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Andrea Hsu and Stacey Vanek Smith experience the Treasury's website crashing as their bond purchase was going through.

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  • Your Money

The bond that broke the internet

US Treasury bonds are known as a super safe, super boring place to put your money. But the Series I Savings Bond got so popular last week, the surge in demand crashed the Treasury's website

November 01, 2022
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By:
  • Stacey Vanek Smith and
  • Andrea Hsu
Alana Mayo speaks at the Austin Convention Center on March 14, 2022, in Austin, Texas.

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  • Arts & Life

Meet Alana Mayo, the young, Black, queer studio executive who greenlit 'Till'

Mayo may be the new face of Hollywood star-makers. The president of Orion Pictures is under 40, and dedicated to realizing unique artistic visions in a risk-adverse industry.

October 31, 2022
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
NPR's Nikki Jones can't go one week without watching a horror film.

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  • Movies

My mom passed down her love of horror to me — and a big lesson about courage

It took me years to fully realize why my mother loved her spooky books so much. Those horror stories gave my mother the courage to leave her abuser.

October 31, 2022
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By:
  • Nikki Jones
The <em>Goosebumps</em> series continues to have its hooks, tentacles, or some other creepy tendrils around fans today.

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  • Author Interviews

'Goosebumps' is turning 30 — the scariest part is how old that makes you

R.L. Stine's mega-popular series has spawned TV shows, movies and many, many books. A humor writer who stumbled into horror, Stine says its been a thrill to scare so many generations of kids.

October 31, 2022
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  • Andrew Limbong
GPB News NPR

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  • Middle East

Ahead of yet another Israel election, Netanyahu's far-right allies could gain power

Israel goes to the polls this week, in the fifth election in less than four years.

October 31, 2022
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Jerry Lee Lewis, in a photo taken during his infamous trip to London in June 1958, when it became public that he was married to his 13-year-old cousin.

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  • Music

Jerry Lee Lewis has died at age 87

The iconic rock 'n' roll pioneer and last living member of the "Million-Dollar Quartet" — whose meteoric rise collapsed almost as quickly as he ascended, thanks to scandal — has died at age 87.

October 30, 2022
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By:
  • Blake Farmer and
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
GPB News NPR

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  • Economy

Encore: Gen Z feels the pinch of inflation

Gen Z Americans are experiencing inflation in different and sometimes surprising ways.

October 30, 2022
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  • Taylor Jennings-Brown
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Life Kit: How to throw a theme party

NPR's Life Kit has tips for throwing a theme party that packs a punch, whatever the occasion.

October 29, 2022
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  • Andee Tagle
A poll worker handles ballots for the midterm election, in the presence of observers from both Democrat and Republican parties, at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Elections Center in Phoenix on Oct. 25.

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  • Technology

False information is everywhere. 'Pre-bunking' tries to head it off early

The idea is to show people the tactics and tropes of misleading information before they encounter it in the wild — so they're better equipped to recognize and resist it.

October 29, 2022
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  • Shannon Bond
A scene from "Entremeses Cervantinos," three one-act plays written by Miguel de Cervantes, at Plaza San Roque, Guanajuato, Mexico.

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  • Arts & Life

Festival Cervantino, Latin America's biggest cultural event, returns with new energy

After a virtual edition in 2020, and hybrid version last year, the Cervantino International Festival is back in person and celebrating 50 years.

October 29, 2022
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By:
  • Betto Arcos
Maj. Roman Kovalev leads a newly formed 500-person battalion that is training at military camp outside Dnipro, Ukraine, on Oct. 24.

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  • Europe

In the battle for Kherson, Ukrainian infantry officers say don't underestimate Russia

Ukrainian forces have made significant gains in recent weeks, recapturing wide swaths of territory in the east and northeast. Now they're bracing for what may be one of their toughest battles yet.

October 28, 2022
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Diagnosed with cancer five years ago, Monica Reed of Knoxville, Tennessee, was left with nearly $10,000 in medical bills she couldn't pay. Medical debt is more prevalent among the Black community in Knoxville, than among whites.

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  • Health

Why Black Americans are more likely to be saddled with medical debt

Black communities in the U.S. suffer disproportionately from health care debt. The reasons go back to segregation and a history of racist policies that have limited Black wealth.

October 28, 2022
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By:
  • Noam Levey
Turbines from the Roth Rock wind farm spin on the spine of Backbone Mountain near Oakland, Md., on August 23. The International Energy Agency says renewable energy projects are getting a boost of investment from governments around the world.

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  • Business

An influential energy group sees reason for climate optimism

For the first time, the International Energy Agency projects that demand for fossil fuels will soon peak. It's nowhere close to the speed the world needs to stop climate change - but it's a big step.

October 28, 2022
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Karla Renée was 18 weeks into her pregnancy when she and her husband Sam learned that the fetus had a serious genetic anomaly that could lead to severe physical and mental disabilities. They were faced with an enormous and pressing decision. In North Carolina, where they live, the current law forbids abortion after 20 weeks gestational age.

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  • Health

At 18 weeks pregnant, she faced an immense decision with just days to make it

About halfway into her pregnancy, Karla found out her fetus had a severe genetic anomaly. As she grappled with an uncertain prognosis, she was up against North Carolina's 20-week abortion limit.

October 27, 2022
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Coal power has resurged since the pandemic, like at this coal processing plant in China's Shanxi Province, but research shows it should be phased out by 2030 to avoid extreme climate change.

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  • Climate

Here's how far behind the world is on reining in climate change

The world is set to start crucial climate change negotiations soon. To avoid extreme warming, nations have to make deep cuts in heat-trapping emissions, fast.

October 27, 2022
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  • Lauren Sommer
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