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President Trump stands beside Republican Troy Balderson, running in Ohio's 12th Congressional District, during a rally Saturday in Ohio.

Politics & Government

Ohio Special Election: 4 Lessons Both Parties Are Learning For The Midterms

10:59am August 08, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

There were lots of takeaways from Tuesday's election, from whether Republicans should stand with President Trump or whether attacks on Nancy Pelosi work, to which issues really matter to voters.

President Trump has agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May.

Politics & Government

High Risk, High Reward For Trump's Meeting With North Korea's Kim Jong Un

4:41pm March 09, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

Experts cautiously welcomed the news of the meeting. But they warn about raising expectations and that preparation is key, something that is not one of the administration's demonstrated strengths.

April Gibson gave birth to Gregory Bess in 2001.

National

'It's Not A Fairy Tale, It's Not A Failure': A Mother At 16 Conquers Stigma With Love

5:22am January 19, 2018

Until she put her own feelings before the judgments others made about her, April Gibson says she, as a young mother, "felt like I didn't deserve to feel the way women who do the right things do."

Pete Van Vleet plays with his daughter, Madeline, 6, and his son, Jack, 9 months. Van Vleet is a baseball superfan; his favorite team is the Houston Astros. Madeline's is the Detroit Tigers because she generally likes the teams with animal mascots.

Sports

Babies And Baseball: A Dad Plants The Seeds For A Shared Love Of The Game

1:19pm November 15, 2017

by Dave Blanchard

Pete Van Vleet is a devoted Houston Astros fan. His daughter loves the Detroit Tigers. To help his infant son pick a team, he asked all 30 of them, "Why should my son choose you to be a fan?"

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Michael Rapaport watches the action during a BIG3 basketball game at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., on July 9.

Sports

Actor Michael Rapaport On Sports Highs, Lows And LeBron

8:12am November 01, 2017

Michael Rapaport set out to be a pro basketball player. Instead, he became an actor and rabid sports fan. "Sports is one of the only safe places where you can articulate your emotions," he tells NPR.

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Melisande Short-Colomb, 63, is a descendant of slaves sold by the Jesuits to fund Georgetown University. She's enrolled as a freshman there and plans to major in African-American studies.

Starting School At The University That Enslaved Her Ancestors

8:28am September 19, 2017

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talked to Mélisande Short-Colomb, whose family was once enslaved by Georgetown University. Now, at 63, Short-Colomb has enrolled as a freshman there.

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Frank Deford is shown here in 1984, four years into his gig as sports commentator on Morning Edition.

Frank Deford: A Career Spent Bringing 'Something New' To Sports

3:50pm May 05, 2017

by Tom Goldman

The long-time sports commentator announced his retirement from NPR this week. His success was often measured by just how much the audience loved, or hated, what he had to say.

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This pig looks more like Wilbur and is probably nicer than Piggy Smalls, the pig that terrorized an Oregon town since last November.

National

NPR News Nuggets: Terrorizing Pig, (Sort Of) Flying Pig & Wigs

8:08am February 11, 2017

by Wynne Davis

Here's a quick roundup of some of the mini-moments you may have missed on this week's Morning Edition.

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In an interview with NPR, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly again took the blame for the rocky rollout of the travel ban and for failing to notify congressional leaders of the policy's implementation.

Homeland Security Secretary: Travel Vetting Could Include Passwords, Tweets

9:07am February 09, 2017

by Brian Naylor

John Kelly tells NPR that screening needs to improve. He also says President Trump's travel ban is not based on religion, and one of the great strengths of the U.S. is diversity of religious views.

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Black Evangelical Amisho Baraka: Why I'm Not Voting For Trump Or Clinton

8:30am September 23, 2016

by NPR Staff

Morning Edition's David Greene talks to Christian rapper Amisho Baraka, who says that as a black evangelical, he's not comfortable supporting either party's presidential candidate.

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