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Christy Rosales owns a small clothing shop in a Latino market in East Las Vegas, Nev. She worries about the economy and that's why she plans to vote for Donald Trump in 2024.

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  • Politics

Republicans see Latino voters in Nevada as key to retaking the White House in 2024

Former President Donald Trump has pretty sharp rhetoric around immigration. At the same time, he is trying to reach a potentially powerful voting bloc in pivotal swing states: Latinos.

February 13, 2024
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  • Franco Ordoñez
Kansas City Chiefs fans gather for a Super Bowl watch party in Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday. Viewership data show that <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/02/13/1231058556/most-watched-super-bowl-2024">200 million people</a> saw at least some part of the game.

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  • Television

Yes, a lot of people watched the Super Bowl, but the monoculture is still a myth

Super Bowl viewership isn't faltering in the same way broadcast, cable and awards shows are. But do we really need mass consumption of the same cultural work? Or just smart and connected consumption?

February 13, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
U.S. and Israeli flags wave together. Nearly half of U.S. Jewish respondents to a survey commissioned by the American Jewish Committee say they've changed their behavior due to fear. The survey was conducted in October and November 2023.

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  • Religion

Large majorities of Americans say antisemitism is a serious problem

A report from the American Jewish Committee finds that 94% of American Jews say antisemitism is a "very serious" or "somewhat serious" problem in the U.S. That's up significantly from a year ago.

February 13, 2024
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  • Jason DeRose
This combination of photos shows, from left, Mary J. Blige, Cher, and Mariah Carey, who are among the 2024 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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  • Music News

High-profile women stand out on the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame shortlist

Mariah Carey, Cher, Sinéad O'Connor, Mary J. Blige and Sade are on the latest inductee shortlist. It's notable for an institution long focused on white male artists.

February 13, 2024
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  • Chloe Veltman
Candy hearts are displayed on a shelf in Wilton Manors, Fla., in 2019. If you want to avoid processed, high-sugar candy, consider healthier alternatives for your loved one this year.

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  • Food

Skip candy this Valentine's Day. Here are some healthier options

Most of the candy that you see on grocery store shelves is processed and high in sugar. Consider a healthier alternative for your loved one this year.

February 13, 2024
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  • Diba Mohtasham
A significant winter storm from the Mid-South will transition into a strong nor'easter for the Mid-Atlantic and New England  on Monday.

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  • Weather

A nor'easter could drop several inches of snow on New York City, New England

Parts of "The Big Apple" could see at least 6 inches of snow, while somewhere between 8 inches to a foot could fall in Boston. Public schools in both cities will be closed Tuesday.

February 12, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez and
  • Vanessa Romo
Trash lines the gutter on Bourbon Street, in the early hours of the morning after Mardi Gras, in New Orleans, Feb. 18, 2015. It's a beloved century-old Carnival season tradition in New Orleans — masked riders on lavish floats fling strings of colorful beads or other trinkets to parade watchers clamoring with outstretched arms.

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  • National

Mardi Gras beads in New Orleans are creating an environmental concern

Despite a daily cleanup that leaves the post-parade landscape remarkably clean, uncaught beads dangle from tree limbs like Spanish moss and get ground into the mud under the feet of passers-by.

February 12, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the former president, gestures to the crowd after speaking at a rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., on Feb. 10.

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  • Politics

Republicans play cleanup on aisle Trump after former president's NATO comments

Former President Donald Trump's anecdote about encouraging Russian aggression toward some NATO countries is a sign of his foreign policy plans if elected — or maybe it's not.

February 12, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler
Bob Edwards started his career at NPR as a newscaster and then hosted <em>All Things Considered</em> before moving to <em>Morning Edition</em>. He's pictured above in 1989.

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  • Obituaries

'The voice we woke up to': Bob Edwards, longtime 'Morning Edition' host, dies at 76

Edwards, a consummate newsman, hosted NPR's morning show for more than two decades. "He sort of set the tone and the bar for all of us," says one former NPR executive.

February 12, 2024
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  • Lynn Neary
Chocolate-makers and sellers have been raising prices to keep up with the skyrocketing costs of cocoa.

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  • Business

Cocoa prices spiked to an all-time high right before Valentine's Day

Chocolate lovers won't see a sudden price spike for Valentine's Day — because the cost already has been rising for months. Extreme weather is largely to blame.

February 12, 2024
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  • Alina Selyukh
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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  • Politics

RFK Jr. apologizes to his family for Super Bowl ad invoking JFK

Longshot candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued an apology to the Kennedy family Sunday night after his super PAC ran an ad repurposing one from former President John F. Kennedy's 1960 campaign.

February 12, 2024
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  • Elena Moore
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1.

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  • National Security

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is hospitalized again, weeks after cancer treatment

The Sunday afternoon announcement came just weeks after Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and hospitalized for a procedure.

February 12, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
Usher performs during the Apple Music halftime show of Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  • Arts & Life

Usher's Super Bowl Halftime show was chaotic but cemented his R&B legacy

On Sunday night in Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium, Usher hurried through a medley of many of his biggest hits and proved yet again why he's the current King of R&B.

February 12, 2024
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  • Aisha Harris
What you see depends a lot on what you're looking at, according to one crime analyst.

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  • Law

Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. — even if Americans don't believe it

In 2020, the United States experienced one of its most dangerous years in decades. But in 2023, crime in America looked very different. That change may have gone unnoticed.

February 12, 2024
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  • Karen Zamora,
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • and 1 more
The traveler caught with the mummified monkey remains initially said the items were dried fish.

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  • Strange News

Mummified monkey remains were found in luggage at Boston's airport

A traveler returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo attempted to sneak in the mummified remains of four monkeys.

February 12, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
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