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Stories By A Contributing Writer Published On NPR.org That Contain Plagiarism

11:01am October 29, 2015

These 10 stories originally appeared in the classical section of NPR.org's music site. They were removed because unattributed words or phrases in them matched those in previously published sources.

SXSW Pressured After Pulling Sessions On Gaming Culture

10:24am October 28, 2015

by David Folkenflik

The organization canceled panels on harassment and Gamergate because of threats of violence. BuzzFeed and Vox say they will pull out of the conference unless SXSW reverses its decision.

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'East Los High' Serves Up Sex Ed With Its Teen Drama

7:08pm October 26, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

For three seasons, fans have flocked to Hulu for East Los High. The teen soap follows its characters through the tumult of adolescence and uses a secret weapon to deliver life lessons along the way.

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NPR Producer's Incorrect Answer To Final Jeopardy Goes Viral

7:06pm October 26, 2015

by Becky Sullivan

NPR's Becky Sullivan was on Jeopardy! Friday, and her incorrect answer to Final Jeopardy went viral.

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Ed Walker hosted WAMU 88.5's Big Broadcast, a popular show featuring rebroadcasts of vintage radio dramas, for more than two decades. The 83-year-old died Monday shortly after his final broadcast.

National

Remembering A Lifelong Radio Man And His 'Big Broadcast'

5:42pm October 26, 2015

by NPR Staff

Ed Walker died Monday after signing off his long-running show, The Big Broadcast, for the last time. The show, heard out of NPR member station WAMU, reprised programs from the golden age of radio.

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Julia is described by the Sesame Workshop as "a preschool girl with autism who does things a little differently when playing with her friends."

'Sesame Street' Introduces A New Muppet Character With Autism

5:03pm October 22, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

Little Julia stars in the digital storybook called "We're Amazing, 1,2,3."

In addition to the NBA, NFL, MLB and major golf and tennis tournaments, ESPN also broadcasts some college football games, including certain Bowl Championship Series games.

ESPN Cuts Around 300 Jobs As Cable Subscriptions Fall

4:17pm October 21, 2015

by Laura Wagner

With more and more viewers watching TV online, cable channels like ESPN are adjusting to decreased revenue.

This video grab made on early September shows a Hungarian TV camerawoman kicking a child as she runs with other migrants from a police line during disturbances at Röszke, southern Hungary.

World News

Camerawoman Who Was Fired For Kicking Migrants To Sue Facebook

1:30pm October 21, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

Petra Laszlo told a Russian newspaper she plans to sue Facebook for allegedly failing to take down threatening and negative pages on the social media site.

World News

British Journalist Mysteriously Found Dead In Istanbul Airport Restroom

7:52pm October 20, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

A British journalist was found dead in an Istanbul airport restroom. The Turks say the cause of death was suicide, but colleagues at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting say Jacky Sutton would not take her own life.

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National

In Virtual Reality, 'The New York Times' Will Help Viewers 'Bear Witness' To Stories

4:35pm October 20, 2015

The New York Times announced a new virtual reality initiative saying they will distribute more than a million "Google Cardboard" viewers, and start releasing 360-degree documentary virtual reality films. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jake Silverstein, editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine, who is working on the effort, about what it means to do journalism in this new space.