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Remembering the artists, filmmakers, actors and writers we lost in 2022
This was the year we lost actors Sidney Poitier, Angela Lansbury and Bob Saget, fashion titan André Leon Talley, artists Sam Gilliam and Claes Oldenburg and authors David McCullough and Hilary Mantel.
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The best podcasts of 2022: 'Mother Country Radicals,' 'Normal Gossip' and more
2022 delivered a new batch of podcasts.
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Watch: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits U.S. to speak with Biden, address Congress
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Washington, D.C. to meet with President Biden and to address a joint meeting of Congress. Watch the Biden/Zelenskyy news conference at 1:30 p.m. PT and Zelenskyy's speech at 4:30 p.m. PT live.
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Jan. 6 panel announces 4 criminal referrals for Donald Trump
After more than a year of investigating, the House Select Committee probing the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol is set to hold what is expected to be its final public hearing today. The panel will vote on criminal referrals, including for former President Donald Trump. Today's hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET.
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You can order free COVID tests again by mail
People are gathering indoors for the holidays, and there's been an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The federal government says you should test often to try to prevent the spread of the virus.
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On Veterans Day, here are stories that honor heroes and homecoming
We dug into the NPR Books archives to find stories of combat and coping. Explore novels, memoirs and poems by veterans, and chronicles of war and returning from war — both historical and present day.
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Watch live: Biden speaks as control of House, Senate remains up in the air
President Biden is set to deliver remarks as votes in the 2022 midterm elections are still being counted. Several crucial races, including the races for Senate in Georgia and Nevada, remain too close to call.
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Live: 2022 elections updates and results
Nov. 8 is the final voting day of the 2022 election. Key Senate, House and gubernatorial races are on the line. Follow NPR’s live coverage and results as they come in.
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Watch live: House January 6 committee holds public hearings on its investigation
The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is holding a series of public hearings. The committee has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and collected tens of thousands of pages of documents as part of its investigation into the deadly attack. The next hearing – the panel’s ninth in this series – will be on Sept. 28 at 1 p.m. ET. Watch the hearing and follow along as NPR host Juana Summers, the NPR Politics team, and others cover it live.
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Why authorities can't quell the protests in Iran
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Professor Nahid Siamdoust of the University of Texas at Austin's Department of Middle Eastern Studies about large popular protests in Iran.