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DirecTV subscribers lose access over sports-heavy weekend due to licensing dispute

2:11am September 03, 2024

by Michel Martin

DirecTV subscribers saw channels owned by Disney go off the air in the middle of matches of the U.S. Open this weekend due to a contract dispute between DirectTV and Disney, which owns ESPN and ABC.

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Fact-checking TV ads from the Harris and Trump campaigns

1:36am September 03, 2024

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin talks with PolitiFact Chief Correspondent Louis Jacobson in order to fact-check television ads released by the Harris and Trump campaigns.

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An Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leader

4:32pm September 02, 2024

Hossein Shanbehzadeh has been sentenced after replying with a period in response to a post on the social platform X by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Deadly suicide blast kills at least six in Kabul

4:10pm September 02, 2024

The Afghan capital has been periodically hit by an ISIS affiliate, but no one immediately claimed responsibility for Monday's attack, which killed at least six and injured 13.

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More than 10,000 hotel workers are on strike

4:06pm September 02, 2024

by Andrea Hsu

This Labor Day, workers in industries from airlines to hotels to universities are agitating for better wages and working conditions. Meanwhile, Americans' support for labor unions remains high.

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Discovery and decay revealed in latest Titanic research dive

3:53pm September 02, 2024

by Tinbete Ermyas

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with researcher James Penca about two new discoveries in the wreck of the Titanic: a statue experts thought lost, and the collapse of an iconic part of the ship.

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The U.S. has seized Venezuelan President Maduro's plane

2:09pm September 02, 2024

The Justice Department alleges the Dassault Falcon 900EX aircraft was purchased in Florida by the Venezuelan leader's associates through a shell company in violation of sanctions and export controls.

Titanic research dive reveals discovery, decay and new photos

9:00am September 02, 2024

This summer, RMS Titanic, Inc. — the salvor-in-possession of the wreck — made its first unmanned dive to the wreck in 14 years. The team uncovered some rare finds — and losses.

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United Auto Workers members attend a solidarity rally as the UAW strikes the Big Three automakers on September 15, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan.

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The labor movement could prove pivotal this election year

7:00am September 02, 2024

Younger generations are bringing fresh strategies to the U.S. labor movement. They could prove pivotal for the candidate who harnesses that energy.

This metabolic brain boost revives memory in Alzheimer’s mice

7:00am September 02, 2024

An experimental cancer drug that helps the brain turn glucose into energy was able to reverse memory loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.

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