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Pete Rose, all-time hits leader who was then banned from baseball, has died at 83
by Ailsa Chang
Baseball great Pete Rose has died. He's known as MLB's all-time hits leader, but was banned from the sport in 1989 for gambling. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author Keith O'Brien about Rose’s legacy.
A Gaza influencer who posted feel-good videos is now processing losing his family
by Daniel Estrin
A young Instagram influencer in Gaza built a big following posting feel-good videos during years of hardship. His darkest hour came during the war at a rare moment of joy in Israel.
First-time filmmaker Cord Jefferson's 'American Fiction' is both moving and hilarious
by Bob Mondello
Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated author who writes an preposterously stereotypical "Black" book as a joke, only to have it become a bestseller in the comedy American Fiction.
Howard University's ice skating team is set to make history this weekend
by Adam Bearne
Two Howard University students have formed the first figure skating team at an HBCU. The team makes its competition debut this weekend.
After 2 years, war is still hell for this Ukrainian writer turned soldier
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Ukrainian writer Artem Chapeye about two years of war in Ukraine.
A look at campaign money spent by Presidential hopefuls
by Domenico Montanaro
Nikki Haley has far outspent Donald Trump ahead of the Republican primary in her home state of South Carolina and is vowing to stay in the race, but how sustainable is that promise?
Short Wave on singing gibbons, tai chi's health benefits, and gender disparity with exercise results
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson of Short Wave about singing gibbons, how tai chi might lower blood pressure, and why women get quicker benefits from exercise than men.
How one tech startup aims to disrupt the market for illegal rhino horns
Could the same economic forces that helped propel lab-grown diamonds and lab-grown meat forward help a startup end illegal rhino poaching? The answer is elusive.
A crisis is underway as the Egyptian border is flooded with fleeing Palestinian refugees
The Gaza war has created a crisis for Egypt, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees huddled against its border, facing a looming assault from Israeli forces.
Uncertainty looms after Alabama's IVF court ruling
Alabama's new court ruling that frozen embryos should receive legal protections as "unborn life," leaves fertility clinics and parents-to-be in limbo.
Texas is suing an immigration nonprofit after accusing them of 'human smuggling'
by Angela Kocherga
Texas is suing a border nonprofit that works with migrants accusing it of "human smuggling" and running "stash houses." The group vehemently denies the charges.
How the Justice Department foils assassination plots in the U.S.
by Ryan Lucas
The Justice Department has foiled four assassination plots on American soil in the past year and a half. Such attempts are not new and often involve U.S. allies.
New York rolls out a social-justice oriented weed legalization program
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino about her latest piece, which chronicles the rollout of New York's social justice-oriented weed legalization program.