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Leslie Jones says she was 19 when Jamie Foxx told her she needed to live life — get hired, get fired, fall in love — in order to be truly funny.

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  • Television

How comic Leslie Jones went from funniest person on campus to 'SNL' star

Jones says performing stand-up for the first time as a freshman in college felt like putting on a shirt that fit perfectly: "It was just so natural." Her memoir is Leslie F*cking Jones.

September 21, 2023
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  • Tonya Mosley

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  • Book Reviews

Lauren Groff's survivalist novel 'The Vaster Wilds' will test your endurance, too

An impoverished servant girl escapes the fledgling Jamestown colony during the winter of 1609–1610 in a historical saga that takes its inspiration from Robinson Crusoe.

September 21, 2023
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  • Maureen Corrigan
This image provided by Kraft Heinz shows a 24-pack of American cheese slices.

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  • Business

Kraft is recalling some American cheese slices over potential choking hazard

The company said one of its wrapping machines developed a temporary issue that makes it possible for a thin strip of film to remain on the slice even after it's been removed from the wrapper.

September 21, 2023
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  • Vanessa Romo
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., arrives at the Russell Senate Office Building last Wednesday. The Senate's unwritten dress code will no longer be enforced as of this week.

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  • Politics

The Senate's dress code just got more relaxed. Some insist on staying buttoned-up

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's decision not to enforce an unofficial dress code has elicited strong reactions and dominated talk on Capitol Hill, even as a potential government shutdown looms.

September 21, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Issa Rae voices Angela, Brooke Monroe Conaway plays Zuri and Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi is Stephen in Max's <em>Young Love</em>.

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  • Television

There's a lot to love in the 'Hair Love'-inspired TV series 'Young Love'

The animated series on Max follows a young Black family getting back on its feet after the mother is struck by illness. The show is a spin-off from an Oscar-winning short film by Matthew A. Cherry.

September 21, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
President Biden went to four fundraisers while he was in New York City attending the U.N. General Assembly, including this one at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway on Sept. 19.

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  • Elections

Biden is telling his donors that Trump is out to destroy democracy

President Biden isn't doing a lot of campaign events yet. But when he meets donors, he is spending a lot of time talking about the Republican frontrunner, former President Donald Trump.

September 21, 2023
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  • Tamara Keith
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Rupert Murdoch announces he will step down as Fox and News Corp chairman

The 92-year-old media magnate built an unmatched global media empire over seven decades from a single newspaper he inherited in his native Australia. Murdoch says he plans to retire in November.

September 21, 2023
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  • Leila Fadel and
  • David Folkenflik
Books sit on shelves in an elementary school library in suburban Atlanta on Aug. 18.

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There have been attempts to censor more than 1,900 library book titles so far in 2023

Most of the scrutinized books were written by or contained subject matter about people of color or members of the LGBTQ+ community, according to research by the American Library Association.

September 21, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
The Nigerian music star Mohbad died on Sept. 12 in Lagos at age 27.

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  • Africa

Fans of a rising Nigerian music star are protesting after his untimely death

The sudden death last week of 27-year-old rapper Mohbad has led to an outpouring of grief and anger across Nigeria, and put the treatment of musicians by powerful labels into sharper focus.

September 21, 2023
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  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
A PEN America report found that the number of books permanently removed from U.S. school libraries and classrooms has quadrupled — to 1,263 books in the last school year from 333 the year before.

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  • National

School book bans show no signs of slowing, new PEN America report finds

The number of bans and restrictions in the U.S. rose 33% in the last school year, according the the report. Florida had more bans than any other state.

September 21, 2023
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  • Tovia Smith

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  • Education

Are you saving enough for college? Here's what to know

As the cost of college continues to rise, families have new questions about how to save up. For answers, we turned to Ron Lieber, author of The Price You Pay For College.

September 21, 2023
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  • Cory Turner
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is working to contain a revolt by hard-line members of his party that could threaten his job as speaker and a potential government shutdown.

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  • News

Up First briefing: House budget dispute; Zelenskyy in D.C.; Simone Biles makes history

House Republicans can't agree on a spending bill. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of his D.C. visit. Simone Biles qualifies for a record sixth World Gymnastics Championships.

September 21, 2023
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
Farmer Wilbert van der Post is worried that the Dutch government's new nitrogen reduction rules will force him, a fourth-generation farmer, out of business. He plans to vote for the Farmer-Citizens Movement, known in the Netherlands by its acronym, BBB, on election day in November.

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  • Europe

In the Netherlands, a farmers party taps into widespread discontent with government

What began as a movement of farmers opposed to environmental rules is now one of the country's dominant political parties. The nation's agricultural exports are second only to the United States.

September 21, 2023
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  • Rob Schmitz
Marilyn Miranda, 12, of Washington raises her hand up during a protest for an extension of the Temporary Protected Status in September 2022 in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

U.S. will expand Temporary Protected Status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans

Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. as of July 31 can sign up for Temporary Protected Status. Homeland Security officials estimate that roughly 472,000 more people will now be eligible for work permits.

September 21, 2023
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  • Joel Rose
Heather Harper says her unsung hero taught her the importance of acknowledging someone else's pain.

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  • National

In a time of profound grief, a woman at church acknowledged this mother's pain

Heather Harper was overwhelmed with grief after the loss of her pregnancy. Then a woman at church said something that made her feel less alone.

September 21, 2023
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