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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."
Can Biden push gun control legislation through Congress before the end of the year?
NPR's A Martinez speaks with gun control expert Robert Spitzer about President Biden's push for an assault-style weapons ban after recent mass shootings in Colorado and Virginia.
Ahead of next year's divided Congress, Democrats have much work to do
Republicans will take control of the House in January but the Senate will remain under Democratic control. Until then, Democrats have a lot to do in the lame duck session.
At the World Cup, there's a week left in the opening group stage
Nearly every national team has a chance to advance to the knockout round. The U.S. soccer federation displayed the Iranian flag in solidarity with protesters in Iran. Iran's government protested.
Soccer or football? The discussion over the name of the sport is highly charged
Should the game be called "soccer" or "football"? Its a highly charged question as the U.S. plays the England in the World Cup on Friday.
A Beatles cassette was returned to a Texas library 44 years overdue
The tape of an interview with Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney was left anonymously — but the borrower has nothing to fear. The library says its been "fine-free" for over a year.
Why Colorado's Red Flag Law didn't stop the Colorado Springs shooting
by Martin Kaste
An update on Red Flag Laws and their impact in light of the mass shooting in Colorado Springs.
The oldest leftovers ever discovered belonged to Neanderthals
The remnants of what may be the world's oldest cooked meal — from 70-thousand years ago — challenge the assumptions Neanderthals consumed only berries and raw meat.
Remembering cartoonist Charles Schulz
This weekend, cartoonist Charles M. Schulz would have turned 100. NPR's A Martinez speaks to his widow, Jean Schulz, and Schulz Museum director Gina Huntsinger.
Biden says he'll discuss whether to run for president again over Thanksgiving dinner
by Tamara Keith
President Biden is spending Thanksgiving with family in Nantucket. He has said he will talk with his family over the holidays about whether to act on his intention to run again in 2024.