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News Articles: NPR News

The National Weather Service issued warnings and advisories for a heat wave blanketing the Pacific Northwest this week.

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  • Weather

Pacific Northwest heat wave could break temperature records through Thursday

Temperatures will linger in the triple digits for parts of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana this week, with little relief coming at night.

August 15, 2023
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  • Dustin Jones
It was scorching hot across much of the planet this summer. Asia, Africa, and South America had their hottest July's ever. Temperatures in Beijing and other parts of northern China hovered around 100 degrees Fahrenheit for weeks, with some cities topping 120 F on the worst days.

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  • Climate

Just how hot was July? Hotter than anything on record

A new report from NOAA and NASA confirms that last month was the hottest July ever recorded, driven to new heights by human-caused climate change.

August 15, 2023
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By:
  • Alejandra Borunda
Post Malone performs at the Tiny Desk at NPR's HQ in Washington, DC on July 27, 2023.

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  • Concerts

Post Malone: Tiny Desk Concert

One of the world's biggest stars performs a few of the world's biggest songs at the Tiny Desk.

August 15, 2023
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  • Stephen Thompson
Volunteers stack boxes of pineapple that will be transferred to shore by a small boat on Aug. 14, 2023, in Kaanapali, Hawaii. Volunteers are continuing to bring much needed supplies to the West Maui area.

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  • National

The number of dead from Maui's fires rises as local residents press to see Lahaina

The death toll from the Maui wildfires rose again on Monday as officials warned that number would rise while also acknowledging public frustration from residents still barred from visiting Lahaina.

August 15, 2023
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By:
  • Ravenna Koenig
Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao poses during an interview at the technology startups and innovation fair in Paris on May 16, 2022. CZ and Binance are being sued by the SEC, in a legal battle that could help determine whether cryptocurrencies should adhere to market regulations.

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  • Business

The future of crypto hinges on a fight between the SEC and a former burger flipper

A looming courtroom battle between the largest cryptocurrency exchange and the world's most powerful regulator promises to shape the future of crypto.

August 15, 2023
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  • David Gura
Participants at the 2023 Def Con hacker convention, trying to subvert AI chatbots as part of a contest to test the systems' vulnerabilities.

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  • Technology

What happens when thousands of hackers try to break AI chatbots

In a Jeopardy-style game at the annual Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas, hackers tried to get chatbots from OpenAI, Google and Meta to create misinformation and share harmful content.

August 15, 2023
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  • Shannon Bond
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  • National

Judge in Louisiana will consider moving teens out of Angola state penitentiary

A hearing will start Tuesday on moving juvenile offenders out of the Angola prison in Louisiana. They were supposed to be housed there only until April, but are still there.

August 15, 2023
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  • Steve Inskeep and
  • Bobbi-Jeanne Misick
Former President Donald Trump listens as he is introduced to speak at the South Carolina Statehouse, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, in Columbia, S.C.

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  • News

Up First briefing: Trump's Georgia indictment; DA Fani Willis; microbes and kimchi

Trump is indicted in Georgia for seeking to overturn the state's election results. DA Fani Willis, who is charging him, is no stranger to high-stakes cases. And, how microbes turn cabbage to kimchi.

August 15, 2023
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
Cillian Murphy plays physicist Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's new film.

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  • Movie Interviews

'Like it or not, we live in Oppenheimer's world,' says director Christopher Nolan

Nolan's film tells the story of Robert Oppenheimer, the man who spearheaded the development of the atomic bomb. "Of all of the subject matter I've dealt with, it's certainly the darkest," he says.

August 15, 2023
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  • Terry Gross
Lead plaintiff Rikki Held listens to testimony during a hearing in the climate change lawsuit, Held vs. Montana, at the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse on, June 20, 2023, in Helena, Mont.

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  • Climate

Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana

The ruling follows a first-of-its-kind trial in the U.S., adding to a small number of legal decisions around the world that have established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.

August 15, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Voters walk into a polling place in Uvalde, Texas, on Nov. 8, 2022.

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  • Politics

Latinos are the biggest ethnic group in Texas, but their political power lags behind

Latinos in Texas have eclipsed non-Hispanic whites as the dominant ethnic group in the state, but the group's political power has yet to catch up.

August 15, 2023
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  • Ashley Lopez
Former President Donald Trump is seen on Jan. 28 in Columbia, S.C.

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  • Politics

Donald Trump is indicted in Georgia for seeking to overturn the 2020 election

The charges in Fulton County implicate the former president as the head of a sweeping conspiracy to subvert his defeat. It's the fourth indictment in as many months for Trump.

August 15, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a portrait on April 19 in Atlanta.

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  • Law

In charging Trump, the Atlanta-area DA relies on RICO law. Here's what it is

Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute allows prosecutors to pursue criminal enterprises, and it was based on — and is broader than — federal RICO law.

August 15, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler
Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis is photographed in her office in Atlanta on Jan. 4, 2022.

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  • Law

Fani Willis, the Atlanta DA who's charging Trump, is no stranger to high-stakes cases

"My career has taught me, no matter the political pressure, just do what's right," Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis pledged as she took office.

August 15, 2023
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
Eric Meyer, publisher of the Marion County (Kansas) Record, shown speaking with a British radio station about the raid on his newspaper's offices and his home by local police.

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  • Media

Kansas newspaper says it investigated local police chief prior to newsroom raid

The Marion County Record had been looking into allegations of misconduct against the local police chief just months ago, according to the paper's publisher, raising concerns about their motives.

August 14, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
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