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A cosplayer dressed as a boxed Barbie doll attends the MCM Comic Con at ExCeL exhibition centre in London on May 26, 2023.

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  • Business

It's a pink Halloween. Here are some of the most popular costumes of 2023

People are spending more money than ever on Halloween costumes. Here are the ones people are buying the most in 2023.

October 18, 2023
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By:
  • Kaity Kline
A Palestinian woman mourns after an Israeli airstrike at the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

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  • Middle East

Gazans face growing crisis as a key border crossing remains closed

Residents of the Gaza Strip struggle to find safe passage as conditions deteriorate and no aid is allowed in. Also, a Hamas spokesman says the group has no plans to release some 200 hostages.

October 17, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz,
  • Steve Inskeep,
  • and 1 more
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Members of the House will try again to elect a new speaker

The House is expected to vote Tuesday on the nomination of Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan to be speaker. Jordan is popular with the Republican base, and has Donald Trump's endorsement for the job.

October 17, 2023
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By:
  • A Martínez and
  • Susan Davis
Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński also breakdances, two skills showcased in Semele at Munich's Bavarian State Opera this year before it heads to New York's Metropolitan Opera next season.

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  • Performing Arts

From opera to breakdancing and back again: Jakub Józef Orliński fuses two worlds

Polish countertenor and breakdancer Jakub Józef Orliński talks about his new album with Il Pomo d'Oro orchestra.

October 16, 2023
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By:
  • Olivia Hampton
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

There's renewed pressure on the FDA to ban synthetic food dye Red No. 3

Last week California became the first state to ban the synthetic food dye. Public health advocates want the dye removed from the food supply nationwide.

October 16, 2023
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
President Biden walks toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Fri., Oct. 13, 2023.

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  • Politics

Biden made promises to Israel and Ukraine. To keep his word, he needs Congress

The White House is asking Congress this week for billions of dollars in overseas spending. But it's not at all clear this can pass — and that means President Biden has a lot on the line.

October 16, 2023
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
John Grisham at his office in Charlottesville, Va. His new book is a sequel to <em>The Firm</em>, the book that turned him into a star.

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  • Author Interviews

What is certain in life? Death, taxes — and a new book by John Grisham

The Firm was the book that turned John Grisham into a writing superstar. Now three decades later, he's returned to the characters that made him, with his follow up book The Exchange.

October 16, 2023
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Shein promotes clothes under $30, $20 or even $5, mostly made in China and shipped directly to shoppers.

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  • Business

America can't resist fast fashion. Shein, with all its issues, is tailored for it

With clothes cheaper than a latte, built for today's microtrends, Shein courts the same young women who launched the renaissance of thrifting and resale. Legal complaints about the company are many.

October 13, 2023
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  • Alina Selyukh
Israeli forces strike a residential tower in Gaza City on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

An overdue reunion became a nightmare for this American family now trapped in Gaza

Wafaa Abuzayda, her husband and baby were visiting family in Gaza when the fighting broke out. Now they're trapped and running low on diapers and milk. She says the U.S. embassy isn't helping.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Leila Fadel
AI similar to the kind used to make images is now being used to design synthetic proteins. Scientists say its radically sped up their research.

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  • Science

New proteins, better batteries: Scientists are using AI to speed up discoveries

New artificial intelligence tools are being rapidly developed across the sciences. They may not be able to solve every problem, but in some cases, they're shortening the time to new breakthroughs.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
The U.S. Supreme Court considers a redistricting case from South Carolina.

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  • Law

South Carolina redistricting case could add Democratic House seats

At issue is the way the Republican-dominated state legislature equalized the population of its congressional districts.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

The cost of living is still going up, but not as fast as it had been

Social Security beneficiaries can expect a 3.2% cost-of-living increase next year. It's a smaller increase than the 8.7% bump recipients got this year, which was the largest in decades.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • A Martínez and
  • Scott Horsley
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

Wall Street wore Birkenstocks as the sandal-maker debuted on the Stock Exchange

Birkenstock, which is nearly 250 years old, is now a publicly traded company — valued at about $8 billion. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Oct. 11, 2023.)

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Ben Norris, 65, used to live on the streets. Now he's taking part in a pilot project in Oregon that uses Medicaid funds to pay for housing and rent for people who are homeless or in danger of becoming so.

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  • National

Can states ease homelessness by tapping Medicaid funding? Oregon is betting on it

Medicaid provides health care for tens of millions of low-income Americans. Now, for the first time, it's being used for housing and rent for people who are homeless or in danger of becoming so.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
GPB News NPR

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  • Media

The Washington Post is offering voluntary buyouts to 240 employees

The Post had been "overly optimistic" about its growth in readership, subscriptions and ads for the past two years, interim CEO Patty Stonesifer wrote in an email to staff.

October 11, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
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