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The FCC's Brendan Carr testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee oversight hearing in March 2022. President-elect Trump has promised to bring the semi-autonomous agency under more direct White House control.

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Trump taps FCC's Brendan Carr to lead the agency

Carr was seen as a pretty conventional Republican with a pro-corporate outlook for most of his career. More recently, he has embraced Trumpian themes about social media, tech and television companies.

November 18, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
Pope Francis prays at Israel's separation barrier on May 25, 2014 in the Occupied West Bank town of Bethlehem.

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  • Religion

Pope calls for investigation into whether Israel's actions constitute genocide

Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel's military attacks on Gaza constitute genocide. It's the first time he's publicly suggested that Israel may be engaged in genocide.

November 18, 2024
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  • Sarah Ventre
A Philadelphia County elections staff member processes mail-in ballots on Election Day.

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  • Elections

Pennsylvania's high court sides with Republicans on misdated mail ballots

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has directed county officials not to count mail ballots for the general election that arrived on time but in envelopes missing the correct date handwritten by voters.

November 18, 2024
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
Prabha (Kani Kusruti) and Anu (Divya Prabha) form a sisterly bond in <em>All We Can Imagine as Light. </em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Friendship becomes a powerful act of resistance in 'All We Can Imagine as Light'

This enveloping drama, which centers two women in Mumbai, is about solidarity between women, about making ends meeting, and about how a populous city can feel like the loneliest place in the world.

November 18, 2024
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  • Justin Chang
Jimmy O. Yang plays a waiter who finds himself embroiled in a mystery in <em>Interior Chinatown.</em>

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  • Television

Jimmy O. Yang says 'Interior Chinatown' is a chance to break away from the expected

In his new Hulu series, Yang plays a waiter who inadvertently becomes central to a crime story. As an Asian American actor, he says he relates to the character's feeling of invisibility.

November 18, 2024
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  • Ann Marie Baldonado
Chef and TV host Prue Leith shares tasty and easy-to-make recipes in her new cookbook, <em>Life's Too Short to Stuff A Mushroom</em> — along with dozens of cooking hacks from her 65-year culinary career.

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  • Food

8 kitchen hacks from 'Baking Show' judge Prue Leith: No points docked for using 'em!

In her new cookbook, "Life's Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom," chef and TV host Prue Leith reveals clever cooking tricks and shortcuts from her 65-year culinary career.

November 18, 2024
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  • Marielle Segarra
Lacey Chabert stars as Kathy Barrett in <em>Hot Frosty</em> on Netflix.

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  • Pop Culture

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

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: It's Florida, Man on Max, Young Adult audiobooks and Hot Frosty on Netflix.

November 18, 2024
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  • Margaret H. Willison,
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Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris in <em>Landman</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

Billy Bob Thornton is a strong 'Landman' – but the show's women are often caricatures

In Landman, filmmaker Taylor Sheridan turns his attention to the dangerous and very masculine oil industry. TV critic Eric Deggans says the series often portrays women as caricatures.

November 18, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
Flood waters cover the main streets of Tarpon Springs, Florida after Hurricane Helene passed offshore on September 27, 2024 . (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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  • Politics

Biden asks Congress for about $100 billion in disaster relief funding

The largest chunk of funding — about $40 billion — would be for FEMA's disaster relief fund, so that it has enough money to last through the coming year. But there are requests for 16 agencies.

November 18, 2024
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  • Franco Ordoñez
A worker with Lyon Contracting Services installs new windows at a home in Kensington, a Philadelphia neighborhood heavily impacted by the drug overdose epidemic. Free repairs at 400 homes in Kensington were paid for by settlement funds from opioid-related lawsuits. A Pennsylvania oversight board ruled that the repairs did not comply with guidelines on how the money should be spent.

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  • Health

Philadelphia criticized for how it's spending millions from opioid lawsuits

Philadelphia has disputed a state ruling that it should not have spent money from opioid-related legal settlements on home repairs and small businesses in an area ravaged by the drug epidemic.

November 18, 2024
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  • Emily Rizzo and
  • Sammy Caiola
Miles Mitchell, 21, won the Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest in New York City in late October, the first in a wave of celebrity lookalike contests that have since popped up in Chicago, San Francisco, London and Dublin.

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  • Pop Culture

From Chalamet to Styles: Why are celebrity lookalike contests suddenly everywhere?

After Timothée Chalamet showed up at his own celebrity lookalike contest, similar events have popped up in cities across and beyond the U.S. Here's a look at the winners — and what's behind the trend.

November 18, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
A Spirit Airlines plane prepares to depart from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The low-cost carrier plans to keep flying as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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  • National

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy protection but plans to keep flying

Spirit Airlines says it will continue flying as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Monday's announcement follows years of losses and a failed merger attempt for the low-cost carrier.

November 18, 2024
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  • Joel Rose
The North Fork Community Choir practices at the North Fork Baptist Church in Paonia, Colo., on Nov. 6 — the day after Election Day.

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  • Arts & Life

They disagree about a lot, but these singers figure out how to stay in harmony

Members of the North Fork Community Choir in Paonia, Colo., aim to set aside their opinions on big topics when they sing. When differences arise, they figure out creative solutions to stay in harmony.

November 18, 2024
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  • Chloe Veltman
Leander Antwione Williams, identified by the FBI as the man with a “W” on his shirt, is seen on bodycam footage in an altercation with police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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  • Politics

Former NFL, Ga. Southern player in Savannah arrested on Jan. 6 charges, due in DC court this week

Former Detroit Lion and Georgia Southern University football player Leander Antwione Williams is charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

November 18, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
The FDA recently authorized the iHealth at-home test for the SARS-CoV2 virus and two strains of the flu virus.

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  • Your Health

Is it the flu or is it COVID? One at-home test can tell you

If you've got a fever, cough, aches and pains, and you're wondering, "What virus got me this time?" Now you can find out, without taking a trip to the doctor.

November 18, 2024
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  • Rob Stein
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