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This week we met with Kinetic racer and lead guide of the Haunted Lab, Lucas Thornton, to learn more about the lab’s yearly transformation into a one of a kind, spooky experience. -
This week we met with filmmakers Malcolm and Ray DeSoto, to discuss their short horror film,“Behold and Hear.” -
Part II of a conversation about the worklife of a pastor. -
TONY RINALDONeurosurgeon Ann-Christine Duhaime, author of Minding the Climate, explores how our tendency to prioritize short-term consumer pleasures spurs climate change, but also how the brain’s amazing capacity for flexibility can—and likely will—enable us to prioritize the long-term survival of humanity. -
Today we’ll be hearing a great quality live recording of a local favorite, the California Poppies, captured live at the Minor Theatre in Arcata as a part of the “Holy Rainbow Live” show on Aug. 19, 2023. -
Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/Getty ImagesJapan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who cites Margaret Thatcher as a role model. She also loves heavy metal. -
J. Scott Applewhite/APThe Democratic House Minority Leader tells NPR Americans will pressure Congress to extend Obamacare subsidies as they realize their health care costs are going up. -
Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesNew York State Police say the man was arrested after they received word from the FBI that that he made "threats to kill a member of Congress." -
Getty ImagesThe order is to be implemented at school libraries on military bases in Kentucky, Virginia, Italy and Japan. Students and their families claimed their First Amendment rights had been violated when officials removed the books to comply with President Trump's executive orders. -
A new book diagnoses a sickness affecting some of America's biggest companies. -
Patrick Sison/APA decade ago, research said giving young children peanut products can prevent allergies. A new study says that, 10 years later, tens of thousands of U.S. children have avoided allergies as a result. -
Leif Parsons for NPROne kind of tiny ant can serve as a monumental example for how to keep members of a community safe from pathogens. A new study shows how they do it.
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Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Liberty Vote. -
Anticipation is growing and bookies around the world are taking bets on who'll be awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Here is what to know ahead of the award announcement this week. -
Financial educators bust three common myths about credit card debt — and explain why these negative assumptions can hold us back from making smart money decisions. -
In his first major document as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo urges nations and believers to care for the poorest in society. -
For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.
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Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty ImagesIn Brazil's coffee-producing areas, more than 42,000 square miles of forest have disappeared over about two decades, says Coffee Watch. Deforestation leads to drought, which harms crop yields. -
Reed Hoffmann/APTravis Kelce is teaming up with activist investors in hopes of transforming the embattled theme park operator Six Flags. No word yet on a Taylor Swift-themed rollercoaster. -
Hanna Barczyk for NPREbola is one of the nasty viruses that can hide in the body even after a patient recovers and tests negative. It can reemerge and trigger a new outbreak years later. How do they survive? And how can they be kayoed? -
Rodrigo Abd/APArgentina's libertarian president, Javier Milei, faces midterms amid economic chaos and a $20 billion lifeline offer from President Trump. -
Michel Signoli / UMR 6578 Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, EFSIn 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a couple of unexpected pathogens may have helped hasten the soldiers' demise. -
Tovia Smith/NPRNeighbors say the restaurant is glorifying people like mob boss Whitey Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi. The bar's owners say they're only recognizing the history of their place.
