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Raised in Knoxville: Con Hunley Part 2

Con Hunley discusses the Nashville years, performing at the White House and going to South Africa with Big John Tate in the final episode of the Raised in Knoxville podcast.

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"Part of the Community": Keeping Townsend's Footbridges Open

How An 'International Price Index' Might Help Reduce Drug Prices

By Selena Simmons-Duffin • 30 minutes ago

In gridlocked Washington, both Democrats and Republicans have signaled there's potential for a deal when it comes to lowering prescription drug prices. Now, there's an idea both Congressional Democrats and the White House seem to like: They want to base U.S. prices on something called an international price index.

Latest On Democratic Presidential Candidates Harris And Buttigieg In Iowa

By editor • 30 minutes ago

Democratic presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg are making big moves to bolster their primary campaigns in Iowa, the first state to hold a contest in 2020.

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff Talks About Whistleblower Complaint

By editor • 30 minutes ago

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff about a whistleblower complaint from the intelligence community, spurred by Trump's communications with a foreign leader.

U.S. House Tackles Public Service Loan Forgiveness Issues

By editor • 30 minutes ago

The higher education subcommittee of the U.S. House held a contentious hearing Thursday to investigate the failed implementation of the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Youth To Protest In Manhattan To Stop Climate Change

By editor • 30 minutes ago

Thousands of students are expected to skip school Friday to march through Manhattan to demand global action to stop climate change. WNYC's Gwynne Hogan reports the protest has been long in the works.

Former NSA Inspector General Comments On Whistleblower Issue

By editor • 30 minutes ago

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with ex-NSA official Joel Brenner over how the acting director of National Intelligence and the Intelligence Community Inspector General handled a whistleblower complaint.

'Downton Abbey' Movie Brings You Up To Speed With The Crawleys

By Bob Mondello • 30 minutes ago

Russian Lab Explosion Raises Question: Should Smallpox Virus Be Kept Or Destroyed?

By Fran Kritz • 44 minutes ago

An explosion this week in a Russian lab, one of only two labs in the world known to store live samples of the variola virus, which causes smallpox, has raised anew questions that have been asked since the disease was eradicated in 1980.

Should humankind hold onto the live virus in order to conduct research on tests, treatments and vaccines in case smallpox were to reemerge?

Tropical Storm Imelda Swamps Southeast Texas With Heavy Rains And Flooding

By editor • 1 hour ago

The remnants of Tropical Imelda continue to move slowly across the state that saw severe flooding just two years after Hurricane Harvey.

Amazon Makes 'Climate Pledge' As Workers Plan Walkout

By Alina Selyukh • 1 hour ago

Amazon is "done being in the middle of the herd" when it comes to climate-focused company policies, CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday.

The company is pledging to power its global infrastructure with 100% renewable energy by 2030 and to be carbon-neutral by 2040. To help get there, it plans to buy 100,000 electric delivery vans from Michigan-based company Rivian, in which Amazon previously invested.

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