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The fascist origins of this Roman sports center can be seen in its monumental sculpture and architecture.

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Italy has kept its fascist monuments and buildings. The reasons are complex

Unlike Germany, which after World War II underwent a rigorous de-Nazification effort, pride, rather than shame, is the emotion many Italians feel for the symbols of the country's fascist past.

February 25, 2023
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  • Sylvia Poggioli
Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign headquarters sits in quiet downtown Plains, Ga., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Carter, who is 98 and receiving hospice care at his home in Plains, won the White House after beginning the campaign as a little-known Georgia governor. But the unlikely nature of his bid depended on many turns in his life well before 1976.

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  • History

Jimmy Carter: White House rise depended on twists before '76

As a little-known Georgia governor, Jimmy Carter took his family and friends to Iowa and New Hampshire, where "the Peanut Brigade" set the modern standard for a retail campaign and helped elect Carter as the 39th president. But the long odds weren't just about 1976 for Carter, who is 98 and now receiving end-of-life care at his home in Plains, Georgia.

February 24, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Director Bing Liu (center) with his mother and half-brother.

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  • Movies

What happens when a director's camera is pointed at their own families?

Over the years, documentaries about celebrities have proven to be the most popular films of the genre. But some filmmakers are facing unfamiliar territory when their families are involved.

February 22, 2023
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  • Jon Kalish
This hole was made in a Bronze Age man's skull shortly before he died, archaeologists say, based on several clues. It's the result of a surgical procedure called a trephination.

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  • Health

Clues to Bronze Age cranial surgery revealed in ancient bones

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of a rare type of skull surgery dating back to the Bronze Age that's similar to a procedure still being used today.

February 22, 2023
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  • Ari Daniel
The Woodson family members at the Woodson reconciliation ceremony in 1998.

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1 side owned slaves. The other side started Black History Month. How a family heals

In the U.S., what does it mean when a white family and a Black family share a last name — and one of their ancestors is a pioneer of Black history? How Black and white Woodsons became one family.

February 21, 2023
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  • Sandhya Dirks
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs discusses the iPhone during a June 2007 keynote address.

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  • Technology

She left her 2007 iPhone in its box for over a decade. It just sold for $63K

The iPhone was auctioned off for over 100 times more than its original cost — the latest record-breaking sum for such a sale. An expert explains how old gadgets became "similar to precious metals."

February 21, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
GPB News NPR

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  • History

LBJ biographer Robert Caro reflects on fame, power and the presidency

Caro isn't solely interested in telling the stories of famous men. Instead, he says, "I wanted to use their lives to show how political power worked." Originally broadcast in 2013 and 2019.

February 20, 2023
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  • Dave Davies
A rendering of the planned exhibit in the Lincoln Memorial's undercroft. Construction will begin in March.

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A new museum will be built in the cavernous space beneath the Lincoln Memorial

The new exhibit space built into the memorial's long-hidden "undercroft" will explore the history of President Lincoln and the monument that honors him. Construction is expected to finish in 2026.

February 20, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Morgan State's dance team practices before heading to Alabama for the Battle of the Bands.

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  • Music News

How Morgan State's new leader prepares for the Battle of the Bands

Morgan State University in Maryland competes Saturday in its first Honda Battle of the Bands performance in Montgomery, Alabama. It's the largest showcase for HBCU marching bands in the country.

February 20, 2023
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  • Ben Abrams
The USS Albacore is pictured in Groton, Conn., on May 9, 1942.

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  • History

An American submarine that went missing in World War II is found off of Japan's coast

The wreckage of the USS Albacore, credited with sinking at least 10 enemy vessels during the war, was identified, the Navy said — almost 80 years after it was presumed lost.

February 19, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
A visitor enters the Officers Casino building at ESMA on March 19, 2016. The windows are filled with images of civilians who were tortured and killed here.

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  • Movies

'El Juicio (The Trial)' details the 1976-'83 Argentine dictatorship's reign of terror

Forty years after the fall of an Argentine military dictatorship that tortured and murdered tens of thousands of civilians, a video record of its trial will be shown to the public for the first time.

February 17, 2023
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  • Bob Mondello
Un visitante entra en el edificio del Casino de Oficiales de la ESMA el 19 de marzo de 2016. Las ventanas están repletas de imágenes de civiles que fueron torturados y asesinados allí.

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  • Movies

'El Juicio' detalla el régimen de terror de la dictadura argentina 1976-'83

Cuarenta años después de la caída de la dictadura militar argentina que torturó y asesinó a miles de civiles, se muestra una grabación del juicio de los militares responsables por primera vez.

February 17, 2023
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  • Bob Mondello
GPB News NPR

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  • Movies

Six must-see films with Raquel Welch, from 'Fantastic Voyage' to 'Myra Breckinridge'

The veteran film, television and stage actress died Wednesday morning at the age of 82, after a brief illness.

February 16, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Austin Hunt holds a sign with current and former Michigan State University students during a rally at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Wed., Feb. 15, 2023, after a gunman opened fire on the Michigan State University campus Monday night.

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  • National

Democrats control Michigan for the first time in 40 years. They want gun control

Having been blocked by Republican legislatures on regulation in the past, Michigan Democrats are forging ahead on tighter gun restrictions after the shooting at Michigan State.

February 16, 2023
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  • Rick Pluta, Michigan Public Radio Network and
  • Mallika Seshadri
Actress Raquel Welch at the 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards January 16, 2005.

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  • Arts & Life

Raquel Welch, actress and Hollywood sex symbol, dead at 82

Welch is best known for her roles in Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C. She is survived by her son and daughter.

February 15, 2023
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