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'Fresh Air' Host Terry Gross Awarded National Humanities Medal

4:59pm September 22, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Fresh Air host and executive producer, Terry Gross. President Obama awarded her with the National Humanities Medal on Thursday. Gross has hosted Fresh Air since 1975 and was selected "for her artful probing of the human experience."

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Yahoo Confirms Massive Data Breach By 'State-Sponsored Actor'

4:59pm September 22, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

Yahoo confirmed Thursday that information connected to at least 500 million accounts was stolen from the company in 2014 by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor.

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Charlotte, N.C., Police Shooting Echoes 2013 Death Of Jonathan Ferrell

4:33pm September 22, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Roll Call columnist and Charlotte, N.C., resident Mary C. Curtis about the 2013 police shooting of Jonathan Ferrell, and how it has since affected the community.

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Public Defender Points To 'Growing Frustration' Over 'Unjust System'

4:33pm September 22, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Kevin Tully, the Mecklenburg County public defender, about the recent unrest in Charlotte, N.C., and police-community relations in the city.

Obama Awards 2015 National Arts And Humanities Medals

4:33pm September 22, 2016

by Brian Naylor

President Obama awarded the 2015 National Arts and National Humanities Medals at the White House Thursday. Mel Brooks, Morgan Freeman, Berry Gordy and Philip Glass are among the many honorees.

Theater Artist Anne Basting Named MacArthur Fellow

4:33pm September 22, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews Anne Basting, a theater artist and educator at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, about being awarded the MacArthur fellowship this year. She describes her work with people with cognitive impairment, such as Alzheimer's and dementia, using improv theater and storytelling techniques to improve their lives.

A 6-year-old boy in New York wrote a letter to President Obama offering to share his home with Omran Daqneesh, the Syrian boy who was seen in the aftermath of an airstrike last month in Aleppo.

'He Will Be Our Brother': Boy, 6, Asks Obama To Bring Syrian Boy To Live With Him

4:18pm September 22, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The breathtaking sadness of seeing a young boy suffering amid Syria's civil war has prompted a breathtaking offer of hospitality and friendship.

Kentucky Governor Can't Cut Universities' Budgets, Court Rules

3:59pm September 22, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The case is one of three lawsuits the state's Democratic attorney general has filed against Republican Gov. Matt Bevin since Bevin was sworn in last December.

Mel Brooks receives the National Medal of Arts during an East Room ceremony at the White House on Thursday.

At White House, A Golden Moment For America's Great Artists And Patrons

3:43pm September 22, 2016

by Colin Dwyer

Two dozen luminaries — from Terry Gross to Mel Brooks, Morgan Freeman to Louise Glück — got laurels Thursday, as President Obama awarded the National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals.

Police and protesters give different accounts of what happened before Scott was killed. Police say he was brandishing a gun; protesters say he was unarmed. Demonstrators have called for video footage of the incident to be made public. "Release the tapes,"

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PHOTOS: Pain, Anger And Violence Fill Streets Of Charlotte, N.C.

3:36pm September 22, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

After a fatal police shooting on Tuesday, the city has seen two days of peaceful demonstrations and violent protests. One man was shot at a protest Wednesday night and is on life support.