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 Matt Smith as Daemon Targaryen.

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‘House of the Dragon’ is back Sunday. Here’s who to know and what to watch for

A new season of the Game of Thrones prequel series returns Sunday night on HBO.

June 12, 2024
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  • Glen Weldon
The French singer and actress Francoise Hardy wearing a fur coat in Piazza Sant'Ambrogio. Milan, 1960s (Photo by Mondadori via Getty Images)

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Françoise Hardy, renowned French singer-songwriter, has died at 80

Hardy was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in 2004, and also had laryngeal cancer.

June 12, 2024
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Students continue to miss large amounts of school, but parents aren't concerned.

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With 'chronic absenteeism' soaring in schools, most parents aren’t sure what it is

Experts and educators are worried about students who miss big chunks of the school year, but a new NPR/Ipsos poll shows parents aren’t quite sure what it is.

June 12, 2024
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  • Sequoia Carrillo
For most of the film, hampton is a grinning, tomboy femme fly on the wall. She’s much more in documentarian mode than interviewer.

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‘It Was All a Dream’ shows the work of a nascent rap feminist

A new documentary by the hip-hop historian and critic dream hampton, culled from her own never-before-seen footage of rap's golden age, illustrates the hard labor for women who love the music.

June 12, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden
A strong dollar reinforces America's economic might and helps bring down inflation — but it also hurts exporters.

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  • Business

A strong dollar is great news for most of us — but not everybody is a winner

A surge in the dollar has benefited many Americans and reinforced the country's economic strength — but it has also caused a lot of pain for others.

June 12, 2024
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  • Rafael Nam
The Rev. James Lawson, an architect of the Civil Rights Movement who preached nonviolent protest, has died. He's shown here speaking to union workers in 2011 on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

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The Rev. James Lawson, key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, dies at 95

Martin Luther King Jr. called civil rights pioneer, the Rev. James Lawson, the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence.

June 12, 2024
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  • Debbie Elliott
People vote in the Nevada primary at a polling place on Tuesday in Henderson, Nev.

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  • Elections

Sam Brown wins Nevada's GOP Senate primary to challenge Democrat Jacky Rosen

Republican Sam Brown will face incumbent Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen, who also won her primary Tuesday night, in a race that could help decide which party controls the U.S. Senate.

June 12, 2024
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Hunter Biden, President Biden's son, departs from the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on Monday in Wilmington, Del., after jurors began deliberations in his trial on felony gun charges.

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Hunter Biden found guilty on all counts

This was the first of two cases against Hunter Biden brought by a Justice Department special counsel. Biden also faces tax charges in a separate prosecution scheduled to go to trial in September.

June 12, 2024
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  • Ryan Lucas
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When a romance ends, can a friendship grow? NPR listeners weigh in

Listeners explain why they decided to remain friends with their exes, keep a friendly distance — or leave them behind.

June 12, 2024
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  • Malaka Gharib

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  • Book Reviews

'Horror Movie' questions the motivation behind evil acts

Paul Tremblay's latest tale is dark, surprisingly violent, and incredibly multilayered — a superb addition to his already impressive oeuvre showing he can deliver for fans and also push the envelope.

June 12, 2024
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  • Gabino Iglesias
Catastrophic flash floods killed dozens of people in eastern Kentucky in July 2022. Here, homes in Jackson, Ky., are flooded with water.

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  • Climate

Climate change is deadly. Exactly how deadly?

Multiple federal and state government agencies count the number of deaths from extreme floods, wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes. They don't always agree on which deaths should be counted.

June 12, 2024
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  • Rebecca Hersher and
  • Alejandra Borunda
GPB News NPR

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  • News

Hunter Biden found guilty on federal gun charges; Philly’s tribute to Marian Anderson

Hunter Biden was found guilty of three felony charges stemming from his purchase of a handgun in 2018. The Philadelphia Orchestra renames its concert hall after hometown legend Marian Anderson.

June 12, 2024
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
In this May 2024 image provided by Garry Kozak, remains of what experts believe to be is a 10-seat Jet Commander aircraft that disappeared in 1971 rest on the floor of Lake Champlain off Juniper Island, Vt.

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  • National

A jet missing since 1971 has been found at the bottom of Vermont's Lake Champlain

The corporate jet disappeared shortly after departing the Burlington airport for Providence, R.I., on Jan. 27, 1971. At least 17 searches since then had turned up nothing.

June 12, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Ella Seaver shares her thoughts on high school graduation with other survivors of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting before a rally against gun violence on Friday, June 7, 2024, in Newtown, Conn.

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  • National

Sandy Hook survivors to graduate with mixed emotions without 20 of their classmates

About 60 of the 330 kids graduating from Newtown High School will also be carrying the emotional burden of knowing that many of their former classmates won't get to walk across the stage with them.

June 12, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
 A slipper orchid clonal hybrid known as Paphiopedilum Saint Albans "Dark Red" from the Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection

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  • Arts & Life

Darkly romantic goth gardens are having a moment in the sun — here's how to grow one

Gardens are blooming across the country, and while you’ll likely see plenty of roses and brightly-colored zinnias on porches and patios this summer, one much-hyped trend is very, very dark.

June 11, 2024
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