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Academy Award-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89
by Leila Fadel
Smith's seven-decade stage and screen career included many beloved roles, from "Harry Potter" Professor Minerva McGonagall, to Dowager Countess Violet Crawley in "Downton Abbey."
The story of a Kansas couple struggling to avoid bankruptcy over medical debt
by Bram Sable-Smith
In NPR's on-going investigation into medical debt with Kaiser Health News, we travel to Lawrence, Kan., to see how far one couple went to avoid bankruptcy.
Rapper Ab-Soul is back after taking time off from music to deal with his grief
NPR's A Martinez talks to Herbert Anthony Stevens IV, better known as rapper Ab-Soul, about his new album: Herbert. The new songs are all about grief.
Singing with James Brown was a great opportunity but the traveling takes a toll
by Eleanor Vassili
In this week's StoryCorps, two women — Sandra Bears and Martha Harvin — talk about their careers in music — which included singing with James Brown.
China navigates a COVID surge after shifting away from draconian restrictions
NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Bill Bishop, author of the Sinocism newsletter, which analyzes current affairs in China, about what's at stake as COVID cases ramp up ahead of the Lunar New Year.
Iran doubles down on a tactic to crush unrest: death sentences and executions
Concern about Iran's crackdown on antigovernment protesters increases with reports of more people being sentenced to death and some executions taking place.
In Japan, longtime restrictions are lifted to allow a major defense buildup
The policy change is widely seen as a major step toward rearming Japan more than seven decades after its demilitarization after World War II.
If you speed, you may get a ticket. How about a warning and an onion instead?
Col. Lou Caputo of Florida's Monroe County Sheriff's office has been handing them out for 20 years. Dressed as the Grinch, he reminds drivers that school zones still apply during the holidays.
When Frontier Airlines canceled a flight, 13 strangers took to the road
When the flight from Orlando, Fla., to Knoxville, Tenn., was canceled, a group of passengers chipped in $60 each to rent a van and drove all night to Knoxville. A Tik Tok video went viral.
Researchers in Brazil credit the power of sound for scientific discoveries
by Kirk Siegler
The Amazon rainforest is the most biodiverse ecosystem on the planet. Scientists there say the best way to experience it may be with your ears.
Divided political parties in Tunisia unite to boycott parliamentary elections
by Leila Fadel
Rights groups say Tunisia appears to be regressing back to autocracy under President Kais Saied — in a global trend of populist leaders getting elected. Saied dissolved parliament in March.
The Planet Money team deciphers whether chart reading will predict stock winners
A standard way to decide whether buy or sell stocks is to look at a company's fundamentals. Others decide trades by taking a ruler to a stock or bond price chart and drawing some shapes.