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Identity theft is on the rise. Here are some ways to protect yourself

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Eva Velasquez, President and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource Center, about the growing threat of SIM swapping.

February 20, 2022
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Skier Eileen Gu of Team China has been a breakout star of the Beijing Winter Olympics. She won three medals — two gold and one silver — and has been a voice for women's equality at the Games.

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Women are the stars (and the victims) of the Beijing Olympics

Women are approaching gender parity at the Winter Games. They've also dominated news coverage because of powerhouse stars like Eileen Gu and because of tragic cases like Kamila Valieva.

February 19, 2022
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  • Brian Mann
Tenor Curtis Bannister sings the role of Stan in Beethoven's <em>Fidelio</em>, in a dress rehearsal.

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Prison choirs sing in a reboot of Beethoven's opera about unjust incarceration

A New York City opera company created an updated version of Fidelio for the Black Lives Matter era. The performance features singers who are incarcerated in real life.

February 19, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Susan DeFrance retired two years ago and moved to a mobile home park on the ocean to cut expenses. Now with inflation, she's worried about outliving her savings.

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Inflation has many retirees worried about outliving their savings

The highest inflation since the 1980s has many retirees scared. Their retirement nest eggs will be in peril if it persists over the long term.

February 19, 2022
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  • Chris Arnold
David Harris became the first Black man to fly a commercial airliner when he was hired by American Airlines.

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'Segregated Skies' tells the story of the first Black pilot for a commercial airline

When American Airlines hired David Harris in 1964, he became the first African American pilot to fly for a commercial airline. Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cottman's Segregated Skies tells his story.

February 18, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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Georgetown study measures colleges' return on investment

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Martin Van Der Werf, director of editorial and education policy at Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce, about their new college rankings.

February 18, 2022
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  • Elissa Nadworny
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Student loan scams prey on confusion

Student loan scams are on the rise. We cover some of the red flags.

February 18, 2022
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  • Elissa Nadworny
Raven Software helps develop the popular <em>Call of Duty</em> franchise for Activision Blizzard. Recently, workers there staged a weeks-long walkout to protest layoffs.

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Will Activision Blizzard workers unionize? Microsoft's deal complicates things

The video game industry has long been resistant to organizing. But quality assurance testers at video game giant Activision Blizzard hope to change that.

February 17, 2022
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Fred Gosbee, left and Julia Lane, who record as Castlebay. The pair spent a decade researching works of music thought lost to time, which they're now releasing as a book.

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Sea shanties, revisited: Maine couple resurfaces works thought lost to time

After a decade of research, a couple from Maine has just published a book of seafaring folk songs rarely heard in the last 80 years.

February 16, 2022
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  • Keith Shortall
Mohammed al Refai.

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Seven years after meeting Moh, I waited to hear: Was he now an American citizen?

I knew that Monday, February 14 would be a landmark day for Mohammed al Refai. It would also be a major turning point in a story that I had started following more than six years ago.

February 16, 2022
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  • Ari Shapiro
Kamila Valieva of Team ROC skates during the Women Single Skating Short Program on day eleven of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 15, 2022 in Beijing, China.

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In the midst of scandal, 3 Russian figure skaters hope to elevate their sport

A triple jump used to be the gold standard in figure skating. Now it's the quad. For the first time at an Olympics, a woman — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva — landed a quad in competition.

February 16, 2022
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If you're finding this stage of the pandemic especially confusing, you're not alone

It's another discombobulating moment in the pandemic, with conflicting signs of where the virus is heading and what people should do about it on a daily basis. Here's how to cope.

February 16, 2022
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  • Rob Stein
Douglas Trumbull in a publicity portrait from the film <em>Close Encounters Of The Third Kind</em>.

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'2001' and 'Blade Runner' visual effects wizard Douglas Trumbull has died at 79

Trumbull, who brought otherworldly landscapes to life pioneered physical, not digital, effects that catapulted audiences into hyperspace and became Hollywood's go-to guy for sci-fi imagery.

February 16, 2022
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  • Bob Mondello
People line up to receive a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine dose during a mass vaccination campaign in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in August 2021.

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Why this USAID official is optimistic the U.S. can get the world vaccinated

Jeremy Konyndyk, executive director of USAID's COVID task force, shares his perspective on the U.S.' efforts to donate and distribute vaccines to low-income nations.

February 15, 2022
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GPB News NPR

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Longtime Trump accountant says a decade of financial statements are unreliable

Mazars USA, the longtime accountants to Donald Trump and the Trump Organization, says financial statements dating from 2009 to 2020 "should not be replied upon."

February 14, 2022
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