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Eight of Ohio's prehistoric monumental earthworks built 2,000 years ago by Native Americans are Ohio's first UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are now a UNESCO World Heritage site

8:04am September 16, 2023

by Tana Weingartner

UNESCO World Heritage Sites are considered "outstanding works of human genius." There are now 25 in the U.S., including the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon.

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A tale of 5 impeachments

5:10pm September 15, 2023

We examine the differences between the impeachment actions undertaken for presidents Nixon, Clinton, Trump and Biden.

The Google Doodle on Sept. 15 celebrates Luisa Moreno, who founded one of the first Latino civil rights assemblies in the U.S. and fought for improved working conditions and fair treatment for Latino laborers.

Google Doodle honors Guatemalan-American labor activist Luisa Moreno

2:26pm September 15, 2023

by Juliana Kim

For the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month, labor organizer Luisa Moreno, who founded one of the first Latino civil rights assemblies in the U.S., inspired Friday's Google Doodle.

North Korean defectors take a computer class inside Anseong Hanawon, Settlement Support Center for North Korean Refugees, in Anseong, South Korea, July 10.

World News

Fewer North Korean defectors reach South Korea, and questions grow about unification

5:01am September 15, 2023

by Se Eun Gong

Just 67 North Korean defectors arrived last year. Inter-Korean dialogue and exchange have ground to a halt. Seoul's Unification Ministry has a new, hawkish head who wants to change the agency's role.

On Sept. 15, 1963, the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. This week, the city is remembering one of the darkest chapters in civil rights history.

Lessons from Birmingham: 60 years after the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

4:40pm September 14, 2023

by Debbie Elliott

This city is remembering a dark chapters in U.S. civil rights history. On September 15, 1963 the Ku Klux Klan bombed a church, killing four Black girls and rocking the conscience of the nation.

30 years after Oslo Accords, peace is far away for Israelis and Palestinians

4:37pm September 13, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aaron David Miller about the Oslo Peace agreement and what has happened since that historic handshake and signing ceremony.

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Threatened by rising sea levels, San Francisco is considering drastic measures to save its historic shoreline. Above, the Ferry Building pictured in 2009.

Arts

San Francisco considers lifting the Ferry Building by 7 feet to save it from the sea

4:37pm September 13, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

The Ferry Building has been a beacon to incoming ferry riders since the late 1890s. Threatened by rising sea levels, the waterfront city is considering drastic measures to save its historic shoreline.

50 years after the U.S.-backed coup toppled Chile's government, victims await justice

6:00pm September 11, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

It's been 50 years since a U.S.-backed coup overthrew the democratically elected president of Chile and installed a dictatorship. After five decades, many victims say they still haven't seen justice.

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Two men identified by authorities as hijackers Mohamed Atta (right) and Abdulaziz Alomari (center) pass through airport security on Sept. 11, 2001, at Portland International Jetport in Maine in an image from airport surveillance tape released on Sept. 19,

National

It Was Shoes On, No Boarding Pass Or ID. But Airport Security Forever Changed On 9/11

10:10am September 11, 2023

by David Schaper

No boarding pass or ID was needed to go to the gate, and 4-inch-blade knives were allowed aboard planes. Now we take off shoes, can't have liquids over 3.4 oz and go through high-tech body scanners.

The Chicago origins of 'Soul Train'

4:49pm September 10, 2023

The Curious City podcast from member station WBEZ explores the Chicago roots of the legendary TV show Soul Train.