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In this aerial picture taken on Aug. 21, a vehicle drives through floodwaters following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary in Thousand Palms, Calif.

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  • Climate

California's lawsuit says oil giants downplayed climate change. Here's what to know

California accuses oil companies of misleading the public on the dangers of fossil fuels for decades. The state demands they help fund recovery efforts after climate change-fueled disasters.

September 17, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim and
  • Michael Copley
GPB News NPR

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  • Animals

7 wild facts about the spotted lanternfly

Spotted Lanternflies are an invasive species of bug now in 14 states. NPR's Life Kit has tips on how you can help stop their spread.

September 17, 2023
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By:
  • Marielle Segarra
U.S. rider Sepp Kuss (center) celebrates with teammates winning while crossing the finish line of the 21st and last stage of the 2023 La Vuelta cycling tour of Spain, on Sunday.

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  • Sports

U.S. cyclist Sepp Kuss has won Spain's La Vuelta. His biggest rivals? His team

American Sepp Kuss has won La Vuelta, a cycling jewel, after getting help from two teammates who have won six Grand Tour titles between them.

September 17, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
United Auto Workers members strike at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant on Sept. 16 in Wayne, Mich.

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  • Business

Union says UAW and automakers' talks are 'slow' as Biden aides prepare to visit

The United Auto Workers and automakers resumed negotiations this weekend. But UAW president Shawn Fain described progress as "slow."

September 17, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
A motorist travels through floodwaters on a road that remains closed a day after Atlantic storm Lee passed through the region, on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, near Northeast Harbor, Maine.

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  • Weather

Forecasters cancel warnings as Lee begins to dissipate over Maritime Canada

A 51-year-old motorist in Searsport, Maine, died in the storm Saturday after a large tree limb fell on his vehicle.

September 17, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Economy

An economist explains what the data says about how the U.S. economy is doing

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with economist Betsey Stevenson about Bidenomics and the latest economic data.

September 17, 2023
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  • Ayesha Rascoe
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks outside his Capitol office on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Republicans run a big risk with impeachment

So far there's been no evidence that President Biden benefited financially from his son's business dealings. And as prior impeachments have shown, Republicans risk a backlash from perceived overreach.

September 17, 2023
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  • Domenico Montanaro
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain speaks outside the UAW Local 900 headquarters across the street from the Ford Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. The union announced the start of a strike at three factories just after midnight on Friday.

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  • Business

How Shawn Fain, an unlikely and outspoken president, led the UAW to strike

The former union electrician was an underdog in recent UAW leadership elections, but with a tough love approach to auto companies in negotiations, he narrowly won. Now he's taking the union on strike.

September 17, 2023
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  • Don Gonyea
Other people just going about their lives in public are not fodder for your social media. Let's think a little harder about the etiquette of putting pictures and videos of strangers up online.

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  • Pop Culture

Maybe think twice before making an innocent stranger go viral?

Other people just going about their lives in public are not fodder for your social media. Let's think a little harder about the etiquette of putting pictures and videos of strangers up online.

September 17, 2023
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  • Linda Holmes
Jia Tolentino talks about God and psychedelics and finding comfort in chaos.

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  • Religion

She chased 'ego death' — first in religion, then in parenthood

Jia Tolentino has a nuanced perspective on her religious upbringing and her subsequent rejection of that belief system. And then what it meant to become a parent.

September 17, 2023
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  • Rachel Martin
The National Museum of American History has some impeachment buttons from the Nixon years in their collection.

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  • Politics

Past impeachments, products of their times, often produced unintended consequences

Previous instances of presidential impeachment have each had contexts unique to their own political moments. These considerations have mattered as much as the alleged "high crimes and misdemeanors."

September 17, 2023
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  • Ron Elving
The James Webb Space Telescope captured an image of a newborn star that reveals what Earth's sun may have looked like when it was only a few tens of thousands of years old.

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  • Space

NASA releases 'baby picture' of a star that will grow up to be much like our sun

A new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals what Earth's sun could have looked like in its infancy.

September 16, 2023
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  • Clare Marie Schneider
Ken Paxton listens to closing arguments Friday in his impeachment trial in the Texas Senate Chamber in Austin.

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  • National

Texas Senate acquits state Attorney General Ken Paxton in impeachment trial

Paxton, who has been suspended, faced 16 articles of impeachment tied to allegations that he abused his office to protect a political donor. The Senate vote reinstates Paxton as attorney general.

September 16, 2023
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  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

British media report rape and emotional abuse allegations against Russell Brand

The British entertainer denies the allegations, put forward in a join investigation by the the U.K.'s Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4.

September 16, 2023
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman

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  • Arts & Life

Oops! I called my boss 'dude.' Career coaches weigh in on tricky workplace dilemmas

How to deal with burnout and ageism at work, and what to do when your boss treats you differently because of your political views.

September 16, 2023
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  • Julia Carney
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