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News Articles: Weekend Edition Sunday

Ilan Troen, a Brandeis University professor emeritus, at his home in Omer, Israel. His daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and Shlomi Mathias, were killed in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023.

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  • Middle East

What a bereaved father, a historian of Israel, believes after 100 days of war

A scholar of Israeli history reflects on the killing of his daughter and 100 days of war in Israel and Gaza. NPR's Daniel Estrin met him Oct. 7 when the war began, and again now.

January 14, 2024
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
A dolphin swims along the Indus river in the southern Pakistani city of Sukkur. Local legend has it that Pakistan's Indus River dolphin was once a woman, transformed by a curse from a holy man angry that she forgot to feed him one day. This endangered species is seeing numbers revive, with fisherfolk playing a role as citizen-scientists.

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  • Animals

An endangered river dolphin finds an unlikely savior: fisherfolk

In Pakistan, illiterate fishermen have become citizen scientists, helping to revive the fortunes of the endangered Indus River dolphin.

January 07, 2024
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid
Laura Keenan and her son, Evan, hold a photo of her late husband Matt Keenan, who was killed while riding his bike in San Diego in 2021.

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  • National

The rules of the road are changing, but not fast enough for everyone

An obscure federal manual that guides road signs and design is getting a rare update. The Biden administration says the changes will protect cyclists and pedestrians, but safety advocates wanted more.

December 31, 2023
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Volunteers work at a dairy farm near Nir Oz, one of the communities attacked on Oct. 7 by Hamas militants, in southern Israel on Wednesday. People from Israel and around the world have been rotating in to volunteer at the farm, helping fill the gap left by the workers who are no longer here.

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  • Middle East

The Hamas attack left many Israeli farms abandoned — some worry forever

In some of the farm communities hardest hit during the Oct. 7 attack, volunteers from Israel and around the world are arriving to fill the gap left by workers who are no longer there.

December 24, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Nearly 6% of preschoolers, ages 1 to 4, had been given the sleep supplement melatonin, according to a recent survey.

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  • Children's Health

What parents need to know before giving kids melatonin

Research shows nearly 1 in 5 school-age children are using melatonin to help them sleep. But these supplements are unregulated and pediatricians worry about their safety and the dose.

December 17, 2023
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Young Thug attends the 3rd Annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, in New York.

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  • Music

The trial against rapper Young Thug has begun, with his lyrics being used as evidence

After months of jury selection, the Fulton County case against the influential rapper known as Young Thug has begun in Atlanta. Prosecutors are using his lyrics as evidence in the racketeering case.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Ayesha Rascoe
Tens of thousands of vehicles pass through the Colorado Rockies a day on busy thoroughfares like Interstate 70.

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  • Environment

Wolves are returning to Colorado. But is it too crowded for them to thrive?

Colorado's booming urban population flipped the state from red to blue, allowing a referendum on reintroducing wolves to pass. But that growing population now may be too big for them to thrive.

December 03, 2023
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler

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  • Book News & Features

Inquiring minds want to know: 'How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?'

"How does he do it?" Author Mac Barnett and illustrator Jon Klassen squeeze, squash and generally put Santa through the wringer while trying to answer an age-old Christmas mystery.

December 03, 2023
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By:
  • Samantha Balaban
GPB  NPR

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  • Your Money

How to make Buy Now, Pay Later deals work for you this holiday season

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Cora Lewis of the Associated Press about navigating Buy Now, Pay Later deals this holiday shopping season.

November 26, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon and
  • Lennon Sherburne
Blake Roman, left, Steven Telsey, Zal Owen, Danny Kornfeld, Eric Peters and Sean Bell in <em>Harmony</em>.

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  • Theater

An early boy band was world famous — until the Nazis took over

Long before The Backstreet Boys, a vocal sextet in Weimar Germany was silenced because three memebrs were Jewish. A new Broadway musical with a score by Barry Manilow tells their story.

November 26, 2023
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Yaffa Rubinstein, 75, attended a recent pro-Israel rally in Washington, D.C. She supports President Biden but says she's disappointed with what she calls anti-Israel rhetoric from some Democrats.

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  • Politics

As Democrats stay divided on Israel, Jewish voters face politically uncertain future

A strong majority of Jewish Americans are Democrats, but the Israel-Hamas war is highlighting fault lines in the Democratic Party over U.S. policy toward Israel.

November 19, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
Louise Vincent has used street drugs since she was 13. She has emerged as a leading voice trying to humanize and help people who use drugs as they face the most devastating overdose crisis in U.S. history.

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  • Health

One woman's controversial fight to make America accept drug users for who they are

Louise Vincent has used drugs since she was 13. Research shows millions of Americans like her aren't ready or able to stop. Vincent believes it's time people accept that.

November 19, 2023
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By:
  • Brian Mann
The unemployment rate jumped in October, but layoffs are still rare.

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  • Economy

The 'R' word: Why this time might be an exception to a key recession rule

The author of the 'Sahm Rule' is less worried about rising unemployment this time, even though October's rate was up 0.5% from a recent low...a jump typically associated with the onset of recession.

November 14, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Health Care

Amazon is getting into health care. Will it actually make care more accessible?

Amazon is now offering discounted subscriptions to primary care. Ayesha Rascoe talks to healthcare writer Bruce Japsen about what ventures like these signal for patients.

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Ayesha Rascoe and
  • Ryan Benk
GPB  NPR

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  • Business

San Francisco will host world leaders at the APEC conference

San Francisco will host the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference beginning next weekend. What's expected from the event, and what are the benefits and challenges for the host city?

November 05, 2023
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By:
  • Ayesha Rascoe and
  • Rachael Myrow
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