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Before Fighting Atop A Moving Train, Some Things To Consider

7:20pm December 11, 2015

Commentator Brian McConnachie — a former SNL writer and an actor in 15 films — takes on a topic no one else dares to discuss: the dynamics of fighting on the roof of moving railroad trains. There's great concern for hats blowing off.

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Week In Politics: Trump On Muslims, Presidential Candidates On Terrorism

4:34pm December 11, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers is joined by political analyst Leslie Sanchez and Pilar Marrero, a columnist for Spanish-language newspaper La Opinion, to talk about the week in politics.

The New York Daily News' front page Wednesday.

Donald Trump Has Escalated His Rhetoric. So Has The Press Covering Him

4:13pm December 11, 2015

by David Folkenflik

As the front-running GOP presidential candidate's controversial pronouncements multiply, the reporting, commentary and editorials from major news outlets have taken on more urgency.

The cookbook, featuring those handprints left in beet juice.

National

At The Root Of It All, A Little Girl's 'Grandmapal' Left Her Lifelong Love

10:04am December 11, 2015

by NPR Staff

More than a grandmother, more, even, than a mentor, Doris Louise Rolison was Chloe Longfellow's best friend growing up. Their love remains inscribed with beet stains in their favorite cookbook.

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Delegates attend a plenary session at the COP21 United Nations Climate Conference.

Dear U.N., Why Is It Mainly A Man's World At The Climate Conference?

5:12pm December 10, 2015

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told women to "get cross" if they see gender inequality. The male-female ratio at the Paris Climate Conference makes our writers very "cross."

Trump's Call To Bar Muslims Echoes Crises From The Past

3:15pm December 09, 2015

by Ron Elving

With all the attention Donald Trump has had over the past six months, nothing has approached the worldwide furor he touched off by proposing a ban on all Muslims entering the U.S.

Sports

Monument Underway For Slain 1972 Israeli Olympians

2:21pm December 09, 2015

by Frank Deford

Frank Deford wonders why it took so long to build a monument commemorating the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by terrorists at the Munich Summer Olympics 43 years ago.

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Increasingly, we're finding more ways to celebrate women older than 50.

National

I'm 22, And I Can't Wait To Be An Old Lady

12:49pm December 09, 2015

by Kate Parkinson-Morgan

Cool grannies aren't just a meme. They're proof that getting older doesn't have to be about loss — it's about living freely and on your own terms.

At a brick kiln in India's rural state of Uttar Pradesh, workers use solar lanterns to illuminate their paths.

To Know the True Meaning Of Solar Energy, Ask A Powerless Rice Farmer

3:26pm December 08, 2015

by Michael Edison Hayden

Renewable energy is critical when it comes to climate change. But there's a life-altering benefit for the 1.1 billion who live without electricity.

Children prepare to welcome Pope Francis at the Saint Sauveur displaced persons camp in Bangui, Central African Republic.

Impressions Brought Back From My First Africa Trip With The Pope

11:58am December 06, 2015

by Sylvia Poggioli

The papal trip to Africa was a first for Francis, but the Argentine-born pontiff felt very much at home. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reflects on her experiences, and the Pope's, during the historic visit.

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