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Medications are locked in a glass cabinet at a supermarket.

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  • Business

Retailers howled about theft last year. Why not now?

Mentions of retail theft seem to be fading, their fever pitch cooling. What's changed? And how bad was the problem in the first place?

March 11, 2024
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  • Alina Selyukh
In this combination of photos, President Joe Biden, left, speaks on Aug. 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, and former President Donald Trump speaks on June 13, 2023, in Bedminster, N.J.

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  • Politics

Georgia and Michigan could be key to keeping Black voter turnout up in 2024

In the 2022 midterm elections, Black voter turnout dropped dramatically. Ahead of the presidential election in 2024, organizers warn it could happen again and political parties should pay attention.

March 11, 2024
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  • Sam Gringlas
Muslim men listen to Imam Omar Suleiman speak at the Islamic Center of Detroit in Detroit.

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  • Religion

Muslims prepare for a more somber Ramadan due to the Israel-Hamas war

As the holy month of Ramadan begins, Muslims are preparing for a less joyful observance this year. Fasting and charity take on a different meaning when many in Gaza are suffering.

March 11, 2024
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  • Jason DeRose
The new UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter sits on the tarmac at the National Guard's Eastern Aviation Training Site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. A similar helicopter crashed in Texas on Friday, killing two National Guard members and a Border Patrol agent.

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  • National

2 National Guard members and Border Patrol agent are killed in Texas helicopter crash

Three National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent were on board when a helicopter crashed near the Mexican border. A soldier was seriously injured.

March 10, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
The U.S. Army Vessel General Frank S. Besson has departed Joint Base Langley-Eustis on its way to the eastern Mediterranean to help build a temporary aid port in Gaza, the U.S. military said.

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  • National

As a U.S. aid ship heads to Gaza, Biden again warns Netanyahu on civilian deaths

The U.S. ship left Virginia this weekend as part of an emergency mission to build a temporary pier in Gaza to facilitate aid. Biden criticized the Israeli prime minister over civilian deaths in Gaza.

March 10, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
Alabama Sen. Katie Britt speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on December 7, 2023. Britt delivered the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday.

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  • Politics

'Saturday Night Live' lampoons GOP Sen. Katie Britt's State of the Union response

Scarlett Johansson made a surprise appearance on the NBC sketch comedy show to poke fun at the Republican rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union address.

March 10, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez

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  • Books

The working class gets stubbed out in Russell Banks' posthumous 'American Spirits'

The late author often wrote about the loneliness and isolation of the working class. His new short story collection puts a sharper focus on the politics of small town life.

March 10, 2024
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  • Andrew Limbong
So-called point-of-sale donations have sharply increased in recent years, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars a year. But the requests to "round up" your bill for charity have really taken off.

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  • National

That spare change you donate at checkout is adding up to millions for charities

So-called point-of-sale donations have sharply increased in recent years, bringing in hundreds of millions a year. But the requests to "round up" your bill for charity have really taken off.

March 10, 2024
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  • Scott Neuman
President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Pullman Yards in Atlanta.

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  • Middle East

Biden: Netanyahu 'hurting Israel' by not preventing more civilian deaths in Gaza

President Joe Biden said Saturday that he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "hurting Israel more than helping Israel" in how he is approaching its war against Hamas in Gaza.

March 10, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., speaks during a news conference on the border on Feb. 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Britt delivered the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday.

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  • National

Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans, studies find

In Thursday night's State of The Union, the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley took center stage. The suspect is a migrant. Republicans say immigration leads to crime, but there's no evidence of that.

March 09, 2024
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  • Jasmine Garsd
A door plug area of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft awaiting inspection is pictured with paneling removed at the airline's facilities at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Jan. 10 in SeaTac, Wash.

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  • National

Boeing says it can't find documents on the door plug that blew off mid-air

A Boeing top official told Congress that employees looked extensively for documents on the door plug and it's likely that such paperwork never existed.

March 09, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Pentagon press secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday.

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  • National

Pentagon finds 'no evidence' of alien technology in new UFO report

In the U.S. military's most comprehensive report addressing unconfirmed UFO sightings, defense officials concluded that most sightings dating back to 1945 were of ordinary origin.

March 09, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Anastasios Adamopoulos was driving a city bus early Monday morning in Chicago when he saw homes on fire. He stopped to help.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Some heroes drive city buses

NPR's Scott Simon recounts the heroic actions of a Chicago bus driver and his passengers, who saw buildings on fire at 2 a.m. and raced to warn residents.

March 09, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. On March 8, 2024, a federal judge in Texas upheld a key piece of President Joe Biden's immigration policy that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.

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  • National

Judge upholds program allowing 30,000 migrants from 4 nations into the U.S. per month

Led by Texas, the states who brought the lawsuit against the Biden administration argued the program is forcing them to spend millions on health care, education and public safety for the migrants.

March 09, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
In this file photo, then-President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Gerald R. Ford International Airport, Nov. 2, 2020, in Grand Rapids, Mich., with then-Vice President Mike Pence.

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  • Politics

Now that he's the presumptive nominee, Trump readies next campaign: who will be VP?

Former President Donald Trump's vice presidential pick will say a lot about how he sees the future of the Republican Party and how much he values loyalty.

March 09, 2024
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