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Saturday is the winter solstice. Make the most of the shortest day of the year

5:01am December 20, 2024

Saturday marks the shortest day of the year and the official start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. NPR has compiled plenty of expert tips for celebrating the solstice and weathering winter.

Sheldon Pearce's favorite albums of 2024

5:00am December 20, 2024

For NPR Music's hip-hop and R&B editor, no list could capture an accurate picture of the year, yet there's still value in calling out the albums that felt unignorable.

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WWII's only Women's Army Corps unit of color featured in 'The Six Triple Eight'

4:11am December 20, 2024

by Michel Martin

Michel Martin speaks with filmmaker Tyler Perry and actor Kerry Washington about their film based on World War II's only Women's Army Corps unit of color.

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Liza Corsillo offers tips on buying gifts for dads

4:06am December 20, 2024

Liza Corsillo, a senior writer at "The Strategist," has some tips on buying gifts for dads.

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Couple remembers how they got engaged when Chistmas and Hanukkah fell on the same day

4:03am December 20, 2024

by Max Jungreis

Hanukkah and Christmas begin on the same day in 2024, a rare occurrence. The last time it happened was a very special date for spouses Rob and Erica Walker.

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Cassava bread is named a cultural heritage of humanity

5:46pm December 19, 2024

In December, UNESCO labeled cassava bread as a cultural heritage of humanity. The flatbread is common to several Latin American and Caribbean countries, especially of indigenous communities.

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The creator of video game 'Stardew Valley' talks its legacy and future

5:13pm December 19, 2024

by Juana Summers

The farming simulation game Stardew Valley came out eight years ago and became a sensation. Developers updated the game last month — making hundreds of changes and adding new content.

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A North Carolina town has become the unlikely epicenter of furniture taste making

4:48pm December 19, 2024

by Amanda Aronczyk

There's a town in North Carolina that evolved as the unlikely epicenter of furniture tastemaking. Each year buyers, makers, trendsetters for furniture descend and hustle to be the next hot couch, chair etc. These are the people who choose the couch you sit on, before you even know you want it. Next hot color: huckleberry.

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Conversations about building community reveal widespread longing for spaces to gather

4:46pm December 19, 2024

by Ana Williams-Bergen

NPR Member stations spoke with people around the country as part of our series Seeking Common Ground. A range of people and political views share a longing for places to create a sense of community.

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'Lights on a Satellite' revisits a three-set Sun Ra show from 1978

12:32pm December 19, 2024

by Kevin Whitehead

The Philadelphia bandleader didn't always connect with traditional jazz audiences, but he found a second home doing so in Baltimore. A new double album revisit a show he and his "Arkestra" gave there.

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