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T.K. Carter gained fame as Nauls the cook in John Carpenter's 1982 horror classic, "The Thing."
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Washington National Opera leaves Kennedy Center, joining slew of artist exits
The WNO is just the latest to say they will no longer perform at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over last year.
Ukrainian drones set fire to Russian oil depot after Moscow launches new hypersonic missile
The strike comes a day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles, including a powerful new hypersonic missile that hit western Ukraine.
Opinion: Remembering Renee Good
Renee Good won a national prize six years ago for her poem "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs," which muses on science and faith. Good was shot to death by an ICE agent this week in Minneapolis.
PHOTOS: Laundry is a chore but there's a beauty and serenity in the way it hangs out
A new photo series from Filipino photographer Macy Castañeda Lee offers a visually striking view of the mundane task of doing laundry and the role it plays in a rural economy.
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President Trump seems to have settled on a provocative playbook for his second go-around in the White House.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Heather and Hattie Anderson, a mother and daughter from Minneapolis, about their community, immigration enforcement operations and protests.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Ofelia Riquezes, human rights lawyer and professor at Florida International University, about the status of human rights under the Maduro regime in Venezuela.
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NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the College Football Playoff and more.
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Following the U.S. operation in Venezuela, AI content has proliferated.
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Despite a close relationship with Caracas stretching back for decades, Russia has been reserved in its response to the U.S. attack on Venezuela.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Caroline Nienhuis, a Swiss biologist with the Zurich Beaver Advisory Center, about a hotline established to help residents deal with a growing local beaver population.
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On Jan. 20, nearly a third of the population in the small city of Lexington, Nebraska, will lose their jobs. The city's main employer, Tyson Foods, announced last fall that it is shutting down its beef processing plant in Lexington and will scale back operations at another plant in Texas to "right-size" its beef business.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Buddy Guy about his appearance in the movie "Sinners" and about playing on its soundtrack.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Tom Hiddleston about starring in the series "The Night Manager," based on a John le Carré novel of the same name.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carlotta Walls LaNier about her new children's picture book, "Carlotta's Special Dress," recounting her story as the youngest member of the Little Rock Nine.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Daniyal Mueenuddin about his debut novel, "This is Where the Serpent Lives." It's a sprawling story winding through families, decades, crimes, and power in modern Pakistan.