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How Taiwanese identity has evolved on the island in recent generations

What it means to be "Taiwanese" varies from one generation to the next, influenced by the island's complicated history with China. NPR talks with members of one family across generations.

January 10, 2024
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This photo provided by Bay County Sheriff's Office shows damage around Panama City Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, after a sprawling storm hit the South with strong thunderstorms and tornado warnings that blew roofs off homes and tossed about furniture in the Florida Panhandle.

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The Northeast will see heavy rain and winds as storms roll through the region

A storm packing heavy rain was sweeping through the Northeast early Wednesday, while winter weather brought tornadoes in the Midwest and South, flood threats in Florida and blizzards in the Northwest.

January 10, 2024
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Former President Donald Trump reacts to supporters during a commit to caucus rally, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa.

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  • Elections

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on Donald Trump

Most of Donald Trump's rivals have gone to great pains to avoid directly criticizing the former president out of concern that it would alienate base Republican voters.

January 10, 2024
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  • Franco Ordoñez
<em>Society of Snow</em> is the latest to tackle the true story.

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They crashed in the mountains and turned to cannibalism. He focuses on the humanity

Director J. A. Bayona's new movie Society of the Snow is based on the true story of the survivors of the 1972 Uruguayan plane crash in the Andes.

January 10, 2024
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  • Scott Detrow,
  • Sarah Handel,
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The James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in Adamsville, Alabama is a coal-fired facility. In 2023 U.S. greenhouse gas emissions declined 1.9% because less of the country's electricity came from plants like this one.

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  • Climate

U.S. cut climate pollution in 2023, but not fast enough to limit global warming

Climate-warming greenhouse gasses in the U.S. declined 1.9% last year, but that's only a third of what's needed to meet Paris climate change goals.

January 10, 2024
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  • Jeff Brady
The Good Ones perform a Tiny Desk concert at NPR Music in Washington, D.C.

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Tiny Desk Premiere: The Good Ones

The Rwandan group's determination to spread its musical message is an inspiration.

January 10, 2024
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  • Felix Contreras
People play a pallet packing game at the Walmart booth during the CES tech show Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Las Vegas.

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  • Business

Walmart experiments with AI to enhance customers' shopping experiences

At the CES trade show in Las Vegas, the nation's largest retailer said it will expand its drone delivery to 1.8 million additional households in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area this year.

January 10, 2024
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Amalija Knavs, mother of first lady Melania Trump, walks on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, June 18, 2017. Knavs has died, according to an announcement by Trump late Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.

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Former first lady Melania Trump's mother has died

Trump described her mother, Amalija Knavs, as strong and graceful in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Knavs, a native of Slovenia, became a U.S. citizen in 2018.

January 10, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Ronnie Long stands in a hallway at the Albemarle Correctional Institution in Albemarle, east of Charlotte, N.C., in 2007.

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North Carolina man settles for millions after wrongful conviction, 44 years in prison

The settlement, which will end a wrongful incarceration lawsuit filed by attorneys for Ronnie Wallace Long, also included a public apology from the city of Concord for its role in his imprisonment.

January 10, 2024
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Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., (second from left) congratulates then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., after he was elected speaker of the House in January 2023.

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House conservatives oppose bipartisan spending agreement, demanding further cuts

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee about the compromise framework for a 2024 spending plan and the response from inside the GOP congressional conference.

January 09, 2024
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  • Mansee Khurana
Soldiers patrol the perimeter of Inca prison during a state of emergency in Quito, Ecuador, on Tuesday in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from prison.

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Armed men are arrested after storming an Ecuador TV studio during a live broadcast

The men armed with pistols and what looked like sticks of dynamite entered the set of the TC Television network. Prosecutors say the 13 arrested will be charged with terrorism.

January 09, 2024
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Facebook and Instagram parent Meta is facing pressure to make its apps safer for teens.

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Under growing pressure, Meta vows to make it harder for teens to see harmful content

The social media company says it's introducing new policies to restrict teens from seeing posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders on Facebook and Instagram.

January 09, 2024
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  • Dara Kerr

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  • Business

Will the feds block a grocery megamerger? Kroger and Albertsons will soon find out

America's two largest supermarket chains have struck a $25 billion deal to combine. Now the FTC is about to decide whether it will block or allow it, and under what conditions.

January 09, 2024
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  • Alina Selyukh
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are arguing that he enjoys immunity from prosecution.

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Judges push back against Trump's immunity claim in the election interference case

Lawyers for the former president made a sweeping argument that he enjoys blanket immunity from federal prosecution for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.

January 09, 2024
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  • Carrie Johnson
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint news conference with Israel's defense minister in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Dec. 18, 2023.

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Austin was hospitalized for complications following treatment for prostate cancer

The White House said President Biden was only informed that Austin had prostate cancer Tuesday morning.

January 09, 2024
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