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News Articles: Weekend Edition Saturday

Old photo of fire captain Shane Lawlor and his two sons at a Santa Monica Fire Station. Lawlor has been a firefighter for 17 years. He was dispatched last week to the Pacific Palisades and is still fighting the fires there.

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  • Education

A California fifth grader interviews his firefighter father

Cian Lawlor's father was dispatched to the Palisades Fire just over a week ago and he's been working it ever since. The 11-year-old had some questions for his dad.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Migaki and
  • Janet W. Lee
The Pacific Ocean is seen in the distance beyond palm trees and the charred remains of homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 13, 2025.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Great writers on Los Angeles

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Wang Jingyu speaks during an interview in Ukraine on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Wang told reporters that the Chinese government constantly harassed and threatened him. But an NPR investigation linked Wang to an elaborate con involving false claims of Chinese Communist Party repression. Wang insists he is a genuine victim and had no involvement in the scheme.

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  • News

Bomb threats shadowed international reporters who covered Chinese celebrity dissident

Reporters covering a Chinese dissident in Europe were accused of making bomb threats. An NPR investigation now has them wondering if it was the work of the Chinese government or someone else.

January 14, 2025
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
A woman cools off near a water-spraying fan during a New York City heat wave in July 2024. Heat broke records months in a row around the planet between 2023 and 2024.

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  • Climate

2024 was the hottest year on record. The reason remains a science mystery

The official numbers are in: 2024 is the hottest year on record. Climate change is the main culprit. But there might be something else going on, too.

January 11, 2025
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda
Cedric Meadows (left), director of outreach, and Anthony Conley, director of support services, at the nonprofit shelter Covenant House California.

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  • National

An army of community volunteers springs into action as LA fires rage

"It's wild. There's people out here that have just created a chain," said one woman who showed up to volunteer at a YMCA in Los Angeles' Koreatown neighborhood.

January 11, 2025
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By:
  • Elise Hu and
  • Janet W. Lee
President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Jan. 14, 1981 prior to appearing on national television to deliver his farewell address. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

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  • Opinion

Opinion: When Jimmy Carter and I spoke about UFOs

NPR's Scott Simon recalls a conversation he once had with the late President Jimmy Carter about the possibility of UFOs.

January 11, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Social media influencers wearing white produce content during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2024.

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  • Media

How influencers are impacting journalism

NPR's Eric Deggans speaks to Summer Harlow of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and V Spehar of UnderTheDeskNews about the role of influencers in journalism.

January 05, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans,
  • Eleana Tworek,
  • and 1 more
Scott Simon's Christmas tree and Hanukkah candles.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Prayers are messages for our own hearts

Hanukkah began on Christmas this year. A reflection on celebrating both holidays in a multi-faith family.

December 28, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
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  • National

In Fresno, one of California's toughest new camping bans comes into focus

Three months since Fresno implemented its new law, police have made over 300 arrests, but only a few unhoused people are taking them up on drug treatment services

December 28, 2024
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By:
  • Vanessa Rancaño
Federal regulators have cracked down on mushroom edibles containing Amanita muscaria — also known as fly agaric — after mounting safety concerns.

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  • Health

The FDA restricts a psychoactive mushroom used in some edibles

The Food and Drug Administration has told food manufacturers the psychoactive mushroom Amanita muscaria isn't authorized for food, including edibles, because it doesn't meet safety standards.

December 21, 2024
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By:
  • Will Stone
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The Pope wants priests to lighten up

A reflection on the comedy stylings of Pope Francis, who is telling priests to lighten up and not be so dour.

December 21, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Audra McDonald and Joy Woods in <em>Gypsy</em>

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  • Theater

How casting makes this 'Gypsy' hit different

Gypsy has been called the best musical of all time. Audra McDonald is starring in a new Broadway revival, and the race-conscious casting gives the production a new frame.

December 21, 2024
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
A general view of Rome's Colosseum.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Airbnb will recreate gladiator drama in the Colosseum

NPR's Scott Simon details the "gladiator experience" that 16 lucky — or unlucky — people might have next year inside the Roman Colosseum. Will they not be entertained?

December 14, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Protesters calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol react after the result of the second martial law impeachment vote outside the National Assembly in Seoul, on Saturday.

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  • Asia

South Korea's parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korea's parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for his attempt to impose martial law, the first time such a measure had been imposed on the nation in more than four decades.

December 14, 2024
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
Olivier Latry, Notre Dame's longest-serving organist, poses beside the refurbished instrument, ready for the reopening ceremonies after the destructive fire in 2019.

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  • Music

Notre Dame organist returns for the cathedral's grand reopening

Olivier Latry is Notre Dame Cathedral's longest-serving organist. Just days before the church's gala reopening, after the destructive fire in 2019, he talks about the refurbished instrument — it holds 8,000 pipes — and its role in the church.

December 07, 2024
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  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Tom Huizenga
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