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L.A. FIRE SMOKE ISSUES
by Liz Baker
Air quality in Los Angeles has been poor, posing breathing challenges for people with certain health conditions.
To many residents in southern Lebanon, life doesn't feel like there's a ceasefire
by Jawad Rizkallah
Israel's military has imposed a curfew and created a no-go zone where villagers are prohibited from going home to villages across southern Lebanon. NPR speaks to residents inside.
If you take a break from the gym during the holidays, muscle memory will help you
by Will Stone
A study from researchers in Finland shows that people can take more than two months off from the gym and quickly regain their strength when they get back to it. Scientists cite muscle memory.
Breaking down the 'historic' box office records this Thanksgiving weekend
by Bob Mondello
Hollywood set an all time record over the Thanksgiving holidays. But does that actually mean anything? Movie critic Bob Mondello says it's wise to take the numbers with a grain of salt.
Biden speaks of the 'shared history' of slavery during visit to Angola, Africa
by Emmanuel Akinwotu
On the first trip of his Presidency to Africa, President Biden went to the National Slavery museum to remember the hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans taken from Angola to the U.S.
Head of United Airlines says air traffic controller shortage is a major problem
by Joel Rose
United CEO Scott Kirby is the latest airline executive to speak out about what they want to see from Trump. Kirby is focused on air traffic control staffing but there are other issues as well.
Customized CRISPR treatments could help people with rare genetic disorders
by Rob Stein
The gene-editing technique known as CRISPR is promising to revolutionize medicine. Some researchers are trying to help make it available for people with very rare genetic disorders.
Perceptions of 'making it big' have waned in China, survey shows
by Emily Feng
As China's economy plateaus and social inequality widens, perceptions that people's lives can only improve in China are fading.
A freelance journalist describes the scene after rebels seized Aleppo
by Ari Shapiro
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sara Kassim, a freelance reporter in Aleppo about the situation on the ground after opposition forces have captured large swaths of land in the area.
On 'Small Changes,' Mercury Prize-winning artist Michael Kiwanuka lets down his guard
by Ari Shapiro
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Mercury Prize-winning singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka, about his latest album, "Small Changes," and his musical influences.
Toy companies are worried about Trump's threat of steep tariffs
by Scott Horsley
Nearly all toys sold in the U.S. are imported -- mostly from China. Toys were largely spared from tariffs during Trump's first term. But toymakers and their customers may not be so lucky next year.
More than 150 countries failed to agree on a plan to cut plastic pollution
by Michael Copley
For almost two years, countries have been trying to negotiate a United Nations treaty to rein in plastic pollution. The talks were supposed to end with an agreement, but that didn't happen.
A Danish museum agrees to return a bronze sculpture looted from Turkey
by Elizabeth Blair
A Danish museum has agreed to return the bronze head of a Roman Emperor to Turkey. The sculpture was among thousands of artifacts looted from Turkey and sold to American and European museums.