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The Netflix reality series <em>Love Is Blind</em> cast sees singles match up after days of dating while separated by a wall. The National Labor Relations Board says the show's cast members should be considered employees.

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'Love Is Blind' cast are employees, labor board says. Could a reality TV union be next?

The case could have big implications for what glues reality show fans to the tube. A pending ruling, whatever the outcome, would set a precedent that other unscripted TV cast members could follow.

December 17, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Students from Abundant Life Christian School are escorted to a city bus to be reunited with their parents after a school shooting on Dec. 16, 2024 in Madison, Wis.

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Police identify Wisconsin school shooting suspect as a 15-year-old female student

At least three people, including the suspect, are dead after a shooting at a Wisconsin grade school. Police talked to the family of the suspect and searched her home, but have no motive yet.

December 16, 2024
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  • Alana Wise and
  • Natalie Escobar
The Biden administration's overtime rule would have expanded overtime protections to more than 4 million workers. A federal judge struck down the rule in November, finding the Labor Department had exceeded its authority.

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Biden's overtime rule was struck down. Now some workers are losing pay raises

The overtime rule would have made more than 4 million workers newly eligible to earn overtime on Jan. 1. Then a federal judge in Texas said the Biden administration had gone too far.

December 16, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
A poster of Bashar al-Assad is defaced with red paint on a wall in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 11.

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First public comments attributed to Assad claim he never planned to leave Syria

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is believed to have issued his first remarks, via the Telegram app from Moscow, since opposition forces took over the capital over a week ago.

December 16, 2024
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  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Sotheby's workers hold the stone tablet of the Ten Commandments that is scheduled for auction.

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Sotheby's to auction off ancient Ten Commandments tablet

One of the earliest tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments (dating to A.D. 300-800) is scheduled to go up for auction at Sotheby's on Wednesday.

December 16, 2024
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  • Sarah Ventre
An Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala. A Senate investigation found that Amazon workers were nearly twice as likely to be injured compared to workers at other warehouses in the industry.

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  • Business

Amazon manipulated injury data to make warehouses appear safer, a Senate probe finds

A Senate committee investigation, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, accused Amazon of risking worker safety for speed while manipulating injury data to make its warehouses seem safer than they are.

December 16, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
A Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck is displayed for sale at a Ford dealership in Glendale, Calif., in August. Some car shoppers are hurrying to finalize EV purchases while they can still be certain to get a hefty federal tax incentive.

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The federal EV tax credit has an uncertain fate. What car shoppers should know

Currently, drivers can get a tax credit worth up to $7,500 for buying or leasing an EV. But the incoming administration promised to roll back those credits, which they consider wasteful spending.

December 16, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a plenary session at the German Bundestag, where he faces a vote of confidence, Berlin, Germany, on Monday.

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Germany's Scholz loses a confidence vote, triggering new elections

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had hoped for this outcome when he called for the confidence vote, analysts say. His aim: to win fresh elections in February and come back with a stronger mandate.

December 16, 2024
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  • H.J. Mai
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is out now for Xbox and PC.

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Indiana Jones and the voice of Troy Baker

The Great Circle is all Indy, no Harrison. Iconic video game actor Troy Baker discusses how he reinterpreted the role.

December 16, 2024
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  • Ryan Benk
Clockwise from upper left: <strong>Mahamat Djouma</strong>, 14, fled the war in Sudan without parents and with his 5-year-old twin brothers, whom he now cares for. <strong>Eddie Almance (left) and his sister Leila</strong> of Texas pose before heading to prom. Their grandmother says that for seven generations, the family members have forged close bonds. A magnification of the anterior of the <strong>larva of the pork tapeworm</strong>. This year, the press reported on a past deposition by Robert F. Kennedy…

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These global stories were very, very, very popular in 2024

Our blog published hundreds of stories in 2024. These are the 11 that captured the most pageviews. If you look at the headlines, you'll understand why.

December 16, 2024
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  • Marc Silver
Ketanji Brown Jackson, pictured in September, fulfilled a longtime dream by making a cameo in a Broadway musical this weekend.

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  • Politics

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a longtime theater lover, makes her Broadway debut

Jackson made a cameo in the romantic comedy musical & Juliet on Saturday night. She told NPR: "I got a call, and someone said, 'We heard that this was your lifelong dream.' And it is."

December 16, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Sean Combs (left) and Jay-Z attend the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets game at Staples Center on May 4, 2009, in Los Angeles.

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  • Music News

Woman who accuses Jay-Z of raping her at 13 shares new details about alleged assault

The woman said that during the alleged assault, she tried to resist but Jay-Z told her to stop. She also acknowledged some inconsistencies in her account but firmly maintained that she was attacked.

December 16, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
People stroll at Place des Vosges during a sunny afternoon in Paris on Oct. 3, 2023.

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NPR wants to know: What is a key lesson you learned this year?

The year is coming to a close, which can bring a lot of reflection. What went great and what might have gone sideways? Every year we learn lessons on what to improve, what are some of yours?

December 16, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton

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Life Kit's most-read stories of 2024: Sleep myths, tipping etiquette, home design tricks

Comics, social etiquette and myth-busting stories ruled Life Kit in 2024. That includes guidance on what to do if a partner cheats — and how to tip at fast food joints.

December 16, 2024
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  • Malaka Gharib
Human Evolution exhibition at the Natural History Museum in January, 2024 in London, United Kingdom.

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  • Science

A 50 thousand year-old love story between humans and Neanderthals

Tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans mated with Neanderthals. But exactly how and when that happened, and who those groups of humans were, was less known. New research adds some clues.

December 16, 2024
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  • Ari Daniel
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