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News Articles: Morning Edition

Big Boi (L) and Andre 3000 of Outkast perform onstage during day 3 of the Firefly Music Festival on June 21, 2014 in Dover, Delaware.

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  • Music News

'The South got something to say' — Outkast fulfills its prophecy on Aquemini

Hip-hop is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Commentator Kiana Fitzgerald is looking back at the albums that changed the game. Today, it's OutKast's album Aquemini.

September 04, 2023
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By:
  • Phil Harrell
GPB  NPR

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  • Art & Design

Far from the internet, these big, benevolent trolls lure humans to nature

Thomas Dambo's gigantic trolls made out of recycled wood are turning up throughout the Pacific Northwest after making appearances all over the world.(Story aired on Morning Edition on May 16, 2021.)

September 04, 2023
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Roxana Garcia Espejo of Sugar Land, Texas, says her mostly remote job with Microsoft completely changed her work-life balance. In April, she lost that job as part of mass layoffs but still connects with other enthusiasts in the Microsoft Speakers Hub, an online forum.

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  • Business

Remote work is harder to come by as companies push for return to office

Three and a half years after the start of the pandemic, employers are getting serious about increasing the amount of time workers spend in the office and trying new strategies to overcome resistance.

September 02, 2023
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
People travel through the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Thursday.

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  • National

Roads and airports will be crowded this weekend. Here's how to prepare

The FAA says this could be the third-busiest travel weekend of the year so far, while AAA warns we could see more traffic on the roads than in years. Here's what to know if you're flying or driving.

September 01, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Education

Student loan borrowers who've been repaying for about 20 years got some good news

Federal student loan borrowers are expected to resume payments this fall. But more than 800,000 borrowers are finding out that their loans have suddenly been forgiven.

September 01, 2023
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By:
  • Cory Turner
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Business

It was fed-up farmers who started the only government-run bank in the U.S.

There is only one public bank in the United States, and a group in Rochester, N.Y., is trying to change that. The Indicator from Planet Money explores the challenges of public banking in the U.S.

September 01, 2023
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By:
  • Wailin Wong and
  • Adrian Ma
GPB  NPR

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  • National

College students assess how safe they feel after recent shootings

In the wake of mass shootings on college campuses, students speak to their concerns about guns, and how to create a space in which they are safe.

September 01, 2023
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By:
  • Ally Schweitzer and
  • Destinee Adams
A face mask sign is displayed in a window in Queens, New York City on May 11, the day the federal public health emergency for COVID ended.

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  • National

As U.S. COVID hospitalizations rise, some places are bringing mask mandates back

New COVID variants are fueling hospitalizations and prompting some schools and hospitals to reinstate mask mandates. Others are considering or ruling out the possibility, leaving it up to individuals.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Reva Stewart preparing to meet people without housing at a park in Phoenix

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  • Mental Health

Fake 'sober homes' targeting Native Americans scam millions from taxpayers

The scale of a scam to recruit Native Americans into fake treatment for substance in Phoenix and bill the government fraudulently is now emerging. It's huge.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Alice Fordham
President Biden boards Air Force One at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. on June 1, 2023, after attending the 2023 United States Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony.

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  • Politics

Why Biden is now routinely taking the short stairs up to Air Force One

The built-in stairs lead to the belly of the plane. They're less photogenic than the tall, outdoor steps. But the sturdier stairs pose less of a health and political risk to the 80-year-old president.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
GPB  NPR

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  • Law

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio's sentencing in Jan. 6 case is delayed

Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys convicted for seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, will now be sentenced next week.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A Biden proposal would raise the threshold under which salaried workers are eligible for overtime pay — but it could face opposition from business groups.

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  • Economy

Millions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposal

A proposal from the Labor Department would make an estimated 3.6 million salaried workers newly eligible for overtime pay. It covers workers earning less than $55,000 per year.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Protesters hold up signs outside of the Denver Public Schools administration building to demand equity for students attending classes in excessively hot classrooms.

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  • Education

As classes resume in sweltering heat, many schools lack air conditioning

Amid sweltering heat waves, classes have resumed in many districts around the country that have outdated heating and cooling systems — or no air conditioning at all.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Sequoia Carrillo
Pay-by-the-month subscriptions are increasingly popular. But research suggests people often keep paying long after they intend to.

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  • Business

Yes, people often forget to cancel their monthly subscriptions — and the costs add up

From streaming TV to razor blades by mail, Americans are buying more goods and services through pay-by-the-month plans. New research shows they often keep paying long after they want to.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
People walk on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in June.

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  • National

Can we make college campuses safer? Expert advice after recent shootings

The Jacksonville gunman drove to a university before opening fire at a nearby store. Days later, UNC Chapel Hill went on lockdown as a faculty member was shot. A campus security expert offers advice.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
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