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Top tips from Life Kit: 7 ideas to make your summer safer and brighter

8:54am June 27, 2024

by Life Kit

A roundup of useful advice from our June episodes: how to reach a "eureka moment" at work, the safest place to put a grill (not against the house!), and a counterintuitive way to get over your crush.

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In ‘The Bear’ Season 3, experimentation is still on the menu

3:00am June 27, 2024

by Linda Holmes

In the beloved FX show’s third season, the focus is on running a fine-dining restaurant. For Carmy and the rest of the staff, questions of creativity and excellence become central.

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Lily Gladstone's 'Fancy Dance' is a road trip worth taking

3:00am June 27, 2024

The new film Fancy Dance offers something all-too-rare on screen: contemporary Indigenous perspectives, front and center. Lily Gladstone plays a woman trying to keep it together under stressful circumstances. Her sister's gone missing, and she steps in to look after her young niece (Isabel Deroy-Olson). The pair take what turns out to be a rocky road trip and a unique bonding experience.

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3 exhilarating songs showcase music genres being explored in new ways

5:20pm June 26, 2024

by Ken Tucker

Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs' “Dare To Dream," Tommy Richman's "Million Dollar Baby" and Jeff and Steven McDonald's “Born Innocent" feature spontaneous sounds rooted in deep knowledge of the past.

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After the Sept. 11 attacks, Michelle Buteau decided: 'I better start living'

5:20pm June 26, 2024

by Tonya Mosley

Buteau says covering the news of the 2001 terrorist attacks crystalized her desire to go into comedy. She stars in the film Babes and in the Netflix series Survival of the Thickest.

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'The Liquid Eye of a Moon' is a Nigerian coming-of-age story

4:42pm June 26, 2024

by Martha Anne Toll

In Uchenna Awoke’s debut novel, we come to understand that 15-year-old Dimkpa’s choices are painfully constricted by the caste system into which he was born.

FDA warns top U.S. bakery not to claim foods contain allergens when they don't

4:11pm June 26, 2024

by The Associated Press

The FDA found Bimbo Bakeries USA — which includes brands such as Sara Lee and Ball Park buns and rolls — listed ingredients such as sesame or tree nuts on labels even when they weren't in the foods.

Books
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Republicans and Democrats don't understand Latino voting bloc, strategist says

2:45pm June 26, 2024

by A Martínez

NPR's A Martinez talks to Republican strategist Mike Madrid about his book -- Latino Century: How America's Largest Minority Is Transforming Democracy -- about the power of the Latino vote.

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Christian writer's new book reminds kids what makes them different makes them special

10:20am June 26, 2024

by Jason DeRose

Christian writer Jonathan Merritt's new book My Guncle and Me tells the story of a gay uncle who helps his nephew embrace being different.

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Stuck in a rut? How to appreciate your life again, according to science

9:24am June 26, 2024

by Andrew Limbong

After a while, even the most exciting relationships, jobs and environments lose their spark. But cognitive neuroscientist Tali Sharot says it's possible to fall back in love with life's small joys.

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