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Miles Caton as aspiring bluesman Sammie Moore in a pivotal scene from <em>Sinners</em>.

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In 'Sinners,' the blues is a portal between this world and the next

Ryan Coogler's period thriller knows "the devil's music" isn't the opposite of the holy word, but its twin.

May 05, 2025
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Jill Sobule in 2023.

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  • Arts & Life

Jill Sobule, singer-songwriter behind the gay anthem 'I Kissed a Girl,' dies at 66.

The artist died in a house fire in Woodbury, Minn. on Thursday.

May 05, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Women rehearse inside Radio City Music Hall before the Rockettes open auditions, on April 22, 2025.

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  • Arts & Life

Times have changed — but the Rockettes keep kicking

Nearly 1,000 women from around the country flew to New York City to audition for the dance troupe on its 100th anniversary. What's helped it last so long?

May 05, 2025
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
Palestinians receive bags of flour and other humanitarian aid distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.

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  • News

Why Israel plans to limit life-saving aid into Gaza. And, Diddy's trial begins today

Israel's cabinet approved a plan to limit the way life-saving aid is distributed in Gaza. And, Diddy's trial begins today wth jury selection.

May 05, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky at the 2023 Met Gala. The rapper is one of the co-chairs of this year's gala.

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  • Arts & Life

'Tailoring Black style' is the theme of the 2025 Met Gala. Here's what to know

Expect to see a focus on menswear: jackets, trousers, suits, hats, and maybe a cane or two.

May 05, 2025
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 15: Sean "Diddy" Combs attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  • Music

Jury selection in Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial begins today

The trial for the rap mogul, who faces criminal charges for sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transporting to engage in prostitution, is underway. Opening statements are slated for May 12.

May 05, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
The crescent moon and Venus are pictured in Bangkok in 2023. A failed Soviet lander bound for Venus in 1972 and stranded in orbit is finally set to return to Earth.

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  • Space

A Soviet probe orbiting Earth since 1972 will soon reenter the planet's atmosphere

Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades. It's still unknown if the craft will fall to Earth intact or burn up upon atmospheric reentry.

May 05, 2025
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  • Joe Hernandez
Vivian Curren and her son, Benjamin, in 2010.

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  • Arts & Life

'That was masterful': How a stranger's words made Vivian Curren feel like a good mom

After Vivian Curren's young son threw sand on another child at a park, she assumed she was about to be judged for poor parenting. Instead, a stranger's response made Curren feel like a good mom.

May 05, 2025
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  • Autumn Barnes and
  • Laura Kwerel
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers conduct a search and rescue operation at one of the two passenger boats capsized in Qianxi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province on Monday, May 5, 2025.

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  • Asia

Tourist boats capsize in sudden storm in southwest China, leaving 10 dead

More than 80 people fell into a river when strong winds hit the scenic area in Guizhou province late Sunday afternoon, state broadcaster CCTV said.

May 05, 2025
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Ivan Sarancha, 18, who left Luhansk after 11 years of living under occupation, stands in front of a memorial for the fallen at Maidan Square — where the pro-Europe uprising known as the "Revolution of Dignity" took place in February 2014 — in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 26.

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  • Europe

How this teen fled Russian occupation and became a hero in Ukraine

An 18-year-old from Russian-occupied Luhansk tells NPR how and why he escaped to Kyiv.

May 04, 2025
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  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Kateryna Malofieieva
President Donald Trump arrives to give a commencement address at the University of Alabama, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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  • News

Does a president need to uphold the Constitution? Trump says 'I don't know'

The president says a third term is "not something I'm looking to do," and the U.S. economy is in a "transition period."

May 04, 2025
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By:
  • Luke Garrett
Lady Gaga performs during a massive free show at Copacabana Beach on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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  • World

Brazilian police say they prevented a bomb attack at the free Lady Gaga concert

Police say they arrested two people involved. The target was a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro, which drew more than 2 million people to Copacabana Beach on Saturday night.

May 04, 2025
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  • Andrew Limbong
Sunday Puzzle

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Sunday Puzzle: Two plus five

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Michigan Public listener Michael Feiten of Highland, Mich., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

May 04, 2025
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  • Will Shortz
President Trump is pictured at the Vatican in 2017 with Pope Francis, who died last month.  Trump posted on social media Friday what appears to be an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope.

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  • Politics

Catholic leaders criticize Trump for posting apparent AI photo of himself as the pope

When asked about the image, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York who is friendly with Trump, said "it wasn't good" and that he hoped Trump had nothing to do with it.

May 04, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
A production still from <em>Walking Water</em>, a site specific performance by Cornerstone Theater Company in September 2024. The Los Angeles-based arts organization was among the hundreds of groups who lost funding from the National Endowment for the Arts this week.

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  • Arts & Life

Sweeping cuts hit NEA after Trump administration calls to eliminate the agency

Hours after the Trump administration proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts from next year's federal budget, hundreds of arts groups in the U.S. were told their grants were canceled.

May 04, 2025
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