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Barbara Hoctor Lynch, right, is pictured cohosting <em>All Things Considered</em> with Noah Adams at a studio in a former NPR building in Washington, D.C., during the 1970s.

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  • Obituaries

Barbara Hoctor Lynch, former NPR host, has died at 77

The former broadcast journalist who spent time hosting NPR's two flagship news shows during the late 70s, died this month.

September 30, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
The Kyiv Lavra is one of the holiest sites in Orthodox Christianity. In March, clergy aligned with Moscow's patriarch were ousted from some areas of the monastery complex.

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  • World

Anger grows over Ukraine's largest Orthodox church, still aligned with Moscow despite war

Millions of Ukrainians still worship in Orthodox churches deeply influenced by Russian clergy who support Moscow's invasion, sparking a clash of faith and national loyalty.

September 30, 2023
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By:
  • Brian Mann
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pauses as he addresses reporters about efforts to pass appropriations bills and avert a looming 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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  • Politics

How the far right could remove McCarthy and why his fate could be in Democrats' hands

At least one House Republican, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, is publicly threatening to offer a resolution to try to remove the speaker. Here's how that procedural motion would work.

September 30, 2023
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  • Susan Davis
A man works to clear a drain in flood waters, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

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  • Weather

New York swamped by record-breaking rainfall as more downpours expected Saturday

Heavy rains knocked out several subway and commuter rail lines, stranded drivers, flooded basements and shuttered a terminal at LaGuardia Airport for hours. More downpours were expected Saturday.

September 30, 2023
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Baltimore Archbishop William Lori leads a funeral Mass in Baltimore on March 28, 2017.

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  • National

Baltimore Archdiocese files for bankruptcy before law on abuse lawsuits takes effect

Attorneys and advocates say the church is trying to protect its assets and silence abuse victims by halting all civil claims against the archdiocese and shifting the process to bankruptcy court.

September 30, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
In this image made from video from Judge Scott McAfee's virtual Zoom hearing, Scott Graham Hall, left, stands with his attorney Jeff Weiner, right, in Superior Court of Fulton County before Judge McAfee on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Atlanta.

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  • National

First Trump co-defendant pleads guilty in the Georgia election interference case

A bail bondsman charged alongside former President Donald Trump and 17 others in the Georgia election case pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges, becoming the first defendant to accept a plea deal.

September 29, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy continues to battle a group of conservatives who oppose any short-term spending bill ahead of a likely government shutdown.

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  • Politics

House GOP hardliners block spending stopgap with shutdown looming

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rejected a bipartisan Senate proposal to keep agencies funded through November 17 and instead moved a GOP bill that linked another month of spending with border security.

September 29, 2023
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  • Deirdre Walsh
Michael Oher speaks to the media during the first day of the Carolina Panthers' offseason conditioning program in Charlotte, N.C., April 20, 2015. Oher, the former NFL tackle known for the movie "The Blind Side," filed a petition Aug. 14, 2023, in a Tennessee court accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents.

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  • Law

A judge orders the end of the conservatorship between Michael Oher and the Tuohys

Tennessee Judge Kathleen Gomes said she'd never seen such a conservatorship for someone who isn't disabled. She isn't dismissing Oher's case to receive accounts of his finances from the Tuohys.

September 29, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
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  • Movies

He wrote this film before AI was a hot topic. Now it's all the rage.

The new film THE CREATOR takes place in a future war raging between humans and AI. Director Gareth Edwards says he wrote the film when technology was viewed in a much more positive light.

September 29, 2023
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Steven Rattner says the gap in pay between workers and auto executives is "unconscionable."

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  • Business

Why the Obama era 'car czar' thinks striking autoworkers risk overplaying their hand

He was the lead adviser for the Obama administration when the government bailed out auto companies in 2009. Now, he is weighing in on the union strikes against the big 3 American automakers.

September 29, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
GPB News NPR

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  • Asia

Chagos refugees continue the decades-long fight for justice

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Olivier Bancoult, leader of the Chagos Refugee Group. Fifty years ago, the UK forced the Chaggosians off their land to make room for a US military base.

September 29, 2023
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  • Marc Rivers,
  • Sarah Handel,
  • and 1 more
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

The career and legacy of Senator Diane Feinstein

Dianne Feinstein, who was first elected to the Senate from California in 1992, has died. She was 90 years old. Her most enduring legacy may be opening more doors for women in politics.

September 29, 2023
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  • Scott Shafer
<strong></strong>Kate Box as Dulcie Collins in<em> Deadloch.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

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

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: the series Deadloch, a new John Grisham book, an album from Dessa, and a podcast about Vietnam in movies.

September 29, 2023
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By:
  • Roxana Hadadi,
  • Marc Rivers,
  • and 2 more
UAW members strike at GM's Lansing-Delta Assembly Plant in Lansing, Mich., on Sept. 29, 2023. The UAW on Friday expanded its strike against GM and Ford, but not Stellantis.

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  • Business

UAW once again expands its historic strike, hitting two of the Big 3 automakers

The United Auto Workers expanded its strike against Ford and GM, but not Stellantis after the company formerly known as Chrysler made last-minute concessions.

September 29, 2023
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  • Camila Domonoske
A judge's ruling that Donald Trump committed fraud as he built his real-estate empire could strip the former president of his authority to make major decisions about the future of his marquee properties in New York.

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  • National

Trump's N.Y. business empire is 'greatly at risk' from judge's fraud ruling

Legal and business experts say the ruling in New York state threatens assets such as Trump Tower and also empowers state Attorney General Letitia James, one of Donald Trump's main legal critics.

September 29, 2023
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  • Brian Mann
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