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South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, meet on Fri, Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David.

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  • Politics

How Biden is using Camp David to elevate a summit with Japan and South Korea

For 80 years, presidents have used the rustic mountain retreat at Camp David to host foreign leaders. President Biden is hoping to tap into that history for talks with Japan and South Korea on Friday.

August 18, 2023
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  • Asma Khalid and
  • Franco Ordoñez
Michael Oher of the Carolina Panthers celebrates with his family after the NFC Championship Game against the Arizona Cardinals at Bank Of America Stadium on January 24, 2016 in Charlotte, N.C.

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  • Analysis

'The Blind Side' drama just proves the cheap, meaningless hope of white savior films

The true story behind the hit Oscar-winner has only gotten ickier — and Hollywood is complicit.

August 18, 2023
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
Volunteers helping those who lost homes in Lahaina stop to pray on a hillside. The town is surrounded by dry, invasive grasses which are highly flammable.

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  • Climate

3 strategies Maui can adopt from other states to help prevent dangerous wildfires

In preparing for future fires, Maui doesn't have to look far. States like California have passed wildfire policies to reduce the risk that a community will be destroyed.

August 18, 2023
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  • Lauren Sommer
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the Des Moines International Airport after a visit to the Iowa State Fair on Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa.

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  • Elections

Trump lawyers ask to push back federal election subversion trial to April 2026

The suggested April 2026 date is a counterproposal to the Justice Department's recommendation last week that the trial should begin Jan. 2, 2024.

August 18, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Luz Vargas, 45, lost her son Kenyero Fuentes in the fire in Lahaina, Maui, on Aug. 8. He was found in the remnants of their burned home. His 15th birthday would have been this Sunday.

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  • National

A mother raced to save her son from the Maui fires. She couldn't reach him

When everyone was trying to escape the flames in Lahaina, Luz Vargas ran toward them: Her son was home alone. Days later she found his body. Sunday would have been his 15th birthday.

August 18, 2023
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  • Vanessa Romo
Po Sheng Lai, the founder of Shern Yeong Precise Optical, a company in the northern Taiwanese city of Yilan that makes high-end glass is pivoting to making defense products.

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  • Asia

Taiwan's companies make the world's electronics. Now they want to make weapons

As military tensions with China rise, Taiwan's companies are pivoting from civilian manufacturing to defense and weapons.

August 18, 2023
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  • Emily Feng
Members of an honor guard stand at attention for the arrival of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi to Camp David on June 26, 2008.

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  • News

Up First briefing: Biden at Camp David; mortgage rates jump; NPR news quiz

President Biden will host Japan and Korea's leaders at Camp David. Mortgage rates have hit a two-decade high. See how much news you know with this week's quiz.

August 18, 2023
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
GPB News NPR

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Hip-Hop's game changers: Three 6 Mafia

Hip-hop is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and we're looking back at albums that changed the game. Today, it's the group that took a shoestring DIY approach to creating horrorcore: Three 6 Mafia.

August 18, 2023
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  • Kiana Fitzgerald
GPB News NPR

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  • National

An Oklahoma City woman remembers being a child activist

StoryCorps brings us memories of one of the first sit-ins of the Civil Rights Era, a protest at a drug store in Oklahoma City that was organized by children.

August 18, 2023
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  • Von Diaz

10 people share their ideas for fun without breaking the bank

Having a good time doesn't have to cost you financially. NPR listeners share ten ideas for fun things to do on a budget.

August 18, 2023
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  • Life Kit
Michael Wetter from Stuart, Florida, says it's time for US aid to Ukraine to end.  He's part of a trend among conservative voters who've soured in American support for Ukraine.

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  • National

Rural voters shaping the GOP presidential turn against U.S. aid to Ukraine

Populist politicians and right-wing media have convinced many voters that US aid for Ukraine is a waste of money. Domestic problems should take precedent, they say.

August 18, 2023
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  • Brian Mann
Students eat lunch in the cafeteria at Tonalea K-8 school in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Dec. 12, 2022. In Massachusetts, a new 4% state income tax on incomes above $1 million will help pay for free school lunches.

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  • Education

A 4% income tax on millionaires will make lunch free for Massachusetts K-12 students

Massachusetts voters approved the Fair Share Amendment in November. It places a 4% tax on incomes above $1 million, in addition to the state's standard income tax of 5%.

August 18, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Who has (at least) one thumb and has been indicted four times?

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  • National

Are you a Trump indictment expert by now? Test yourself in this week's news quiz

Sinister-looking orbs and cosmic question marks haunted the news. There was also a fourth indictment for a certain former president. Were you paying attention?

August 18, 2023
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By:
  • Holly J. Morris
Former New York Gov. George Pataki, a Republican, is widely credited with sparking a new dialogue in the Adirondack Park while preserving vast tracts of wild land.

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  • National

In divided America, one rural area in northern N.Y. struggles to find common ground

New York's Adirondack Park used to be a political powder keg. Now factions are working to find common ground, while tackling some big problems.

August 18, 2023
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  • Brian Mann
Former President Donald Trump talks to people in the crowd during the final round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, N.J., Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.

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  • Politics

Trump cancels press conference on election fraud claims, citing attorneys' advice

No compelling evidence of the wide-scale fraud Trump alleges has emerged in the two-and-a-half years since the election in Georgia or elsewhere, despite Trump's baseless claims.

August 18, 2023
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