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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu league benefits from the sport's growing popularity

The sport of Jiu Jitsu has its own national league and it's growing. The league is moving to Las Vegas from the small city of Decatur, Ala., where it all started.

December 26, 2023
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  • Joseph King
Sens. Jon Tester of Montana and Sherrod Brown of Ohio are the last two Senate Democrats running for reelection this year in states President Donald Trump won.

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  • Politics

The 2 Senate Democrats fighting for reelection in states where Trump dominates

Democrats need to win every single competitive Democratic-held seat in 2024 to defend their narrow majority in the Senate. Even then the party could lose control if Republicans win the White House.

December 26, 2023
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  • Susan Davis
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  • Music News

TubaChristmas is celebrating its 50th brassy birthday

On the first TubaChristmas, around 300 musicians showed up at the ice skating rink at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, bearing their giant brass instruments. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 22, 2023.)

December 25, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
Gear Heads, Lisa McManus and Hannah Crowley are on the lookout for the best kitchen tools.

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  • Food

Nothing to fear with kitchen gear: 'America's Test Kitchen' guide to tools, gadgets

One way to keep the chef in your home happy is to make sure their kitchen is stocked with the right kitchen gear. A guide to kitchen tools and gadgets for the favorite chef in your life.

December 25, 2023
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By:
  • Barry Gordemer
"The therapy has really transformed my life more than I could have ever imagined," Victoria Gray, the first person to receive the CRISPR gene-editing treatment tellls NPR. "It gave me a new lease on life."

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  • Health

Sickle cell patient's journey leads to landmark approval of gene-editing treatment

In early December, the Food and Drug Administration approved a gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease, the first for any illness. One patient helped pave the way.

December 25, 2023
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  • Rob Stein
(L-R) Taraji P. Henson as Shug Avery, Fantasia Barrino as Celie and Danielle Brooks as Sofia in <em>The Color Purple</em>, a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

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  • Movies

'Everyone walked away with part of themselves healed' – 'The Color Purple' reimagined

Blitz Bazawule's musical re-imagining of the 1982 Alice Walker novel The Color Purple finds new joy among the pain.

December 23, 2023
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  • Phil Harrell,
  • Michel Martin,
  • and 1 more
Journalist Masha Gessen received a prize named after political theorist Hannah Ahrendt in Bremen, Germany on Saturday. The ceremony almost didn't happen after sponsors condemned Gessen's recent remarks on the Middle East.

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Despite backlash, Masha Gessen says comparing Gaza to a Nazi-era ghetto is necessary

Journalist Masha Gessen talks to NPR's Morning Edition about their recent New Yorker essay on German Holocaust memory and the situation in Gaza — and the controversy that ensued.

December 22, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Leila Fadel
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Hockey legend Jaromir Jagr begins 36th season with Czech Republic's Kladno Knights

Hockey legend Jaromir Jagr was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1990. The 51-year-old former NHL star made an appearance on the ice this week for the Kladno Knights, a team in the Czech Republic.

December 22, 2023
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  • Leila Fadel
The Colorado Supreme Court in Denver hears arguments on Dec. 6 regarding former President Donald Trump's eligibility for the state's primary ballot.

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  • Politics

Violent online rhetoric heats up after Colorado ballot ruling on Trump

Far-right users online have reacted to a Colorado court ruling that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on that state's primary ballot. They're calling for "civil war."

December 22, 2023
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  • Odette Yousef
The antibiotic doxycycline hyclate can be used after sex to prevent sexually transmitted infections.

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  • Health

There's an effective morning-after pill for STIs but it's not clear it works in women

Doxy-PEP can be taken a few hours after sex and is effective at preventing sexually transmitted infections. New research finds it's less effective for women but that may not be the final word.

December 21, 2023
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  • Will Stone
Anthony Pacheco, left, and James Woo work at the nonprofit Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta.

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  • Elections

Georgia redistricting tests if the Voting Rights Act protects 'coalition districts'

Democrats and civil rights groups in Georgia say Republicans' newly revised political maps still violate the Voting Rights Act. One key issue in this fight: so-called "coalition districts."

December 20, 2023
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  • Sam Gringlas
Mourners look at a portrait of O'Connor as her body lies in the Great Hall at the U.S.  Supreme Court on Monday.

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  • Politics

Sandra Day O'Connor's legacy extends far beyond the Supreme Court, her son says

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, whose funeral is Tuesday, is being remembered as a Supreme Court trailblazer. After retiring from the bench in 2006, she worked to expand civics education in schools.

December 20, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Will Lewis speaks in July 2017, when he was the publisher of <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> and CEO of Dow Jones.

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  • Media

New 'Washington Post' CEO accused of Murdoch tabloid hacking cover-up

Lawyers for Prince Harry and Hugh Grant have alleged in court that The Washington Post's next CEO helped the Murdochs clean up after illegal phone-hacking incidents at their British tabloids.

December 20, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
Brad Gist, 30, works with Liam Levinson, 28, during a lab for a 10-day semiconductor course at Chandler Gilbert Community College in Mesa, Ariz., on Oct. 11, 2023.

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  • Politics

Biden has big plans for semiconductors. But there's a big hole: not enough workers

President Biden has $52.7 billion to invest in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing plants. But there's a big shortfall in workers for the new jobs.

December 19, 2023
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Last year, Elyse Greenblatt of New York City scheduled a telehealth appointment through her usual health system to see if her nagging congestion was COVID-19. The appointment turned out to be nearly $700.

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  • Health

When a quick telehealth visit yields multiple surprises beyond a big bill

For the patient, it was a quick and inexpensive virtual appointment. Why it cost 10 times more than she expected became a mystery.

December 19, 2023
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  • Darius Tahir and
  • Emily Siner
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