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The Pentagon's multi-billion-dollar program to develop advanced missile warning balloons is just one of many projects over the decades that has been sabotaged by a gusty breeze.

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  • National Security

Militaries have sought to use spy balloons for centuries. The real enemy is the wind

The U.S. government suspects that China's surveillance balloon may have blown off course. It wouldn't be the first time.

February 17, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
A carpet trader from Qom in the Tehran Grand Bazaar, Feb. 8, 2023.

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  • Middle East

'I can dream it, but I can't afford it': Iranians on their bleak economy

Iranians of all political stripes complain of a dead-end economy. Some blame U.S. sanctions while others fault government mismanagement and corruption.

February 17, 2023
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By:
  • Connor Donevan,
  • Courtney Dorning,
  • and 2 more
GPB News NPR

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  • Climate

Washington state's push to reduce emissions

Several states have new laws to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that fuel rising temperatures. Washington has changed how big businesses use energy and how people fuel their vehicles.

February 16, 2023
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By:
  • Bellamy Pailthorp and
  • John Ryan
Voters mark their ballots for the midterm election Nov. 8, 2022, at Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker, Ga.

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  • Politics

More than half of Republicans support Christian nationalism, according to a new survey

Christian nationalism has been seen as outside the mainstream. But new data from the Public Religion Research Institute and the Brookings Institute indicates it's more common than many think.

February 14, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
GPB News NPR

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  • Medical Treatments

Robots and lasers are helping doctors treat severe epilepsy

A man with uncontrolled epileptic seizures sought surgery in 2009, but was turned down. Ten years later, advances in neurodiagnostic testing, lasers and microelectronics finally helped him.

February 14, 2023
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Rihanna performs onstage during the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday night. Her performance doubled as a pregnancy reveal.

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  • Arts & Life

Rihanna's maternity style isn't just fashionable. It's revolutionary, experts say

Rihanna has already been praised for redefining maternity fashion. She's not the first celebrity to challenge cultural norms about pregnancy, but is reigniting a conversation that could spark change.

February 14, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
In this Oct. 8, 2010 file photo, Mexico's Secretary of Public Safety Genaro Garcia Luna attends a press conference on the sidelines of an American Police Community meeting in Mexico City. Garcia Luna, who is in custody and facing drug trafficking charges in New York, has been charged in a superseding indictment with continuing criminal enterprise.

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  • National

He was the head of Mexico's FBI. Now he's on trial for accepting cartel bribes

Guilty or innocent, the drug-corruption trial in New York of high-ranking former Mexican government official, Genaro Garcia Luna, shows the limits of the U.S. to win its decades-long "war on drugs."

February 14, 2023
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By:
  • Brian Mann and
  • Quil Lawrence
Kansas City Chiefs place kicker Harrison Butker (7) kicks the game-winning field goal as punter Tommy Townsend (5) holds during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 57 football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, in Glendale, Ariz.

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  • News

How the Georgia native who helped win the Super Bowl became a kicker

Georgia native and Georgia Tech grad, Harrison Butker hit the game-winning field goal with eight seconds remaining to hand the Kansas City Chiefs the victory in Sunday's Super Bowl. GPB's Peter Biello talks with his high school coach about his early days as a kicker as Westminster school. 

February 13, 2023
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By:
  • Peter Biello
An Adidas store stands in Manhattan on October 25, 2022, in New York City. The company is facing big losses after terminating its relationship with Kanye West.

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  • Business

Adidas is looking to repurpose unsold Yeezy products. Here are some of its options

Retail experts say Yeezys will be particularly difficult to resell given their distinct design and damaged reputation. But not doing so could cost Adidas up to 500 million euros.

February 13, 2023
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan star in a rarely revived Lorraine Hansberry play.

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  • Theater

A rarely revived Lorraine Hansberry play is here — and it's messy but powerful

Hansberry is best known for A Raisin in the Sun — but as she lay dying, she wrote this play about the haplessness of white liberals. Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan star.

February 13, 2023
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Dueling signs dot Virginia's Arlington County as residents debate the zoning reform proposal. This photo first appeared in DCist. Click <a href="https://wamu.org/story/23/01/20/arlington-missing-middle-housing/">here</a> to read that story.

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  • National

The U.S. needs more affordable housing – where to put it is a bigger battle

American suburbs mandated single-family homes generations ago, often to segregate areas by race and class. New laws allow more-affordable options like townhomes but construction so far has been slow.

February 13, 2023
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By:
  • Margaret Barthel and
  • Jennifer Ludden
GPB News NPR

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  • Economy

Inflation is the thorn in this year's Valentine's Day roses

The global economy can be found in a single rose. This year those roses cost a lot more due to a global problem: inflation.

February 11, 2023
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By:
  • Stacey Vanek Smith
An order of Buffalo chicken wings sits on a counter at a restaurant in San Francisco on Feb. 11, 2022. Party trays of frozen chicken wings are cheaper than last year, according to the USDA. The National Chicken Council expects Americans to gobble up 1.45 billion wings this weekend.

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  • Economy

Your Super Bowl platter may cost less this year – if you follow these menu twists

While supermarket inflation is still high, there are savings to be found on Super Bowl snacks. Prices for chicken wings and guacamole have fallen sharply since last year's big game.

February 10, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
An engraving by W.T. Fry (based on a painting) of Mary Stuart, also known as Mary Queen of Scots, circa 1587. An international trio of codebreakers discovered and decrypted letters she wrote during her years in captivity in England.

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  • History

3 amateur codebreakers set out to decrypt old letters. They uncovered royal history

Cryptologists found and decoded over 50 long-lost letters that Mary, Queen of Scots wrote during her time in captivity. A historian calls them the most important new findings about her in 100 years.

February 10, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Burt Bacharach, pictured here in 1970, wrote music that was accessible — it even sounds simple. But there is nothing simple about it.

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  • Obituaries

Burt Bacharach, visionary pop composer, has died at 94

The songwriter and singer, who cemented his prominence with hits like "Say A Little Prayer" and "Walk on By," died Wednesday of natural causes.

February 09, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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