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A fighter jet maneuvers on the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea, June 11, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident

Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea by apparent "friendly fire", the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels.

December 22, 2024
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Voters leave after casting their ballot at a polling station in the final phase of voting in India's general election, in Kolkata on June 1, 2024. Artificial intelligence tools were used to create memes and images about political rivals in India and elsewhere around the world.

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  • Technology

How AI deepfakes polluted elections in 2024

The most visible use of AI in many countries was to create memes and content whose artificial origins weren't disguised. They were often openly shared by politicians and their supporters.

December 21, 2024
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  • Shannon Bond
Party City logo and store, on April 3 in Sherwood Park, Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada.

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  • Business

Party City files for bankruptcy and plans to shutter nationwide

Party City was once unmatched in its vast selection of affordable celebration goods. But over the years, competition stacked up at Walmart, Target, Spirit Halloween, and especially Amazon.

December 21, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
A displaced Sudanese child pours water at Zamzam camp in Darfur, Sudan, Aug. 1. Famine was confirmed in the camp that same month.

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  • World

Sudan's biggest refugee camp was already struck with famine. Now it's being shelled

The siege, blamed on the Rapid Support Forces, has sparked a new humanitarian catastrophe and marks an alarming turning point in the Darfur region, already overrun by violence.

December 21, 2024
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  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The Pope wants priests to lighten up

A reflection on the comedy stylings of Pope Francis, who is telling priests to lighten up and not be so dour.

December 21, 2024
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  • Scott Simon

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Calling all students! NPR's Student Podcast Challenge returns for 2025

For its seventh year, our national podcasting competition will invite students from all around the country, in grades four through 12, to bring us their best audio stories.

December 21, 2024
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  • Janet W. Lee and
  • Steve Drummond
Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone attend the 35th Annual Producers Guild Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom on February 25, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Elyse Jankowski/WireImage)

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'Wait Wait' for December 21, 2024: With Not My Job guests Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone

This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with special guests Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone and panelists Dulcé Sloan, Roy Blount, Jr., and Hari Kondabolu

December 21, 2024
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A television camera operator is dressed as Santa Claus during the Baltimore Ravens and San Diego Chargers game on Dec. 18, 2011, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.

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  • Business

Netflix is dreaming of a glitch-free Christmas with 2 major NFL games set

It comes weeks after Netflix's attempt to broadcast live boxing between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson was rife with technical glitches.

December 21, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Audra McDonald and Joy Woods in <em>Gypsy</em>

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  • Theater

How casting makes this 'Gypsy' hit different

Gypsy has been called the best musical of all time. Audra McDonald is starring in a new Broadway revival, and the race-conscious casting gives the production a new frame.

December 21, 2024
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  • Jeff Lunden
Nicholas Hoult (front row, center) plays Justin Kemp in <em>Juror #2</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

The jury's in: You won't miss anything watching this movie from the couch

There's been a bit of consternation flying around about the fact that the theatrical release of Juror #2, directed by Clint Eastwood, was very muted. But this movie is perfect to watch at home.

December 21, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
Protesters in Bangladesh ousted its longtime authoritarian leader, Sheikh Hasina, in August.

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  • Perspective

People power's unfinished work: Can Bangladesh be an exception?

The Wilson Center's Michael Kugelman says that for many Bangladeshis, a successful youth-led mass movement has shattered a long malaise and kindled a newfound optimism about the country's future.

December 21, 2024
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  • Michael Kugelman
In this illustration, the two spacecraft of Proba-3 fly in precise formation about 150 meters apart to form an external coronagraph in space, one spacecraft eclipsing the sun to allow the second to study the invisible solar corona.

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  • Space

A pair of satellites will create artificial solar eclipses to study the sun

Astronomers hope the Proba-3 mission will help them get a better view of the corona, the sun's outer atmosphere, which is even hotter than the sun's surface.

December 21, 2024
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  • Chandelis Duster

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  • Music

The 10 Best Tiny Desk Concerts of 2024

We asked 10 members of our Tiny Desk team to pick a favorite concert of the year.

December 21, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is up outside the building where GOP leaders are furiously scrambling to find a way to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the day on Friday.

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  • Politics

Senate passes stop-gap spending bill, preventing a government shutdown

The Senate has approved a short-term spending bill to fund the government until March 14.

December 21, 2024
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  • Barbara Sprunt,
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped its lawsuit against the payment network Zelle and three of its owner banks.

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  • Business

In a lawsuit, CFPB says 3 top U.S. banks failed to protect consumers from Zelle fraud

The consumer financial watchdog says customers of the top three banks lost more than $870 million over seven years due to a lack of safeguards against fraud on the Zelle network.

December 20, 2024
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