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GLP-1 drugs, like Wegovy and Ozempic, may not be good only for diabetes and weight-loss. They are also showing promise for preventing some cancers.

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  • Health

Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy may help stave off some cancers

Several new studies find promising evidence that the GLP-1 class of drugs may have a cancer-preventive effect, especially for cancers linked to obesity.

August 12, 2024
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
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  • National

10 years after Michael Brown’s death, we went to Ferguson to ask: What’s changed?

Morning Edition traveled to Ferguson and spoke to residents and leaders who have continued pushing for change in the city that was thrust into the national spotlight after the killing of an unarmed 18-year-old.

August 12, 2024
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By:
  • Mansee Khurana,
  • Michel Martin,
  • and 1 more
Vice President Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally at West Allis Central High School on July 23 in West Allis, Wis.

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  • Politics

How Harris’ vision for the economy is a twist on Biden’s

Vice President Harris is largely pitching the same economic plan she’s stood behind with President Biden. But it is also becoming clearer what her particular focus will be now that she is the nominee.

August 10, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper Alice Volpitta tests water quality in the Jones Falls.

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  • Environment

Like Paris, Baltimore knows the struggle of cleaning up water for swimming

Paris spent billions to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming, with mixed results. Baltimore knows how difficult it can be.

August 10, 2024
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By:
  • Adam Bearne
Milton Nascimento and esperanza spalding recorded much of their new album from Nascimento's home in Brazil.

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  • Music News

Milton Nascimento and esperanza spalding honor friendship on their new album

Musician esperanza spalding was in college when she became a fan of Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento. Now she's made an album with him.

August 09, 2024
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By:
  • Milton Guevara,
  • Taylor Haney,
  • and 1 more
Smokey the bear cub is flown from Santa Fe, N.M., to his new home at the Washington National Zoo in a Piper J-3 Cub by New Mexico Assistant State Game Warden Homer C. Pickens in 1950. The little bear was rescued from a forest fire and named Smokey after the fire prevention symbol of the U.S. Forest Service.

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  • Climate

Smokey Bear turns 80 this year. Did he help prevent forest fires?

The longest-running U.S. public service ad turns 80 today. We're taking a look back at Smokey Bear's origin and the evolution of his message.

August 09, 2024
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By:
  • Mansee Khurana
A mother and her young son sit in the playroom of a house that offers temporary shelter for migrants in Queens, N.Y. They both crossed into the U.S. without authorization in the past year.

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  • Politics

What drove last year's surge in Chinese migrants at the southern border?

Republicans, led by former President Donald Trump, claim without evidence that Chinese migrants are spies or drug smugglers. Migrants' accounts tell a different story.

August 09, 2024
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
Laguna Pueblo citizen Deb Haaland is the U.S. Interior secretary, and the only Native American to hold a Cabinet post.

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  • National

Deb Haaland’s push to protect Indigenous people disappoints some Native leaders

As a member of Congress, she passed a bill to hold the executive branch accountable for persistent violent crime in Native communities. Now she's a Cabinet secretary, but she's saying little about it.

August 08, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Schwing
Oleh Kuznetsov, who goes by B-boy Kuzya, performs the freeze element, freezing for a few seconds in unusual and extremely difficult positions.

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  • World

For Ukraine’s Olympic breakdancers, ‘shining’ is more important than winning

As the sport makes its Olympic debut in Paris, a small crew of dancers from Ukraine look forward to representing their war-torn country and its rich culture on the world stage.

August 08, 2024
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By:
  • Hanna Palamarenko
Designer Thom Browne acknowledges the applause of the audience after the Thom Browne Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 24, 2024 in Paris, France.

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  • Art & Design

Is it OK to wear shorts in the office? We asked designer Thom Browne for advice

The designer, known for dressing celebs to events like the Met Gala, has advice for those willing to challenge office norms.

August 08, 2024
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By:
  • Christopher Thomas
Jeremy Green Eche of Brooklyn bought the Harris-Walz domain name, along with many other hypothetical tickets, in 2020. He describes himself as "the best political cybersquatter ever."

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  • Elections

The self-proclaimed GOAT of cybersquatting sold HarrisWalz.com for $15k

Jeremy Green Eche of Brooklyn buys and saves websites for hypothetical presidential tickets. On Tuesday, he sold HarrisWalz.com to a person seemingly unconnected to either campaign.

August 08, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Acts range from family-friendly slapstick to edgy stand-up at the four-day comedy festival put on by The National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y. — that's the birthplace of <em>I Love Lucy </em>star Lucille Ball, who was born Aug. 6, 1911.

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  • Television

Lucille Ball’s hometown is a comedy destination. No joke

Acts range from family-friendly slapstick to edgy standup at the four-day comedy event held in Jamestown, N.Y., home of the I Love Lucy star.

August 07, 2024
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
These chocolate chip cookies from America's Test Kitchen are yummy. But can they top a cookie created by AI?

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  • Food

Can AI make better chocolate chip cookie recipes than humans? We taste tested 2

NPR’s Morning Edition asked America’s Test Kitchen for help in testing chocolate chip cookie recipes generated by ChatGPT and DishGen.

August 07, 2024
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By:
  • Barry Gordemer and
  • A Martínez
Google suffered a defeat in a major antitrust lawsuit that was first brought by the Department of Justice in 2020.

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  • Technology

Google is defiant after losing antitrust lawsuit and being called a 'monopolist'

A federal judge rules that Google illegally abused its monopoly power to maintain its control over the search engine business. Google says it’s appealing.

August 07, 2024
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By:
  • Dara Kerr
A photo taken on Oct. 27, 2019, shows the inside of the van that Syrian Barakat Ahmad Barakat says he was in when it was targeted by U.S. forces the night of the raid on an ISIS compound, in northwestern Syria.

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  • Middle East

The Pentagon is reinvestigating if troops killed civilians in its 2019 Baghdadi raid

A prior investigation rejected claims that civilians were killed and wounded in the raid targeting ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Pentagon says it's reinvestigating after an NPR report.

August 07, 2024
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  • Daniel Estrin
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