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After a report alleged SpaceX paid a flight attendant to settle a sexual misconduct case against Elon Musk, the tech billionaire called it a politically motivated attack. Musk is seen here in March, at a new Tesla factory in Germany.

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Elon Musk denies a report accusing him of sexual misconduct on a SpaceX jet

3:47pm May 20, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The SpaceX CEO disputes a report alleging that his company settled a sexual misconduct claim for $250,000, after he exposed himself and propositioned a flight attendant.

Basira Joya, 20, a news presenter, sits during recording at the Zan TV station (women's TV) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 30, 2017. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers ordered all female TV presenters to cover their faces on air, the country's biggest media outl

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The Taliban say Afghan female TV anchors must cover their faces on air

12:55pm May 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

The order came from the Taliban's Virtue and Vice Ministry as well as from the Information and Culture Ministry. Earlier this month, the Taliban ordered women in public to wear head-to-toe clothing.

What the shooting in Buffalo has to do with Fox News host Tucker Carlson

4:26pm May 17, 2022

The man accused of murdering 10 people in Buffalo said he'd been radicalized by a racist conspiracy theory, No one in a position of prominence has done more to promote that theory than Tucker Carlson.

Al Jazeera wants a thorough and fair investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh's death

5:04pm May 14, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Al Jazeera Washington's bureau chief Abderrahim Foukara about the killing of his former colleague, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

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Israeli police use stun grenades and hit mourners at procession for slain journalist

7:12am May 14, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

Israeli police fought to block a funeral march for Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh just outside of the Old City of Jerusalem.

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Elon Musk says he wants to see more details about the number of fake accounts on Twitter before his deal to buy the social media platform goes through. He's seen here last week, arriving for the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Elon Musk says he's put the blockbuster Twitter deal on pause over fake accounts

6:34pm May 13, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The Tesla and SpaceX mogul said he needs to make sure the fake accounts "do indeed represent less than 5%" of Twitter's users, as the company has estimated.

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National

New podcast examines what went wrong to lead to the Surfside condominium collapse

4:40pm May 13, 2022

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with journalists Paul Beban and Sarah Blaskey about their podcast Collapse: Disaster in Surfside, which looks at the deadly collapse of the Champlain Towers South in 2021.

World News

Shireen Abu Akleh did the stories no one wanted to do, says colleague

4:43pm May 12, 2022

NPR's May Louise Kelly talks with journalist Dalia Hatuqa about her friend and colleague Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed while reporting in occupied West Bank for Al Jazeera.

Journalist Kathy Gannon retires after 35 years covering Afghanistan

4:43pm May 12, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Kathy Gannon, who is retiring after 35 years of covering Afghanistan and Pakistan for The Associated Press, about the most significant moments from those years.

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Politics & Government

Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news?

3:46pm May 12, 2022

by Dave Davies

The NY Times did an exhaustive survey of the Fox News host's broadcasts. Reporter Nicholas Confessore says Carlson's show is based on ideas that were once "caged in a dark corner of American life."

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