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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday. She announced she had pancreatic cancer in June.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to the New York Times' food critic Pete Wells about his retirement after 12 years at the critic's table.
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Director Lee Isaac Chung talks to NPR's Scott Detrow about his latest film, Twisters. He shot it on location in Oklahoma, using local extras on set who know what it’s like to face a tornado.
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Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Watching the WNBA, celebrities throwing first pitches, the novel The God of the Woods, and the Criterion sale at Barnes & Noble.
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years for alleged espionage in a trial that his newspaper and the U.S. government calls a sham.
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A joint investigation by NPR, Texas Public Radio and the program 1A finds that more than 250 workers have died in trench cave-ins over the last decade. Deaths that were preventable, experts say.
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Much of Israel’s commercial capital Tel Aviv has returned to business-as-usual. But this sense of normality was shattered in a deadly predawn explosion Friday that rocked the city’s oceanfront.
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Trump showed some vulnerability while recounting what happened during the assassination attempt on his life. But he quickly moved on from any message of unity to a litany of familiar grievances.
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Netflix says it will no longer offer its basic plan for U.S. and French subscribers, which had already been phased out of other markets.
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It's a big weekend for women's basketball. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sabreena Merchant, who covers women's basketball for The Athletic, about the upcoming WNBA-All Star game.
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One of the biggest IT outages ever caused mayhem around the world today, hobbling airlines, businesses and government agencies. A faulty update from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike is to blame.
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Looking for new podcasts to get you through that 14-hour layover? The NPR One team has you covered with recommendations from the summer's hottest releases across public media.