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  • Elections

See how Trump's trials crowd the Republican political calendar

To see the extent to which the Republican political calendar and Donald Trump's legal calendar are intertwined, it's helpful to see them laid out together.

September 02, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Swasey
Members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union are seen on a Labor Day parade float, Sept. 4, 1961. While many may associate the holiday with major retail sales and end-of summer barbecues, Labor Day's roots are in worker-driven organizing.

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  • Politics

Labor Day is now a key to Election Day for Democrats and Republicans alike

With all that has shifted around in American politics, the Democrats' disconnect from the broad working class is the loss that has cost them the most and threatens them most in the years ahead.

September 02, 2023
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By:
  • Ron Elving
GPB News NPR

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  • Mental Health

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

An investigation revealed that dozens of rehab facilities were scamming the state for Medicaid dollars. Native leaders have a plan. (This story first aired on Morning Edition on August 31, 2023.)

September 02, 2023
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By:
  • Alice Fordham
Gymnasts Shilese Jones, Simone Biles and Leanne Wong pose after placing second, first and third in the all-around competition on the final day of women's competition at the 2023 U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Sunday in San Jose, Calif.

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  • Sports

Women's gymnastics is changing in more ways than one

What had once been a sport associated largely with white girls is increasingly dominated by women of color. And more elite gymnasts are competing in the NCAA while they go for the gold.

September 02, 2023
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for September 2, 2023: Live in Michigan with Bob Seger

We're live from Ann Arbor, Mich., this week with local legend Bob Seger. He worked on his night moves, but can he answer our questions about knight moves?

September 02, 2023
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  • GPB Newsroom
A West Point archeologist and  museum curator take part in the opening of a lead box placed in the base of a monument by cadets almost two centuries ago.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, and digits to nothing

NPR's Scott Simon has thoughts about a 19th century time capsule opened at West Point this week, and what lay within.

September 02, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Jimmy Buffett performs in Gulf Shores, Ala., on June 30, 2010. The "Margaritaville" singer-songwriter has died at age 76.

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  • Obituaries

Jimmy Buffett, who sang of wastin' away in 'Margaritaville', dies at 76

The singer-songwriter, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist song and turned that celebration of loafing into an empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died.

September 02, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The idea that boundless customization is the way of the future misunderstands the relationship between creator and audience and the negotiation that goes on between the two. Above, Laura Marano as Cami and Jordi Webber as Jack in <em>Choose Love</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

This romcom lets you pick the ending — that doesn't make it good

Turns out multiple choice options work better for SATs than for storytelling. Netflix's Choose Love makes the case against AI writing — ordering a movie like a pizza doesn't make for good movies.

September 02, 2023
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
A section of Norfolk's existing floodwall, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1971. It will be expanded as part of the new project.

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  • Climate

At risk from rising seas, Norfolk, Virginia, plans massive, controversial floodwall

Critics say the $2.6 billion floodwall project overlooks current climate risks and exposes flaws in how the federal government approaches major flood infrastructure.

September 02, 2023
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  • Katherine Hafner
Rudy Giuliani speaks outside the Fulton County jail Aug. 23, in Atlanta. On Friday, he pleaded not guilty to charges that accuse him of trying to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state.

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  • Politics

Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty, won't attend arraignment hearing

The former New York mayor waived his right to appear at an arraignment hearing. He joins the former president in forgoing an appearance before a judge in a packed courtroom with a news camera rolling.

September 02, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Squatters stand on a rooftop overlooking the scene of one of South Africa's deadliest inner-city fires in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday.

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  • Africa

With Johannesburg's building fire, the misery of gang-hijacked towers comes into focus

People desperate for housing in a country with sky-high unemployment have taken to squatting in squalid conditions in former office buildings that are rented out by criminal gangs.

September 02, 2023
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By:
  • Kate Bartlett
A law requiring age verification for people visiting porn sites in Texas was struck down by a judge who says it does little protect minors from viewing sexually explicit material.

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  • Law

A Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites is unconstitutional, judge rules

A federal judge said the latest state law to require age verification on adult websites doesn't serve its purported purpose: protecting minors from viewing sexually explicit content.

September 01, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
GPB News NPR

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  • Author Interviews

'Yellowface' explores cultural appropriation in publishing via an unlikeable narrator

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author R.F. Kuang on her novel Yellowface and why she wanted to write a book about cultural appropriation in the publishing world.

September 01, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Elena Burnett,
  • and 2 more
Rioters, including Dominic Pezzola, center with police shield, are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

A Proud Boy pleaded for leniency from a judge, then yelled 'Trump won' on his way out

Dominic Pezzola was sentenced to 10 years. Ethan Nordean was sentenced to 18 years. Judge Timothy Kelly called the events of Jan. 6 "a national disgrace."

September 01, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A man rides a scooter in Paris, on March 31. The city has now banned rental electric scooters.

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  • Europe

Paris' rental electric scooter ban has taken effect

The city held a referendum and banned rental e-scooters after reports of injuries and three deaths.

September 01, 2023
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
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