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Twitter's new owner Elon Musk at the 2022 Met Gala in New York City in May.

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  • Technology

Elon Musk's backers cheer him on, even if they aren't sure what he's doing to Twitter

"I don't bet against this guy," said one investor in Elon Musk's Tesla and Twitter. Others worry that the chaos at Twitter will continue dragging down Tesla values.

November 21, 2022
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
The Mastodon app homepage is seen displayed on a mobile phone screen.

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  • Technology

Some Twitter users flying the coop hope Mastodon will be a safe landing

Now that Elon Musk owns Twitter, some of the social network's users are looking for alternatives. One that's ballooned in the past two weeks is Mastodon.

November 11, 2022
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By:
  • Raquel Maria Dillon and
  • Mary Yang
Hard copy local papers that have recently appeared in the mailboxes of Illinois residents this election season have been assailing Democratic candidates, including Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and echoing conservative talking points.

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  • Politics

Right-wing 'zombie' papers attack Illinois Democrats ahead of elections

Printed newspapers sent out across Illinois push Republican talking points against Democrats just in time for election season. They're taking advantage of the erosion of local news.

October 31, 2022
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Steven Smith and Kanye West speak on stage at the "Kanye West and Steven Smith in Conversation with Mark Wilson" on Nov. 7, 2019, in New York City.

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  • Business

The status of Ye's Donda Academy is unclear after uproar over his antisemitic remarks

There were mixed signals about whether Ye's unaccredited Christian private school is closing. The uncertainty comes as businesses continue to dissociate from the rapper.

October 28, 2022
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By:
  • Matt Adams
This image from the Twitter page of Elon Musk shows Musk entering Twitter headquarters carrying a sink through the lobby area on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022 in San Francisco. Musk posted a video Wednesday showing him strolling into Twitter headquarters ahead of a Friday deadline to close his $44 billion deal to buy the company.

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  • Technology

These are some of the Twitter features users want now that Elon Musk owns it

Tesla CEO Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, and already people are hopeful that new leadership means new capabilities on the app.

October 28, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
GPB News NPR

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  • Media

Journalist Jemele Hill was speaking her mind long before those tweets about Trump

The former co-anchor of ESPN's SportsCenter faced criticism in 2017 for calling the president a white supremacist. In her memoir, Uphill, she talks about her career and her life growing up in Detroit.

October 25, 2022
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By:
  • Tonya Mosley
Renee Pringle, pictured on a reporting trip to Paris in early 1989 (she can be seen hoisting reporter Renee Montagne up in the photo at right). The longtime NPR audio engineer died on Oct. 16.

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  • Obituaries

Remembering NPR's Renee Pringle, a pioneering audio engineer, friend and fashionista

Pringle helped shape and safeguard the sound of NPR for more than four decades. Colleagues are remembering her prolific portfolio, technical expertise, generosity, honesty and sense of style.

October 20, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Lina Abu Akleh sits near photographs of her late aunt, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, at their family home in east Jerusalem in July.

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  • Middle East

The family of slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh demands justice

It's been over five months since Abu Akleh was killed on the job, most likely by Israeli forces. Her niece tells Morning Edition about her aunt's legacy and her family's campaign for accountability.

October 19, 2022
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By:
  • Leila Fadel
People walk past the BBC Headquarters in London on Tuesday as the BBC is celebrating 100 years of broadcasting.

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  • Media

The BBC is celebrating its 100th birthday

The British Broadcasting Corp. was formed on Oct. 18, 1922. It's now an iconic source for news around the world.

October 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Obituaries

Sharp-tongued Hollywood columnist Nikki Finke has died at 68

The veteran reporter became one of Hollywood's top journalists as founder of the entertainment trade website Deadline.com. She was the most-feared columnist in show business.

October 10, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott warned colleagues not to "give the crazies an inch" after then-President Donald Trump and his allies pressured the network. Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems indicate they intend to use Scott's words against Fox in its $1.6 billion defamation suit against the network.

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  • Media

Fox News CEO warned against 'crazies' after 2020 election, Dominion says

Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott warned colleagues not to "give the crazies an inch" after the 2020 elections. Dominion Voting Systems revealed her words in its $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox.

October 07, 2022
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
<em>The Onion</em> head writer Mike Gillis submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court this week. He says he hopes it will convince the court to take up an Ohio man's First Amendment case while educating the broader public.

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  • National

The man who wrote the Onion's Supreme Court brief takes parody very seriously

The satirical site submitted a 23-page brief to the Supreme Court in support of a First Amendment case. Mike Gillis, The Onion writer who authored the brief, tells NPR why parody is worth defending.

October 04, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, shown here addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2017, has been placed at the center of a $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems over false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential elections.

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  • Media

Fox's Jeanine Pirro is back in the hot seat in $1.6 billion election defamation case

Dominion Voting Systems' lawyers want to question the Fox News star again over texts they got just hours before she sat for a sworn deposition. Dominion sued Fox over false claims of election fraud.

October 01, 2022
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

New report finds 'shocking' levels of lead in Chicago water

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with journalists Taylor Moore and Erin McCormick, who analyzed thousands of Chicago water tests which yielded "shocking" results published in an investigation in The Guardian.

September 23, 2022
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Mia Venkat,
  • and 1 more
NPR news chief Nancy Barnes will leave the network in November. She announced her departure on the same day that NPR said it would hire a chief content officer to oversee both news and programming.

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  • Media

NPR chief news executive Nancy Barnes to depart as network reshapes top ranks

Nancy Barnes, NPR's newsroom leader, announced her forthcoming departure as the network moves to create a new executive to oversee both the news and programming divisions.

September 23, 2022
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  • David Folkenflik
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