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Lady Gaga performs during a massive free show at Copacabana Beach on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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  • World

Brazilian police say they prevented a bomb attack at the free Lady Gaga concert

Police say they arrested two people involved. The target was a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro, which drew more than 2 million people to Copacabana Beach on Saturday night.

May 04, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
Sunday Puzzle

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  • Games & Humor

Sunday Puzzle: Two plus five

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Michigan Public listener Michael Feiten of Highland, Mich., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

May 04, 2025
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  • Will Shortz
A production still from <em>Walking Water</em>, a site specific performance by Cornerstone Theater Company in September 2024. The Los Angeles-based arts organization was among the hundreds of groups who lost funding from the National Endowment for the Arts this week.

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  • Arts & Life

Sweeping cuts hit NEA after Trump administration calls to eliminate the agency

Hours after the Trump administration proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts from next year's federal budget, hundreds of arts groups in the U.S. were told their grants were canceled.

May 04, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
<em>Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</em> co-stars Ruth Buzzi and Gary Owens at NBC's 75th Anniversary Party, in Los Angeles, in 2002. Buzzi was best known for her regular appearances in the variety TV show during the late 1960s and early 70s.

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  • Arts & Life

Actress and 'Laugh-In' comedian Ruth Buzzi dies at 88

Buzzi, who was best known for her regular appearances on the NBC variety TV show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, died on Thursday at her home in Texas.

May 03, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
Natasha Rothwell attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

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  • Arts & Life

'Wait Wait' for May 3, 2025: With Not My Job guest Natasha Rothwell

This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Natasha Rothwell and panelists Peter Grosz, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Hari Kondabolu

May 03, 2025
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Brittany McKewn, of Asheville, N.C., wears a hat shaped like a rose before the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs on May 7, 2022, in Louisville, Ky.

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  • Sports

Inside the glitz and glamor of the Kentucky Derby

Hats, horses and high rollers. These are just some of the things that add to the atmosphere of Churchill Downs on Derby Day.

May 03, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie
Matthew Perry and Courteney Cox in the <em>Friends </em>episode "The One With Monica And Chandler's Wedding."

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  • Television

I do think we should be having more TV weddings

As we enter wedding season, culture critic Linda Holmes suggests that we bring back the splashy TV wedding at full power.

May 03, 2025
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  • Linda Holmes
An axolotl, also known as a Mexican salamander, is pictured at a shop in Paris.

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  • Science

Captive-bred axolotls thrive in Mexican wetlands, researchers find

The cartoonish-looking salamanders have faced an uncertain future in the wild. But researchers hope that breeding axolotls in captivity and releasing them in the wild can help their numbers.

May 03, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
Alec Baldwin as Harland Rust in a still from the movie's trailer.

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  • Movies

Over three years after on-set tragedy, 'Rust' is in theaters and available to rent

A fatal on-set shooting killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. Hutchins' husband became a producer as part of a settlement.

May 02, 2025
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Erin Patterson speaks to media at her home in Leongatha, Victoria, in August 2023.

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  • World

An Australian woman is on trial for murder by toxic mushrooms. Here's what to know

Erin Patterson hosted several of her estranged husband's relatives for lunch in July 2023. Within days, three of them were dead of mushroom poisoning. She denies deliberately poisoning them.

May 02, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Nyla Dinkins will represent Washington, D.C. at the 20th annual Poetry Out Loud competition this week. 55 high school students, one from every state and five territories, will compete in the recitation competition.

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  • Arts & Life

Four teens on why they like poetry

For 20 years, teens from around the country have come to Washington, D.C. to compete in the national Poetry Out Loud finals.

May 02, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Russell Brand arrives at Westminster Magistrates' court in London, Friday, May 2, 2025, where he faces, rape and sexual assault charges involving four women.

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  • Arts & Life

Russell Brand granted bail, after appearing in court on rape and assault charges

The political pundit faces multiple charges of rape and sexual assault. He was first accused by four women in 2023.

May 02, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
Tina Fey as Kate and Steve Carell as Nick in <em>The Four Seasons.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

3 couples plus 30 years of friendship — it all adds up in 'The Four Seasons'

The Netflix series is Tina Fey's touching tribute and knowing update to a 1981 Alan Alda movie — a smart, nuanced take on marriage, friendships and the way changing circumstances can affect them both.

May 02, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Bicycle commuters stop to grab a cup of coffee and a chat on their way into work as part of Portland's "Breakfast on the Bridges."

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  • Arts & Life

'Breakfast on the Bridges': a monthly Portland commuter tradition

On the last Friday of the month, a group of volunteers serves up tasty treats to morning bike commuters and passersby. The event has been going on for over 20 years.

May 02, 2025
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  • Deena Prichep
<em>Thunderbolts* </em>stars a cast of misfits, including Florence Pugh, Hannah John-Kamen, Wyatt Russell and David Harbour.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Thunderbolts*' is a refreshing misfit hit after many Marvel misfires

Marvel's latest release is a decently effective blend of misfit mercenaries and pop psychology.

May 02, 2025
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  • Bob Mondello
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