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Human Interest
Sunday Puzzle: Compound word sets
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KPCC listener Seth Bowling of Long Beach, Calif., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
'Wait Wait' for February 22, 2025: with Billy Porter, Mark Ronson, and more!
This week, we celebrate one last President's Day with special guests Mark Ronson, Billy Porter, Tara Dower, John Leguizamo, and James Marsden
President McKinley implemented steep tariffs to protect industry. Did they work?
William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president, is credited with using steep tariffs to protect the fledgling tinplate industry in the late 19th century. Did they work? Were they good for the U.S. economy?
Widow of comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory remembers his legacy
Lillian Gregory, the widow of comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, remembers her husband who died in 2017. The interview is part of the StoryCorps "Brightness in Black" project.
Why are 'fireworks' coming from a black hole? This is what scientists say
A team of astrophysicists have found flares of light in Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.
First known cookbook by a Black American woman gets new edition 160 years later
Malinda Russell's A Domestic Cookbook was first published in 1866. It contains least a hundred recipes for sweets, plus recipes for shampoo and cologne – and remedies for toothaches.
Is Trump preparing to cancel America's ride back to the moon?
President Trump launched the Artemis program to return U.S. astronauts to the moon for the first time since Apollo. Now, the plan could be a casualty of the cost-cutting drive overseen by Elon Musk.
The Battle of Iwo Jima began 80 years ago. Listen to recordings from the frontlines
The Library of Congress preserved recordings from Marine Corp combat correspondents at Iwo Jima that included interviews with soldiers, music and the sounds of war.
A cave explorer's tragic death 100 years ago led to the creation of a national park
An explorer of the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky who died 100 years ago is credited with the creation of the national park.