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The show’s daily lineup includes interviews with newsmakers, NPR reporters, editors and bloggers, innovators and artists from across the U.S. and around the globe.
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Prior to the 1979 revolution, Iranian singer and actor Googoosh was a pop superstar. But she was jailed by the Islamic Republic and forced to agree to never sing or perform in public. -
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From beauty treatments to medical procedures, U.S. culture is obsessed with looking and feeling younger. -
On Wednesday, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in her car. -
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After facing threats and a warrant, investigative journalist Roberto Deniz left the country for Bogota, Colombia.
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President Trump claims that authorities in Venezuela will turn over between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S. -
Ian Eisendrath worked from the story's conception to make the music stand out and tell a story.
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At least 36 people have been killed, according to a human rights group, and some 2,000 have been detained in Iran as protests over an ailing economy continue.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that President Trump wants to buy Greenland, not invade it, according to the New York Times.
