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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."
This Thanksgiving, NPR listeners reflect on the meaning of family
Who gives you strength? Who makes you feel that you belong? NPR's Rachel Martin asked listeners to reflect on family.
The USO is making some changes to its hospitality centers
by Jay Price
The USO, the iconic organization that supports service members and their families, has been quietly closing its hospitality centers. But it's opening others in the military's most remote locations.
This year's holiday travel season is going to be as chaotic as pre-pandemic levels
by David Schaper
The holiday travel season is underway, and It stands to be just as busy as pre-pandemic times.
What a hate crime case might look like for the Colorado Springs shooter
by Adrian Florido
Officials are investigating the Colorado Springs nightclub shooting as a possible hate crime. Last year, state lawmakers made it easier for prosecutors to pursue hate crime charges.
The latest updates from the shooting at a Walmart in Virginia
by Sarah McCammon
At least seven people have died in a mass shooting at a Walmart store in the coastal city of Chesapeake, Va. Authorities say the shooter is among the dead.
An LA jury rules the NCAA is not responsible for the death of a college football player
After his death in 2018, the wife of a former USC linebacker filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming that CTE — or chronic traumatic encephalopathy contributed to her husband's early death.
These are the best and worst airports in the nation
Dawn Gilbertson, a columnist covering all things travel for the Wall Street Journal, talks about the best and worst airports in the U.S.
Octopuses may throw things at each other deliberately
Australian researchers found octopuses could be throwing things at each other to protect their eggs. Or, maybe because they've just had a day, and they just need some personal space.
FTX's new CEO reveals just how big a mess he's dealing with
by David Gura
John Ray, FTX's new CEO, handled the bankruptcies of Enron and Nortel. But he says the mess he has inherited is "unprecedented."
Georgians alarmed at the arrival of tens of thousands of Russian exiles
by Joanna Kakissis
A small country bordering Russia and partly occupied by it is alarmed by the recent arrival of tens of thousands of Russian men fleeing conscription into the Ukraine war.
'Love and Rockets' celebrates 40 years of edgy, Latinx, alternative comics
by Mandalit del Barco