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Paul Butchart gives tours of musical landmarks all over Athens, Ga. In his hands is R.E.M.'s 1983 <em>Murmur</em> album, with the original trestle bridge photograph on the back cover. The bridge behind Butchart is a reconstruction, and now part of a walking and biking trail.

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R.E.M.'s hometown of Athens, Ga., still welcomes fans 45 years after the band started there

R.E.M. played its first concert there in 1980 and still draws fans to its hometown. A visit to Athens can be like a pilgrimage of the band's music.

April 03, 2025
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  • Melanie Peeples
Workers make final preparations around the Men's NCAA Final Four college basketball court at the Alamodome, Monday in San Antonio. The men tip-off on Saturday. The Women's Final Four tournament, played in Atlanta, begins on Friday.

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  • Sports

The key players to watch for in this weekend's Final Four games

Cooper Flagg and Paige Bueckers, the presumptive top picks in this year's NBA and WNBA drafts, are on deck this weekend with hopes of a national title. But the star power doesn't stop with them.

April 03, 2025
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  • Becky Sullivan
People fill out their ballots in voting booths at the Green Street Community Center in Concord, N.H., on Nov. 5, 2024.

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  • Politics

19 states sue over Trump's voting executive order, arguing it's unconstitutional

The lawsuit is the fourth legal challenge against Trump's executive order on voting. The attorneys general argue the order is "an unconstitutional attempt to seize control of elections."

April 03, 2025
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  • Jude Joffe-Block
Russian and US flags are seen at the US Embassy in central Moscow on November 5, 2024, on the day of US Presidential election.

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  • Analysis

Russia escapes Trump Tariffs, as envoy pushes deals with Washington

A visit by a senior Kremlin envoy to the White House this week may help explain why Russia is not on President Trump's tariffs list - and determine for just how long Russia can stay off the list.

April 03, 2025
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  • Charles Maynes
Alliance Defending Freedom lawyer John Bursch, representing South Carolina, speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court as oral arguments are delivered in the case of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic on April 2 in Washington D.C.

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  • Law

Supreme Court hears case that could see more Planned Parenthood clinics closed

The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether South Carolina can remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though those funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.

April 03, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
In March 2025, the University of South Alabama presented its Annual Songwriter Keynote, a conversation and concert event funded, in part, by a grant from the Alabama Humanities Alliance. Gulf Coast artist Robby Amonett, pictured above, live-painted the event.

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  • Arts & Life

Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated

Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.

April 03, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a tariff announcement in the Rose Garden on Wednesday. A Defense Department inspector general has announced he will review Hegseth's use of the Signal messaging app to discuss a military attack on Yemen.

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  • Politics

A Pentagon inspector general announces investigation into Hegseth's use of Signal

The announcement comes after lawmakers voiced concern about whether top national security officials discussed classified information on Signal about a military strike against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

April 03, 2025
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  • NPR Washington Desk

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  • Music Interviews

Jason Isbell confronts the pain of divorce, and the possibility of new love

Jason Isbell sings about his split from musician Amanda Shires on his latest album Foxes in the Snow. "What I was attempting to do is document a very specific time where I was going through a lot of changes," he says.

April 03, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
Stocks fell sharply in response to President Trump's sweeping tariff announcement Wednesday. The U.S. will impose a minimum 10% tax on nearly all imports, with much higher levies on goods from dozens of countries.

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  • Economy

Brutal day for stocks: Dow plunges almost 1,700 points on new Trump tariffs

President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on imported goods, which were higher and broader than many expected. The new import taxes are expected to raise prices and slow growth in the U.S., while pushing many other countries into recession.

April 03, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley
The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case that tests whether South Carolina can remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.

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  • Law

Supreme Court to decide if states can strip Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funds

At issue is whether a state, in this case, South Carolina, can remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.

April 03, 2025
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  • Nina Totenberg
Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump's father-in-law, sits for a portrait at a hotel in New York on Sep 4, 2024.

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  • Africa

Mineral-rich, war-torn DRC first stop for Trump's new Africa czar

Massad Boulos, Trumps new Senior Advisor for Africa and father-in-law to daughter Tiffany Trump, kicks starts his first official trip on the continent, with a visit to the mineral rich and war wracked Democratic Republic of Congo.

April 03, 2025
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  • Kate Bartlett
Parts of the southern and midwestern United States are at risk for potentially catastrophic weather, including tornadoes and severe rainfall, through the weekend.

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  • National

Deadly spring storms continue to batter the South and Midwest

Severe storms are predicted to impact large areas of the United States through the weekend.

April 03, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
Vehicles for export are parked at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea on Wednesday.

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  • World

Trump tariffs spark ire and dismay from international leaders

Traditional allies, including the European Union, South Korea and Japan, face tariffs as high as 20%, while China confronts a 34% tariff on top of an existing 20% tax on imports to the U.S..

April 03, 2025
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  • Willem Marx
President Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs.

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  • Economy

How much will tariffs raise prices? Trump's economists just revealed their answer

The administration revealed how they calculated the tariffs. Buried in that math is a straightforward answer to a question Trump has long refused to answer: How much will his tariffs raise prices?

April 03, 2025
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  • Jeff Guo
Penguins stand on the shores of Corinthian Bay in the Australian territory of Heard Island, one of the targets of the Trump administration's sweeping set of tariffs.

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  • World

Trump's tariffs are so far-reaching they include several remote, uninhabited islands

The global tariffs Trump announced this week include remote territories like Heard and McDonald Islands in the Indian Ocean that don't actually have human populations. Here's what to know about them.

April 03, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
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