| Senate passes reauthorization of key surveillance program despite privacy concerns
- The legislation would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA. It now goes to President Biden's desk to become law.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 01:08:47 -0400
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| USC cancels filmmaker's keynote amid controversy over canceled valedictorian speech
- USC announced the cancellation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after making the choice to keep the student valedictorian, who expressed support for Palestinians, from speaking.
Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:19:36 -0400
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| Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and 'American Idol' alum, has died at 47
- The singer gained stardom after finishing ninth on "American Idol" in 2006. In 2014, she won a Grammy for best contemporary Christian music album for "Overcomer," her fifth album.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 20:45:07 -0400
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| Volkswagen workers vote yes to unionizing, igniting UAW's push to organize the South
- Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the UAW, setting a new trajectory for labor unions in the American South.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 20:00:43 -0400
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Israel Strikes Back at Iran, Will This Calm or Inflame Tensions?
- Israel and Iran have been trading attacks on each other for a week including, for the first time, attacks on each other's territory. Will Israel's latest retaliation be the end of this wave of hostilities, or will Iranian response bring the long-standing enemies closer to all-out war? We hear from NPR's national security correspondent and our correspondent in Israel.
For more coverage of all sides of this conflict, go to npr.org/mideastupdates
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:07:26 -0400
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| What World War II taught us about how to help starving people today
- The modern study of starvation was sparked by the liberation of concentration camp survivors. U.S. and British soldiers rushed to feed them — and yet they sometimes perished.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:33:31 -0400
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| Biden administration adds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students, assault victims
- The new rules also broaden the interpretation of Title IX to cover pregnant, gay and transgender students. They do not address whether schools can ban trans athletes from women's and girls' teams.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:55:00 -0400
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| 'We created this problem:' a pediatric surgeon on how gun violence affects children
- Mikael Petrosyan of Children's National Hospital says gun violence against children is preventable.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:37:52 -0400
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| Remembering Robert MacNeil, longtime host of PBS 'NewsHour'
- During his decades-long career, MacNeil reported on the Kennedy assassination, the Cuban missile crisis and the fall of the Berlin Wall. He died April 12. Originally broadcast in 1986 and 1995.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:27:15 -0400
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| Tesla recalls Cybertruck over sticky problem. Blame it on — yes — soap
- Accelerator pedals on the new Cybertrucks can get stuck, a potentially dangerous production flaw. The reason why they're so sticky is soap.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:31:51 -0400
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