encounter our food roughly at eye level: stacked on shelves in the supermarket, displayed on stands at outdoor markets, beckoning at the Thanksgiving table. toggle caption George Steinmetz The boats harken back to ancient times, but much of food production today …

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Lebanon's first responders say Israeli strikes target them as they work to save lives
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Lebanon's first responders say Israeli strikes target them as they work to save lives

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Lebanon's first responders say Israeli strikes target them as they work to save lives toggle caption Ali Khara for NPR BEIRUT — It is Jad Deeb's job to run toward the screams. toggle caption Ali Khara for NPR But of all the dangers, Deeb believes getting caught in Israel's crosshairs is the greatest. toggle caption Ali Khara for NPR toggle …

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Ed Sheeran and Fuse ODG rebuke Band Aid charity song. We ask Kenyans to weigh in
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Ed Sheeran and Fuse ODG rebuke Band Aid charity song. We ask Kenyans to weigh in

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Ed Sheeran and Fuse ODG rebuke Band Aid charity song. We ask Kenyans to weigh in toggle caption From left: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images; Robin Little/Redferns A new version of the song "Do They Know It's Christmas" is out today — November 25. Sheeran posted this quote from Fuse ODG about charity efforts like Band Aid: "While they may …

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A photographer's devastating documentation of El Salvador's civil war in the 1980s
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A photographer's devastating documentation of El Salvador's civil war in the 1980s

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A photographer's devastating documentation of El Salvador's civil war in the 1980s toggle caption Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg worked as a Time magazine contract photographer for nearly 30 years, specializing in political and cultural change in developing countries. toggle caption Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images toggle caption Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images toggle caption Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Legacy of Lies begins with …

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Revealed: How to tell if your phone is eavesdropping on your conversations
1 month ago

Revealed: How to tell if your phone is eavesdropping on your conversations

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Cybersecurity experts have devised a simple test that will tell you if your phone is eavesdropping on your conversations. To see if your phone is listening in, try discussing something you would never normally be interested in and see if your targetted adds change over the coming days and weeks Look out for anything that might be related to the …

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America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West
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America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West

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America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West toggle caption Ann Ronan Picture Library/Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is widely considered to be the first major immigration clampdown in American history. toggle caption Wayne Hsieh/Flickr Central Pacific Railroad ended up deciding to hire Chinese workers, and the …

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No planes and no 'spoilers.' How one man trekked from Egypt to Japan without flying
1 month, 1 week ago

No planes and no 'spoilers.' How one man trekked from Egypt to Japan without flying

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No planes and no 'spoilers.' How one man trekked from Egypt to Japan without flying toggle caption Omar Nok Omar Nok embarked on a nine-month journey from Egypt to Japan with one rule: no planes. toggle caption Courtesy of Omar Nok A "no spoilers" travel plan When it came to planning the trip, Nok had his destinations mapped out, but …

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