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Music
At Ye's listening events, true believers rally around a chaotic idol
Kanye West has made stumbling rollouts, toxic comments and blown deals his calling card. But at the launch for his new album Vultures 1, it's clear there's one place where his magnetism hasn't faded.
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Latin America
Reporting on your colleagues' murders changes how you work
The murder of two journalists in Tijuana in less than a week has shocked reporters there and sparked outrage nationwide.
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Business
Journalist killings in Mexico raise concerns among colleagues
Three journalist have been killed in Mexico this year, two of them occurring in Tijuana. NPR's Asma Khalid talks with 'Tijuana Press' editor Vicente Calderón about the city's pattern of violence.
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Arts & Life
Remembering trailblazing fashion designer Thierry Mugler, dead at 73
French fashion designer Thierry Mugler reshaped the fashion world, centering wildly inventive concepts and creating space for queer voices. On Sunday, he died at the age of 73.
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National
Disability rights advocates meet with CDC director Walensky
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Matthew Cortland, senior fellow at Data For Progress, who was present at Friday's meeting between disability rights advocates and CDC director Rochelle Walensky.
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National
Why we count down on New Year's Eve (and why it wasn't always the case)
These days, a New Year's Eve celebration doesn't feel complete without one thing: a countdown. But that ritual to ring in the new year isn't as old as you might think.
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Politics
How Dan Bongino is building a right-wing media empire on his own terms
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Evan Osnos of The New Yorker about radio host Dan Bongino, who calls masks "face diapers," opposes vaccine mandates and says the 2016 and 2020 elections were rigged.
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National
Did a song by the rapper Logic lead to fewer suicides?
When rapper Logic's song "1-800-273-8255" — the digits for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline — came out, the hotline started getting more calls.
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Politics
The Trump supporters who went from planning the Jan. 6 rally to aiding the riot probe
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with reporter Hunter Walker, who wrote a Rolling Stone article on Dustin Stockton and Jennifer Lynn Lawrence, the Trump supporters now cooperating with the Jan. 6 House panel.
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National
Kentucky native on losing his home in deadly tornadoes
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Matthew Brazzel, a Kentucky native who lost his home in deadly tornadoes on Dec. 10. Some of Brazzel's family photos have been found across the border in Indiana.