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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Phil Feller of Durham, North Carolina, and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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Activist Alice Wong, who was born with muscular dystrophy and spent her life advocating for the rights of the disabled has died at the age of 51.
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Sunday's Canadian Football League Grey Cup pits the Montreal Alouettes against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. While the NFL has played the Super Bowl since 1966, the CFL championship has been played since 1909.
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What does a trove of Jeffery Epstein's emails reveal about how he operated? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown, who's followed the Epstein case for years.
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After seven years without a permanent home, the Studio Museum in Harlem – regarded as a symbol of Black Art - is reopening its doors at a new building in New York City.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Mac Harman, the CEO of Balsam Hill, about how tariffs are pushing up the prices of artificial Christmas trees this holiday season.
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Voters in Ecuador will decide today whether to allow foreign military bases to return to the country. The referendum comes as U.S. forces are carrying out strikes on alleged drug boats in the region.
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We discuss President Trump's attempts to tackle affordability, and a possible House vote this week on releasing files related to the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit the U.S. this week. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to regional expert Yasmine Farouk about what the trip means for U.S.-Saudi relations.
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Communities in California are losing home insurance, as companies cancel their plans. So, they're doing what they can to reduce the risks of extreme wildfires, including making homes less likely to burn. Still, insurance companies aren't factoring that in yet, though there's an effort underway to change that.
One year after Hurricane Helene tore through East Tennessee, WUOT News gathered recollections from over 20 people who survived the floods.
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