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National

What if the NFL Playoffs were scripted? These would be the top storylines

4:40pm January 10, 2025

by John Ketchum

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Tom Grossi about his "If the NFL Was Scripted" series and the characters and storylines viewers should be watching for in the NFL playoffs.

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In this photograph from 2009, children play in front of the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India. Twenty-five years prior, in 1984, it was the site of a deadly gas leak that killed thousands of people.

After Deadly Chemical Plant Disasters, There's Little Action

by Daniel Zwerdling

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Serena (right) and Venus Williams pose with their gold medals during the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Sports
Arts

'Venus And Serena': An Extraordinary Story, Told On Film

by Elizabeth Blair

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For decades, Hill County Farms, also known as Henry's Turkey Service, housed a group of mentally disabled men in squalor in this former schoolhouse in Atalissa, Iowa. The EEOC won a judgment against the company for exploiting the men.

A 'Wake-Up Call' To Protect Vulnerable Workers From Abuse

by Yuki Noguchi

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Despite significant advances in neurology and imaging, researchers still don't have simple lab tests for diagnosing patients with mental disorders. Diagnoses are still mostly based on a patient's signs and symptoms.

Health & Safety

Why Is Psychiatry's New Manual So Much Like The Old One?

by Jon Hamilton

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Laura Mvula's debut is ambitiously confident, as if she and her band had perfected their sound years ago.

Music & Culture

Laura Mvula's Velvet 'Moon' Is A Revelation

by Oliver Wang

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Egyptian folk singer Dina El Wedidi performs at Qasr El Nil Theater during the Downtown Cairo Arts Festival. Wedidi says efforts to revitalize venues like the Qasr El Nil are important because there aren't enough places for musicians of the post-revolutio

From The Heart Of Egypt's Revolt, The Pulse Of Artistic Life

by Leila Fadel

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Some Lawmakers Want Big-Budget Groups Included In IRS Debate

by Peter Overby

The Justice Department is investigating the IRS's flagging of grass-roots conservative groups that sought nonprofit status. But some lawmakers want the debate extended to look at the well-financed activities of existing 501(c)(4) groups that spent millions in the 2012 elections.

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