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Biden marks the anniversary of Jan. 6 with campaign speech near Valley Forge

President Biden gives a campaign speech near Valley Forge, Penn. — a place that looms large in the history of American democracy — as he marks the anniversary of Jan. 6.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
GPB  NPR

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  • Climate

Huge waves are crashing on the California coast, in part due to climate change

California is getting more big waves, after a series of them thrashed the coast last week. High waves are increasing due to climate change, with impacts for coastal erosion.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • Ezra Romero
GPB  NPR

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  • National

In cities with sugary drink taxes, prices went up and purchases dropped

Cities that imposed taxes on sugary drinks saw prices rise and consumption fall by 33%. Research shows sugary drinks increase the risk of diet-related diseases.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Are we still talking about<em> Barbie</em>? Yes, we are.

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, reading and listening

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: the Fad Camp podcast, the novel Silver Nitrate, and America Ferrera's much-discussed monologue in Barbie.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • Kristen Meinzer,
  • Wailin Wong,
  • and 1 more
Wayne LaPierre, CEO and executive vice-president of the National Rifle Association, addresses the NRA convention in Indianapolis in April.

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  • National

Longtime NRA leader Wayne LaPierre steps down

LaPierre leaves as he and other former NRA officials stand accused of misappropriating funds from the nonprofit to bankroll opulent lifestyles. LaPierre has denied those allegations.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • Eric Westervelt
Ahead of his speech, President Biden and first lady Jill Biden attended a small wreath-laying ceremony at the National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge National Historical Park on Jan. 5, 2024.

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  • Elections

Biden says the fight for democracy is at the heart of his 2024 rematch with Trump

President Biden used his first campaign event of 2024 to mark the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, saying his likely opponent, former President Donald Trump, posed a serious risk to democracy.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez,
  • Deepa Shivaram,
  • and 1 more
Will Shortz at home in Pleasantville, N.Y.

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  • Perspective

Perspective: Getting to know the Puzzlemaster, Will Shortz

Weekend Edition host Ayesha Rascoe spent the day with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz to talk all things puzzle, table tennis, and a new chapter of his life.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • Ayesha Rascoe
The images taken by Voyager 2 when it passed Neptune in 1989 were originally processed to better reveal its distinctive features, but as a result they made the planet look too blue.

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  • Space

Don't look so blue, Neptune: Now astronomers know this planet's true color

Neptune has long been depicted as a deeper, darker blue than its fellow ice giant Uranus, but a new study shows that both are a similar shade of light greenish blue.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan ecology and natural resources minister, attends a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit on Dec. 11, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Babayev has been named to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks later this year, prompting concern from some climate activists over his former ties to the state oil company in a major oil-producing nation.

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  • Climate

Azerbaijan names a former oil executive to lead 2024 climate talks

Mukhtar Babayev, has been named to lead the United Nations' annual climate talks later this year, prompting concern from some climate activists over his former ties to the state oil company.

January 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The U.S. Mint has released the 2024 Harriet Tubman Silver Dollar as part of the Harriet Tubman Commemorative Coin Program. The coins include $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half-dollar coins honoring the bicentennial of her birth.

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  • History

The U.S. Mint releases new commemorative coins honoring Harriet Tubman

The designs featured on the coins honor Tubman's life and her work as an abolitionist and social activist. The coins include $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half-dollar coins.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin

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  • Education

FAFSA delays are straining families and colleges

This year's federal aid form is new and improved. But it came three months later than normal, and in its first week, online access has been unpredictable.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • Nicole Cohen and
  • Cory Turner
The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., is seen on March 22, 2019.

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  • Politics

Foreign governments paid millions to Trump's companies while he was president

A report by House Democrats documents $7.8 million in payments from at least 20 foreign governments to Trump's businesses during his presidential term.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
A South Korean tank fires during exercises at the Northwest Islands area of South Korea on Friday.

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  • Asia

North and South Korea conduct provocative military drills along their sea boundary

The rival Koreas fired artillery rounds into the sea as part of provocative drills along their disputed sea boundary Friday, in violation of the fragile 2018 inter-Korean agreement.

January 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi gives a toast to invited guests after delivering a speech at a reception for Commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of China-U.S. Diplomatic Relations in Beijing on Friday.

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  • World

China promises pandas for the U.S. on the 45th anniversary of the two nations' ties

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the United States and China must insist on peaceful coexistence and promised that giant pandas would return to the U.S. — specifically California — by year end.

January 05, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
David Soul is photographed at an event in Los Angeles on Dec. 6, 1983. Soul, who hit fame as blond half of crime-fighting duo "Starsky and Hutch" in a popular 1970s television series, has died at age 80.

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  • Obituaries

David Soul, of TV's 'Starsky and Hutch,' dies at 80

Soul was a 1970s heartthrob who co-starred as the blond half of the crime-fighting duo "Starsky & Hutch" and topped the music charts with the ballad "Don't Give Up on Us."

January 05, 2024
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