When 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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Opinion: The voice of Yankees legends bids farewell
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.
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Ukraine’s prime minister says, if passed, $60B U.S. aid package will be critical
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal discusses on NPR’s All Things Considered how further U.S. aid would make a difference on the front lines, and the state of the war in general.
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So far, the biggest mystery of the new ‘Jinx’ is: What’s the mystery?
Nearly a decade ago, HBO’s The Jinx helped kick off the true-crime boom, and played a role in the arrest of suspected murder Robert Durst. Now, its follow-up series is grasping for revelations.
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Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial dies of injuries, police say
The man took out pamphlets espousing conspiracy theories, tossed them around, then doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire outside the courthouse Friday, officials and witnesses said.
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Biden signs reauthorization of surveillance program into law despite privacy concerns
The legislation extends for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
