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This week we sat down with Eugene Novotney, founder and director of the Calypso Band, to learn more about the group, the history of the instrument and music, and what we can expect from the upcoming birthday concert.
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This week we’re featuring Heart Matter, vibraphone-centered, indie jazz quartet that will be playing at the Arcata Playhouse.
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Reframing our relationship with the planet creates an opportunity for enduring climate health.
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America's engagement is yet another chapter in Afghanistan's long history.
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The species Incanomys parviauris, or the Incan small-eared water mouse, was first encountered during a 2018 research expedition in Río Abiseo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and formally described in the journal American Museum Novitates this February.
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In this show, you’ll hear a similar message from multiple voices: you matter, how you show up matters, and do something, anything, to connect you more closely to yourself, each other, and the earth.
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Republicans in Congress are proposing $1 billion in funding for security for President Trump's White House ballroom as part of their partisan plan to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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"Our hope and expectation is for an agreement sooner rather than later," Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi told NPR.
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A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds strong support for Democrats this midterm season. It also shows increasing concern about the war in Iran and the economy, particularly the price of gas.
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It was one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the Gaza war, devastating one extended family. A year and a half later, the survivors find their loved ones' remains.
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NPR wants to hear from people impacted by changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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As a water taxi rounded a corner at sunset, the village of Torosiaje came into view, with its colorful stilted houses perched over the Molucca Sea.
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At the request of the New York Times, a judge unsealed a goodbye note that Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate says he found after the convicted sex offender's first suicide attempt in July 2019.
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Families with rare gene mutations that cause Alzheimer's in middle age are giving scientists a unique window on the disease, and a quick way to test potential treatments.
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The war in Iran has pushed global oil prices higher, which boosts oil company revenues. But major U.S. oil companies aren't signaling plans to increase production to bring down prices at the pump.
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The American Psychiatric Association says too few patients can access comprehensive mental health care in the United States. It welcomes new investments in improving access to evidence-based care.
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The Devils hole pupfish lives in just one spot in Death Valley. Wildlife officials have managed this iconic fish for decades, and last spring, just as the Trump administration was laying off all kinds of scientists, the wild population of this fish plummeted to only 20 individuals. Officials then took an irrevocable step.
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It's the biggest day for America's restaurants, and one of the biggest for flower sales. Despite anxieties over rising gas prices, people are ready to splurge to celebrate.
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Spanish authorities are preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.
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Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/VoguePlus: The Met Gala, GameStop, Canada and Banksy (again!).
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The bulk of the president's social media posts don't make news. But taken together they show what's on his mind as he leads the nation through war and domestic turmoil.
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President Trump's decision to leave NATO in the dark before launching strikes on Iran has inflamed tensions and is putting new urgency on rethinking the alliance.
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When Spirit Airlines stopped flying last weekend, it left more than 90 planes scattered across the country. Many will go back to the companies that own them, while Spirit tries to monetize the rest.