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Olivier Latry, Notre Dame's longest-serving organist, poses beside the refurbished instrument, ready for the reopening ceremonies after the destructive fire in 2019.

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.

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  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Tom Huizenga
New York City is spectacular at sunrise. From the wildest corners of Central Park, the city is framed by forests, the sound of traffic and sirens softened by the murmur of mountain streams and geese lifting off from lakes.

Reporter Journal: A sunrise trek through wild solitude in New York City

New York City is home to more than eight million people but NPR's Brian Mann mapped out an urban hike through solitude and parkland wildness.

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  • Brian Mann
This image released by the U.S. Coast Guard, shows Connie the container dog, which was found trapped inside a shipping container on Jan. 31, 2024.

Opinion: The life and work of Seuk Kim, pilot and animal rescuer

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Seuk Kim, a volunteer animal rescue pilot who died in a crash earlier this week, transporting several dogs.

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  • Scott Simon

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Scott Simon
Scott Simon
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Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Lulu Garcia-Navarro
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Lulu Garcia-Navarro is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. She is infamous in the IT department of NPR for losing laptops to bullets, hurricanes, and bomb blasts.

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