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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. -
Kory Lamberts.Master SCUBA diver Kory Lamberts is changing the world within his reach. -
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. -
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images/AFPThe federal government recalled some furloughed workers specifically to produce the inflation report, which plays a key role for Social Security beneficiaries. -
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. -
Getty Images/Emily Bogle/NPRSales of non-chocolate candy are growing faster than those of chocolate. With cocoa in shortage, manufacturers are changing pack sizes, adding fillers and dipping candy in "white creme." -
Tyrone Turner/WAMURoughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay. -
Ebola 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? -
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. -
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for American Ballet Theatre; John Phillips/Getty Images; Jan Sonnenmair/Getty ImagesFrom brazen jewel heists to internet meltdowns, this week brought travesties galore.
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Gen Z and millennial voters will make up more than half of the electorate in 2028. They're a crucial bloc for both parties, but many are facing daunting economic realities and feel unseen by leaders. -
For defendants facing criminal charges from the Justice Department, the costs of fighting are enormous and can reverberate for years, according to veteran attorneys. -
The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country. -
They're framing it as a way to share data and messages about threats, emergency preparedness and public health policy at a time when the federal government isn't doing its job in public health. -
In a new cookbook, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty pays homage to the rich tapestry of cultures that have shaped Southern cuisine — and keeps a gimlet eye on the region's complicated history.
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Thomas Padilla/APFrom brands and influencers to a viral "Inspector Clouseau," the world's most glamorous theft is also quickly becoming one of the year's most profitable memes. -
Emma Da Silva/AP"Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat," a vividly hued Picasso portrait of longtime muse and partner Dora Maar, had remained hidden from public view for more than eight decades. -
Dennis SchmelzThe dazzling aerial photos honored by the 2025 Siena awards offer "new ways of seeing familiar places," as one judge puts it. -
Shawn Miller/Library of CongressFor a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity. (And free concerts.) -
Nicky LloydPrescription drug ads were once banned on broadcasts. But companies argued that infringed on free speech, and the drugs could help people. The FDA now permits pharmaceutical ads. -
Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)The report's claim comes with caveats. Its critics say it does more to reveal issues around collecting and analyzing domestic terrorism data than it does to clarify the current state of the problem.
