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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pauses as he addresses reporters about efforts to pass appropriations bills and avert a government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on Friday. He is joined at right by House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green, R-Tenn., and Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas.

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  • News

Up First briefing: McCarthy's job threatened; how a robot could fight climate change

Congress averted a government shutdown. Now, Speaker McCarthy must avoid losing his job. And, this stinky seaweed-fighting robot could help fight climate change.

October 02, 2023
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By:
  • Suzanne Nuyen
Singer Taylor Swift and actor Ryan Reynolds are seen ahead of the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J.

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  • Business

Taylor Swift's stadium stop hikes up ticket prices for Chiefs-Jets game

Taylor Swift means business. The popstar brought an economic boost to the NFL after she was seen at a Chiefs game. Her appearance at MetLife Stadium gives the franchise another opportunity to cash in.

October 02, 2023
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By:
  • Emma Bowman and
  • Andrew Limbong
Hospitals are some of the biggest carbon polluters almost no one thinks about. The American health care system accounts for an estimated 8.5% of the country's carbon footprint.

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  • Climate

Health care has a massive carbon footprint. These doctors are trying to change that

Around the country, health care workers continue to grapple with their industry's massive carbon footprint. In Pittsburgh, doctors formed Clinicians for Climate Action to address the problem.

October 02, 2023
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  • Reid Frazier
Sam Bankman-Fried's parents face legal trouble of their own as FTX looks to claw back millions of dollars in compensation and benefits from the couple.

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  • Business

It's not just FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried. His parents also face legal trouble

FTX's lawyers allege Sam Bankman-Fried's mom and dad helped shape their son's crypto empire and received millions of dollars worth of gifts and benefits from the now-bankrupt company.

October 02, 2023
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  • David Gura
In the middle of Poland's Bialowieza Forest, one of Europe's oldest remaining forests, stands Europe's newest border wall: a 15-foot-high metal fence topped with razor wire and security cameras. Poland finished building this fence a year ago to try to stem an influx of migrants assisted to the border by Belarusian soldiers, whose government is trying to destabilize Europe.

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  • Europe

Poland's dangerous eastern border takes center stage in upcoming elections

The NATO and EU member borders Belarus, the Russian territory of Kaliningrad and Ukraine — plus a strip of land connecting it to Lithuania. It is an unstable and volatile mix of frontiers.

October 02, 2023
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  • Rob Schmitz
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Monday's Powerball jackpot is now worth more than $1 billion

The jackpot for the next drawing Monday night remains the world's ninth-largest lottery prize of all time.

October 02, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Rescue workers search for survivors amid debris after the roof of a church collapsed during a Sunday Mass in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.

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  • Latin America

At least 9 dead after church roof collapses in Mexico, officials say

The Tamaulipas state police said about 100 people were in the church during a Mass at the time of the Sunday collapse.

October 02, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Turkish security forces cordon off an area after an explosion in Ankara on Sunday. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, hours before parliament was scheduled to reopen after a summer recess. A second assailant was killed in a shootout with police.

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  • World

Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish militants in Iraq after a suicide attack in Ankara

Turkish warplanes carried out airstrikes on suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq after a suicide attack on a government building in the Turkish capital, Turkey's defense ministry said.

October 01, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Rob Delaney says the words we use are less important than the meaning behind them.

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  • National

This comedian says words often fail during tragedy. And that's OK

Rob Delaney found out his youngest son Henry had brain cancer. This is a story about the saddest of places life can take you, but it's also about the biggest of loves and how to scrape up bits of joy.

October 01, 2023
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  • Rachel Martin
A photo shows a general view of the Ecole Militaire and the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on Sept. 26.

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  • Europe

France sees a jump in bedbugs, as Paris prepares to host the Olympics next year

"No one is safe," Paris first deputy mayor Emmanuel Grégoire said in a tweet on Friday.

October 01, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
Boston Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield works in the second inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta, June 27, 2009. Wakefield has died at age 57.

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  • Obituaries

Retired Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield dies at 57

His role in the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry of the early 2000s turned Wakefield into a fan favorite whose impact went far beyond his numbers.

October 01, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., listens to fellow speakers before President Biden speaks on the debt limit during an event at SUNY Westchester Community College on May 10, 2023, in Valhalla, N.Y.

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  • Politics

GOP wants Rep. Jamaal Bowman punished after he triggered a fire alarm on Saturday

The New York Democrat says a mistake occurred as he was rushing to get to a vote, but Republicans have suggested Bowman was trying to delay the proceedings.

October 01, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
Former Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives to his party's headquarters after polling stations closed for an early parliamentary election, in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Saturday.

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  • Europe

Pro-Russia ex-PM leads leftist party to win in Slovakia's parliamentary elections

The election was a test for the small central European country's support for neighboring Ukraine. The win by Robert Fico could strain a fragile unity in the European Union and NATO.

October 01, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Staff Sgt. Joshua Spearman talks to fairgoers at the Army recruitment tent at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn., on August 31.

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  • National Security

Who's in the Army now? A pitch switch aims to get more military recruits

Amid those hawking corndogs and cheese curds at the Minnesota State Fair, the Army is trying to sell itself. An effort to entice sign ups is happening as the Army struggles to fill its ranks.

October 01, 2023
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By:
  • Tom Bowman and
  • Lauren Hodges
GPB News NPR

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  • Race

A podcast explores the complexities of mixed-race identities

The number of Americans who identify with being mixed-race is on the rise. Embodied, a podcast from North Carolina Public Radio, looks at the complications of that identity.

October 01, 2023
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