Human Interest

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Wartime laborers from Mexico are finally recognized with new Texas landmark

6:04pm September 09, 2024

Wartime workers from Mexico, called “Braceros” or strong arms, filled critical labor shortages in America. Their overlooked service is being recognized by a new National Historic Landmark in Texas.

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Sunday Puzzle: Antonyms Attract

8:00am September 08, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with this week's winner, DJ Boyd of Northville, Michigan, and puzzle master Will Shortz.

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'Wait Wait' for September 7, 2024: With Not My Job guest John Leguizamo

11:59am September 07, 2024

This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with special guest John Leguizamo and panelists Hari Kondabolu, Helen Hong, and Tom Bodett

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Debates have proved a tough test for vice presidents running for president

5:00am September 07, 2024

A look back at other sitting vice presidents who were running for the top job and debating on TV against the nominee of the opposition party: Gore in 2000, George H.W. Bush in 1988 and Nixon in 1960.

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A secret chamber has been discovered in the Smithsonian

6:42pm September 06, 2024

by Katia Riddle

A 30-foot-deep chamber was recently uncovered under the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Construction crews found the cistern as part of an effort to revitalize part of the historic building.

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Boeing's Starliner is being prepared to leave the International Space Station

7:26am September 05, 2024

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The beleaguered Starliner spacecraft will head home on Friday, but its astronauts won't.

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T.D. Lee changed science in China and my life. This is what I owe to him

5:00am September 05, 2024

Chinese particle physicist Yangyang Cheng reflects on the legacy of the late Nobel laureate T.D. Lee — how his ideas changed her life, and the limit to his engagement with Beijing.

Beloved 'Russian spy whale' Hvaldimir is found dead under mysterious circumstances

1:34pm September 03, 2024

A beloved beluga whale with a mysterious past was found dead in the waters of Norway over the weekend. Admirers are paying tribute as authorities investigate.

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How scientists have reshaped the Big Bang theory

4:02pm September 02, 2024

Scientists have long been interested in the early history of the universe. Famed physicist Stephen Hawking helped popularize that the Big Bang was a singular point in time -- but that's not how many cosmologists think of the Big Bang today.

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Sunday Puzzle: Three of a kind

7:56am September 01, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with this week's winner, Franny Bavaro of Long Island, New York, and puzzle master Will Shortz.

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