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This summer, three women at the peak of their powers lead a spectacular pop culture revival. Beyoncé, left, performs onstage during the Renaissance World Tour in May 2023. Margot Robbie stars in Greta Gerwig's <em>Barbie </em>movie. And Taylor Swift performs during The Eras Tour in March 2023.

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  • Pop Culture

How three female artists lead this summer's billion-dollar pop culture revival

This summer, three women at the peak of their powers lead a spectacular pop culture revival. Barbie, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift shattered records and created a communal economy of irrational exuberance.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Bilal Qureshi
The exterior of MSU's first campus observatory, circa 1900.

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  • Education

Michigan State students discover traces of school's first observatory built in 1881

The foundation of Michigan State's first observatory was discovered this summer after construction workers, drilling hammock posts, hit something unusually hard underground.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
GPB  NPR

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  • Health

Young women get proactive before heading to HBCUs in states with abortion bans

As some young women head to HBCUs in states where abortion is restricted or banned, they're getting education and birth control to help safeguard their reproductive health during college.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • April Dembosky
The Matildas celebrate their victory in the epic penalty shoot-out against France.

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  • Sports

Matilda mania is sweeping Australia as its World Cup team breaks viewership records

Call it soccer or football, the Australian women's team is on an unprecedented run in the World Cup.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
The offices of the <em>Marion County Record</em> sit across from the Marion County Courthouse in Marion, Kan., on Sunday.

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  • Media

A police raid of a Kansas newsroom raises alarms about violations of press freedom

Law enforcement officers raided the office of a local newspaper and a journalist's home. First Amendment experts are calling it a likely violation of federal law.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kaye and
  • Bill Chappell
The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy brought four divers back to their families after a search aircraft spotted an SOS strobe.

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  • National

Coast Guard says 4 divers who went missing off S.C. coast were found alive

The divers plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off a pleasure craft more than 60 miles from Myrtle Beach, S.C. It wasn't until after midnight that they were seen again.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
GPB  NPR

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  • Business

Silicon Valley's new product: Eyeball-scanning silver orbs to confirm you're human

Hundreds of people around the world lined up to have their eyeballs scanned by a tech startup that says it wants to authenticate humans in the age of AI.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn

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  • Book Reviews

James McBride's 'Heaven & Earth' is an all-American mix of prejudice and hope

Set in a neighborhood where Blacks and immigrant Jews have lived next to each other for decades, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store is one of the best novels critic Maureen Corrigan has read this year.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Maureen Corrigan

The 2023 Pokémon World Championship wraps up in Japan

Over the weekend, players from around the world gathered in Yokohoma to battle against each other at the Pokémon World Championship.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Ziad Buchh,
  • Steve Inskeep,
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Clarence Avant and his wife, Jacqueline, attending a Grammy Awards event in 2020. Avant died Sunday at age 92. Jacqueline Avant was killed in 2021.

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  • Obituaries

Clarence Avant, a major power broker in music, sports and politics, has died at 92

Clarence Avant boosted the careers of a vast array of influential figures, including Michael Jackson, Jim Brown and Barack Obama. He came back into the news after his wife was murdered in 2021.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas

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  • Food

Custard shop that survived COVID and car crashes finds sweet success on Instagram

Jamal Jawad's shop was stymied when cars kept running into his business in Dearborn, Mich. But the entrepreneur persevered and he now has three stores and a partnership with the Detroit Pistons.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Davilynn Severson and Hano Ganer look for belongings through the ashes of their family's home on Friday in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, in western Maui, Hawaii.

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  • News

Up First briefing: Maui fire rescue; Alabama voting districts; no more boring salads

Recovery continues in Maui after America's deadliest fire in more than 100 years. A federal court hears Alabama redistricting case. And, tips to make salads you actually want to eat.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Suzanne Nuyen
LaShonda Jefferson (left), a community health educator, talks with a woman who drops off used needles into a bin on the van.

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  • Health

Caring for people with fentanyl addiction often means treating terrible wounds

The fentanyl-additive Xylazine causes open wounds, making the illegal drug supply even more dangerous and treatment more complicated

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Maucione
A map of a GOP proposal to redraw Alabama's congressional districts is displayed at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., during a special session in July.

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  • Elections

Alabama lost a voting rights case at the Supreme Court. It's still trying to win

Alabama is under a federal court order to draw a new congressional map with two districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred candidate. But its GOP-led legislature refused.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
GPB  NPR

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  • Religion

Why 'the guy' from 'The Office' wants a spiritual revolution

Rainn Wilson's book calls for a spiritual revolution in America. And even though he himself is a very funny guy, he is not joking about this at all.

August 14, 2023
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  • Rachel Martin
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