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China-Taiwan tensions escalate amid Chinese Coast Guard patrols around Kinmen
Kinmen Islands residents have long been caught in the middle of tensions with China.
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What's in Project 2025, the conservative plan to reshape the government?
The conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation has offered Project 2025, a plan to dramatically reshape federal agencies, reducing their independence and giving more power to the president.
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Highway overpasses could help revitalize grizzly bear population
The bipartisan infrastructure bill of 2021 earmarked $350 million for highway wildlife overpasses to reduce human and animal deaths.
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As the planet gets hotter, the search for better AC is vital
Traditional air conditioners use a lot of electricity. And as the planet warms, people will be buying more ACs.
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Labour Party wins big in UK election
The ruling Conservative Party and leader Rishi Sunak suffered the party's worst defeat since it was founded almost 200 years ago.
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After dramatic falling out, Paramount and Skydance near a merger deal
The on again, off again merger of two media giants could be on again.
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'The Great Escape' explores indentured servitude in Mississippi after
The book centers on workers who had been lured to the U.S. by the promise of green cards only to be forced into indentured servitude working on repairing oil rigs damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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How McDonald's was pulled into the fight for equality in Kansas City
A series of protests broke out in cities across America in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. A wave of new activists were eager to continue the fight for justice and equality.
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‘It feels like democracy is challenged’: How an Ohio organizer empowers formerly incarcerated people
A community organizer in Ohio is helping formerly incarcerated people who feel powerless exercise their power by engaging in democracy.
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Turn up the heat this summer by trying one family's spicy fish curry recipe
Sujata Halankar's spicy fish curry dish hails from India's Konkan region.
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Alisa Amador's new album ponders new questions about identity and language
After winning NPR's Tiny Desk Contest in 2022, Alisa Amador is out with her first full-length album "Multitudes."
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Iranians vote in presidential election runoff
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian was the surprise winner of the first round of voting last week, while ultra-conservative Saeed Jalili — an ally of Supreme Leader Khomenei — was just behind him.