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Raashida, 15, says she was injured in her family's home in Rakhine State, Myanmar, on August 7 in a drone attack by the Arakan Army. Her mother and one sibling also sustained injuries. According to Amnesty International, "Rohingya civilians are now caught in the middle of intensifying conflict in Rakhine State between the Arakan Army and the Myanmar military." Raashida's family has fled Myanmar for Bangladesh, where nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees live in camps, having left their homes due to anti-Musli…

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  • Global Health

Whatever happened to ... the Rohingya refugee who won a U.N. award for his photos?

We catch up with Sahat Zia Hero, a winner last year of the Nansen Refugee Award for "outstanding work" helping displaced people. He is still making pictures: "This is a tough life."

September 01, 2024
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  • Maria Isabel Barros Guinle
 Luke Thornhill and his mother, Nancy Richardson, in an undated photo.

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  • National

2 years and counting. Inmate says medical delays still plague federal prison in Oregon

A federal prison in Oregon says it's made a dent in the backlog of prisoners' medical requests after a scathing DOJ report. One prisoner, Luke Thornhill, says that can't be farther from the truth.

September 01, 2024
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
In a scene from the German TV series <em>Miss Merkel</em>, actress Katharina Thalbach, playing the amateur detective based on the former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, takes a closer look at her pug Helmut.

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  • World

In 'Miss Merkel,' Germany's former chancellor is a crime-solving amateur detective

The German crime fiction series, based on novels of the same name, depicts former Chancellor Angela Merkel as an Agatha Christie-style small-town detective who solves crimes out of sheer boredom.

August 31, 2024
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  • Esme Nicholson
Travelers await rides at Los Angeles International Airport ahead of the Labor Day holiday on Friday.

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  • National

Over 17 million airline passengers head out for the busiest Labor Day weekend ever

This weekend caps a record-breaking season for travel, and those hitting the road will find lower gas prices than they did last year.

August 31, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
An AI-generated depiction of Donald Trump riding a lion. The image was first posted by a Trump supporter on X before Trump reposted the depiction on his Truth Social account. Trump has embracing reposting AI-generated images created by his supporters. NPR added the borders to the image to make clear the image was AI-generated.

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  • Politics

How AI-generated memes are changing the 2024 election

Donald Trump has repeatedly shared AI-generated content on social media in the latest example of how artificial intelligence is showing up in the 2024 election.

August 31, 2024
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  • Shannon Bond
An aerial view of the California State Capitol on Feb. 1, 2023, in Sacramento.

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  • Arts & Life

A bill to protect performers from unauthorized AI heads to California governor

California Assembly Bill 2602 would regulate the use of generative AI for performers – not only those on-screen in films, TV and streaming series but also audiobooks and video games.

August 31, 2024
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  • Mandalit del Barco
The Swedish series <em>Quicksand </em>and the Mexican drama <em>The Accident </em>offer a reminder that justice plays out differently around the world. Above, Hanna Ardéhn as Maja in <em>Quicksand</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

Tragedy feels all too familiar in these two international dramas

The Mexican drama The Accident and the Swedish series Quicksand offer interesting perspectives on difficult topics. They are also a reminder that justice plays out differently around the world.

August 31, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
 Grief is complicated, but author Annie Sklaver Orenstein tells <em>Morning Edition </em>there are simple ways to help those grieving a loss.

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  • Mental Health

Grieving the dead is complicated. Here's how you can help someone experiencing loss

Annie Sklaver Orenstein, author of Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner’s Guide to Grief, tells Morning Edition that grief is complicated but there are simple things someone can do for those going through it.

August 31, 2024
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  • Reena Advani and
  • Michel Martin
A shale gas well drilling site is pictured in 2020 in St. Mary's, Pa., a key battleground state where the fracking industry has brought in jobs.

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  • Energy

Harris says she won't ban fracking. What to know about the controversial topic

Both presidential candidates are against fracking bans, which is once again being wielded as a political issue to play to working-class voters. Here's a quick refresher on the topic.

August 30, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign event in Potterville, Mich., on Thursday.

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  • Elections

'I'll be voting no.' Trump clarifies his stance on the abortion amendment in Florida

After indicating he would vote in favor of abortion rights in Florida, telling NBC News, "I'm going to be voting that we need more than six weeks," Trump clarifies on Fox News: "I'll be voting no."

August 30, 2024
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  • Sarah McCammon
Adnan Syed, standing with his mother Shamim Rahman, talks with reporters outside Maryland's Supreme Court in Annapolis, Md., on Oct. 5, 2023.

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  • National

Court orders a new hearing for Adnan Syed in 'Serial' case. Here's what to know

The Maryland Supreme Court upheld a decision to reinstate Syed's murder conviction and ordered a redo hearing. It comes just two years since Syed was freed from prison.

August 30, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
Decoy, dog of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, delivered <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/08/29/nx-s1-5094463/shohei-ohtani-dog-first-pitch-dodgers">a ceremonial first pitch</a> before a game at Dodger Stadium on Aug. 28, 2024 in Los Angeles.

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  • Pop Culture

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

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the shows Mrs. Davis and Disaster Autopsy and the card game Cockroach Poker.

August 30, 2024
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  • Jordan Crucchiola,
  • Linda Holmes,
  • and 1 more
Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) speaks during a town hall meeting moderated by former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard at La Crosse Center in La Crosse, Wisc., on Aug. 29, 2024.

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  • Politics

Trump says he'll support free IVF treatments in a second term

Former President Donald Trump told crowds in Wisconsin and Michigan that he would make IVF treatment free if he wins a second term. “I was always for IVF," Trump told them.

August 30, 2024
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  • Sarah McCammon,
  • Clay Masters,
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A person walks by the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery, London.

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  • Europe

Donor's note trashing design of pillars he funded at London's National Gallery is found

Lord Sainsbury didn’t like the design of the wing his family funded. He paid for it though, and slipped a 1990 letter into a pillar during construction. Construction workers found it 33 years later.

August 30, 2024
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  • Lauren Frayer

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  • Mental Health

How I broke free from codependency — and learned the meaning of loving relationships

"I thought: if I just helped my friends, colleagues and neighbors, maybe I’d get the connection I craved in love, work and life," writes journalist Gina Ryder.

August 30, 2024
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  • Gina Ryder
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