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Young voters focus more on issues than candidates in 2024 presidential election

Voters under 30 tend to lean left of center overall and could make a major difference for Democratic candidates. Will they turn out in strong enough numbers to help President Biden win reelection?

January 25, 2024
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  • Claire Murashima and
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Frank Rubio is helped out of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft just minutes after he and cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin landed in a remote area of Kazakhstan on Sept. 27, 2023.

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  • Space

His spacecraft sprung a leak. Then this NASA astronaut accidentally broke a record

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio holds the record for the longest U.S. space flight, but he wasn't trying to earn that title.

January 25, 2024
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  • Kai McNamee,
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Nanmoku, Japan, is about 70 miles northwest of the capital city, Tokyo. The village has the most aged population in Japan, with two-thirds of residents over age 65.

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  • Asia

Japan's village with the oldest population is wooing young residents to survive

Some Japanese are trying to reinvigorate their country's most aged village — where two-thirds of residents are over 65.

January 25, 2024
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  • Anthony Kuhn
Police officers gather outside the Kyoto District Court in Kyoto, western Japan, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, ahead of the sentencing hearing for Shinji Aoba.

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  • Asia

Man is sentenced to death for arson attack at Japanese anime studio that killed 36

A Japanese court sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of murder for carrying out a shocking arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto, Japan, that killed 36 people.

January 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, top center, addresses the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament in Rome Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024.

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  • Europe

Italy's lower chamber of parliament approves deal with Albania to house migrants

The proposal, which passed 155-115 with two abstentions in the Chamber of Deputies, now goes to the Senate, where Premier Giorgia Meloni's right-wing forces also have a comfortable majority.

January 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Comedy Central has announced that Jon Stewart will return to <em>The Daily Show </em>host chair through the 2024 elections. He's shown above in August 2015.

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  • Television

Jon Stewart will return to 'The Daily Show' as a weekly guest host

The gig will go on through the 2024 elections, according to Comedy Central. It's a throwback for Stewart, who spent 16 years hosting the show.

January 24, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft is seen at Portland International Airport on January 9, 2024 in Oregon. The plane made an emergency landing following a midair fuselage blowout on Jan. 5. None of the 171 passengers and six crew members was seriously injured.

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  • National

The FAA lays out a path for Boeing 737 Max 9 to fly again, but new concerns surface

While the Federal Aviation Administration says the grounded 737 Max 9 aircraft can resume flying after inspections, the agency imposed sweeping jet production restrictions at Boeing factories.

January 24, 2024
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  • Joel Rose
Alaska Airlines N704AL, a Boeing 737 Max 9, which made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport on January 5 is parked at a maintenance hanger in Portland, Ore. on January 23, 2024. One of two door plugs on the emergency exit door blew out shortly after the plane took off from Portland.

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  • National

Boeing's quality control draws criticism as a whistleblower alleges lapses at factory

Concerns over quality control at Boeing's factory are mounting after this month's door plug blowout on a 737 Max 9. New revelations from an alleged whistleblower suggest Boeing could be at fault.

January 24, 2024
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  • Joel Rose
A still image taken from video provided courtesy of KABC-TV, shows Victorville sheriff's spokesperson Mara Rodriguez talks to the media during a news conference in Victorville, Calif., on Wednesday.

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  • National

6 bodies are found at a remote Mojave Desert crossroads

Authorities were still gathering evidence to determine what happened, and a sheriff's spokesperson said they could not say even how the people died.

January 24, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Ryan Gosling received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for his performance as Ken, but Margot Robbie did not receive a lead actress nomination for her role in <strong></strong><em>Barbie.</em> Greta Gerwig was overlooked for best director. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/01/23/1226287545/oscar-nominations-oppenheimer-surprises-snubs">Read more on the nominations here.</a>

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  • Pop Culture

'Barbie' receives 8 Oscar nominations, but was that Kenough?

Fans were quick to point out: A pair of charismatic, smart, girl-power entertainment figures are up for the biggest prize in the industry. And one of the biggest nominations goes to ... Ken?

January 24, 2024
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  • Neda Ulaby
NPR's incoming CEO, Katherine Maher, speaking at Web Summit last fall. She briefly led that organization after its founder resigned following comments he made about Israel and Gaza.

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  • Media

NPR names tech executive Katherine Maher to lead in turbulent era

Incoming NPR CEO Katherine Maher has a background in tech and world affairs. She says the network's mission fits neatly with her advocacy of the free flow of information in expanding democracy.

January 24, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
A worker assembles a 2011 Ford Explorer at the Chicago Assembly Plant in 2010 in Chicago. Ford is recalling nearly 1.9 million Explorers in the 2011-2019 model years over a piece of trim that can detach from the vehicles.

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  • Business

Nearly 1.9 million Ford Explorers are being recalled over an unsecured piece of trim

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said a detached piece of trim on the SUVs could become a "road hazard" and increase the risk of a crash.

January 24, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
Left: Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley delivers remarks at her primary-night rally at the Grappone Conference Center on January 23, 2024 in Concord, N.H. Right: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

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  • Analysis

5 takeaways from the New Hampshire primary

Donald Trump beat Nikki Haley in the Republican primary Tuesday night. It's hard to see another chance for Haley to get ahead, but she is vowing to keep fighting and is looking toward South Carolina.

January 24, 2024
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Unionized staff picket outside the Condé Nast offices in New York on Jan. 23. The company is merging the popular digital music publication Pitchfork with the men's magazine <em>GQ</em>, which has triggered anger over the resulting layoffs and concern for the outlet's future.

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  • Music Features

With Pitchfork in peril, a word on the purpose of music journalism

At its best, the influential online music pub — which Condé Nast announced last week will be folded into GQ — created a rare and precious space to slow down, pay attention and really listen.

January 24, 2024
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  • Ann Powers
Arno Penzias (right) and Robert Woodrow Wilson, who co-discovered the afterglow of the Big Bang. The Bell Lab employees, who won the 1978 Nobel Prize in physics for their discovery, are shown standing in front of their microwave antenna at Bell Labs in Holmdel, N.J., on Oct. 17, 1978.

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  • Science

Arno Penzias, co-discoverer of the Big Bang's afterglow, dies at age 90

Penzias, with his colleague Robert Woodrow Wilson, discovered the cosmic microwave background while working at Bell Labs in the 1960s. The finding was the smoking gun evidence for the Big Bang.

January 24, 2024
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