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Anna Konkle in <em>The Afterparty</em> on Apple TV+

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  • Pop Culture

Apple TV+ is free this weekend. Here's what we'd watch

The streaming platform is free this weekend for anybody who has an Apple ID. I'm not here to tell you to pick this service over any other — but I can offer a little advice on how to maximize the next few days.

January 04, 2025
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd while walking with his wife, Rosalynn, and their daughter, Amy, along Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House following his inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 1977. On the following day, he issued a pardon for people who had evaded the Vietnam War draft.

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  • History

Seeking to heal the country, Jimmy Carter pardoned men who evaded the Vietnam War draft

The pardon was one of the defining presidential moments for Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The move was pilloried by members of the military and conservative politicians.

January 04, 2025
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
You can use the new year as a fresh start to leave some bad money habits behind.

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  • Your Money

5 financial habits to leave behind for a more prosperous new year

As we say goodbye to 2024, let's also bid farewell to some less-than-ideal money habits: impulse purchases, out-of-control credit card debt and the trap of lifestyle creep.

January 04, 2025
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By:
  • Marielle Segarra and
  • Malaka Gharib
President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced Jan. 10 in the New York case.

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  • Law

Trump will be sentenced Jan. 10 in New York case, days before his inauguration

In a decision Friday, New York Judge Juan Merchan noted that his inclination was to not impose a sentence of incarceration.

January 03, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Television producer and director Britt Allcroft in 1973.

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  • Obituaries

Britt Allcroft, who brought Thomas the Tank Engine to television, dies at 81

The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft adapted Awdry's The Railway Series into Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.

January 03, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Congress kicked off its new session Friday by electing leaders in the House and Senate.

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  • Politics

Johnson reelected speaker of the House, despite initial GOP holdouts

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected to the job after convincing two Republican members to reverse their votes and back him.

January 03, 2025
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh
Taron Egerton as Ethan Kopek in <em>Carry-On</em>.

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  • Pop Culture

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

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: A documentary about yacht rock, Colouring's new album, the game Pentiment and an action movie about TSA.

January 03, 2025
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By:
  • Aisha Harris,
  • Stephen Thompson,
  • and 2 more
President Biden blocked the sale of U.S. Steel to Japan's Nippon Steel.

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  • Business

Biden blocks U.S. Steel's sale to Japan's Nippon, citing national security concerns

The move wasn't unexpected despite efforts by the Japanese government to persuade the Biden administration to approve the sale.

January 03, 2025
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, on June 16, 2014.

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  • National

The attack in New Orleans reveals ISIS' influence lingers, experts say

The man behind the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans said in videos that he was inspired by ISIS and had joined the group this summer. This attack shows ISIS' resonance and resilience persists.

January 03, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
People who take on the Dry January challenge vow to go alcohol-free for the month.

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  • Health

Cutting out alcohol for Dry January? These apps can help

If you've resolved to quit drinking for the month, a little technological assistance may be the key to sticking to your goal.

January 03, 2025
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By:
  • April Fulton
Bottles of alcohol sit on shelves at a bar in Houston on June 23, 2020.

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  • Health

The U.S. surgeon general wants cancer warnings on alcohol. Here's why

Drinking alcohol raises the risk of developing seven types of cancer, according to a new advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.

January 03, 2025
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By:
  • Milton Guevara and
  • Steve Inskeep
President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Citizens Medal to Savannah College of Art and Design president Paula Wallace at the White House on Jan. 2, 2025.

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  • Education

Biden bestows medal upon Savannah College of Art and Design president Paula Wallace

Wallace and 19 other Americans were awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest civilian honor.

January 03, 2025
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Former President Jimmy Carter plays his custom-built guitar by Jason Kostal

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  • Nation

At 95, Jimmy Carter cut down trees he planted and harvested for wood to make a custom guitar

At the age of 95, the peanut farmer turned world leader used a chainsaw to personally cut down an Empress (Paulownia) tree that he and friend Todd Lundberg milled and sent to Jason Kostal, a world-class luthier with a seven-year-long waiting list for a custom-built guitar.

January 03, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A physician in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, examines an x-ray of a tuberculous patient.

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  • Global Health

Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout

A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.

January 03, 2025
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel
An abandoned home in Tyurkmen, Bulgaria.

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  • Science

Farmers are abandoning their land. Is that good for nature?

Traditional farmers around the world are walking away from millions of acres of land where they once grew crops or grazed animals. It's provoking mixed reactions.

January 03, 2025
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By:
  • Dan Charles
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