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Data breaches have become a fact of modern life. How concerned should Americans be?

4:01pm August 20, 2024

by Ailsa Chang

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with MIT professor Stuart Madnick about the frequency of data breaches, and what people should do if their personal information is compromised in one.

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Autonomy Boss Gives Evidence In $5 Billion Fraud Trial

Who are Mike Lynch and the other people missing after a yacht sank in Sicily?

3:49pm August 20, 2024

Lynch, a tech entrepreneur, had recently been acquitted on federal fraud charges in the U.S. The yacht he was on, the Bayesian, sank two days after Lynch's co-defendant was killed by a car.

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Schumer says Harris ticket boosts prospects for Democratic candidates

3:39pm August 20, 2024

The remarks mark a turn of fortunes for Democrats who were confronted with a lack of voter enthusiasm and flagging poll numbers when President Biden was at the top of the ticket.

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Here’s who’s speaking on Day 2 of the DNC

12:15pm August 20, 2024

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will take the stage, along with second gentleman Doug Emhoff and others on Tuesday night.

With the DNC underway, a historian explains how 'The Stadium' became a public square

12:11pm August 20, 2024

"We fight our political battles in stadiums," historian Frank Andre Guridy says. "They become ideal places to stake your claims on what you want the United States to be." His new book is The Stadium.

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Israel says it recovered 6 hostages' bodies in Gaza

11:48am August 20, 2024

The Israeli military recovered the bodies of six hostages taken to Gaza in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack. Hamas says some captives have been killed and wounded in Israeli airstrikes.

2024 Democratic National Convention: Day 1

Biden gets hero’s welcome. And, protesters pull down fencing to get into the DNC

8:22am August 20, 2024

President Biden received a standing ovation at the DNC's first night. Outside, protestors tried to get into the secure perimeter.

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Protesters show up at DNC to oppose U.S. back for Israel in its war in Gaza

7:21am August 20, 2024

by Steve Inskeep

Some people regard these protests as a kind of test for Chicago police, which has been under pressure in recent years to reform. How did they do on their first full day of the convention?

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Pete Buttigieg, who ran for the president nomination in 2020, to speak at the DNC

7:13am August 20, 2024

by Steve Inskeep

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Democrat Pete Buttigieg about President Biden's legacy, and the goals and strategies of the Democratic National Convention.

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America’s first second gentleman gets his turn on center stage tonight

6:00am August 20, 2024

As Vice President Harris tries to become the first female president, her husband, Doug Emhoff would make history too — as the first, first gentleman.

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