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Austin Wells of the New York Yankees hits a home run in the first inning of the Yankees' game against the Milwaukee Brewers on March 29. The Yankees went on to win 20-9. Wells was using what some have dubbed a "torpedo bat."

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  • Sports

Don't overthink the torpedo bats

The Yankees 20-9 win against the Brewers last weekend put the spotlight on torpedo bats. But in baseball, as in life, sometimes a fluke is just what it seems.

April 05, 2025
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Some parents worry that speaking multiple languages to their child will set them back or confuse them. But that's a myth, says Farwa Husain, a bilingual speech-language pathologist.

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  • Arts & Life

Want to raise bilingual kids? First, let go of a common myth

Speech pathologists offer parents real-world advice on how to incorporate a second language with their kids at home — and demystify a misconception about bilingualism.

April 05, 2025
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By:
  • Julia Furlan
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals celebrates after defeating the Chicago Blackhawks and scoring his 894th career goal at Capital One Arena on Friday in Washington, DC. Ovechkin's goal ties him with Wayne Gretzky for the all-time goal scoring record.

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  • Sports

Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record

The Washington Capitals star came into Friday's game two goals shy of tying the NHL's career record, set decades ago by the great Wayne Gretzky. The Capitals have six games left in the regular season.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia of Maryland, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, speaks during a news conference at CASA's Multicultural Center in Hyattsville, Md., Friday, April 4, 2025.

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  • National

Judge orders the Trump administration to return man who was mistakenly deported

A federal judge in Maryland Friday ordered the Trump administration to take immediate steps to return a Maryland man who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison by mistake, setting up another high-stakes clash between the White House and the courts.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Joel Rose and
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
The Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court sides with administration over Education Department grants

By a 5-4 vote, the justices allowed the administration to freeze millions of dollars in grant funding for diversity and instructional programs at public and private universities.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Christina Gatti
Thought he spent time around the folk revival scene of the 1960s, Michael Hurley quickly cut a unique path for his career, with an extremely independent approach to recording and releasing music.

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  • Obituaries

Remembering Michael Hurley, a godfather of folk music's underground

Sometimes called the father of freak-folk, the 83-year-old singer-songwriter lived, worked and died on his own terms.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Grayson Haver Currin
The icon for the TikTok video sharing app is seen on a smartphone in Marple Township, Pa., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.

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  • Technology

Trump extends TikTok's sell-by deadline again

On his first day in office, President Trump used an executive order to hit pause on the TikTok ban for 75 days. Now he's pushing back that deadline.

April 04, 2025
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  • Bobby Allyn
The main campus of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. Thousands of its employees were among those laid off by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on April 1.

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  • Global Health

How will the deep cuts at the Centers for Disease Control affect global programs?

The U.S. agency has not released information on what global programs were cut this week. NPR spoke to current employees who provided exclusive details.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis
Indonesian fishermen unload their catch at the port in Jakarta on May 5, 2019.

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  • National

Higher prices are likely for these 10 grocery items when tariffs hit

A trip to the grocery or liquor store is about to become even more expensive, economists say. From seafood to olive oil, these items will likely cost more under President Trump's tariffs.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
 Sen. Ed Setzler holds a RFRA rally the day before his bill passed the House. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: ICE raids in NW Ga.; Rivian plant construction plans; Religious freedom bill signed

On the April 4 edition: Authorities give details on Bartow County ICE raids; Rivian resumes new plant construction plans; Gov. Brian Kemp signs the 'religious freedom' bill into law

 

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Jeremy Powell and
  • Orlando Montoya
US producer-musician Sean "Diddy" Combs poses with the Global Icon award in the press room during the MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on September 12, 2023.

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  • Music

Sean Combs indicted on additional sex trafficking charges

The rap mogul, who awaits trial on sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges, faces two new counts expanding the timeline of his alleged crimes.

April 04, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Jose Barco in Iraq in 2007.

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  • National

He's a decorated war vet but a convicted criminal. ICE wants to deport him

Jose Barco's story is one of battlefield trauma, bureaucratic bumbling and eventually, a serious crime.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Bowman and
  • Quil Lawrence
Rivian SUV

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  • Economy

Georgia Rivian factory development continues as auto industry prepares for tariff impacts

After a pause in construction last year, development is underway again for the Rivian factory near Social Circle east of Atlanta.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
NCAA president and former Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker is interviewed by Boston Globe Sports writer Chris Gasper at the Globe Summit 2023.

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  • Sports

NCAA president on why he supports NIL settlement for college players

NCAA president Charlie Baker discusses a proposed settlement between college athletes and the NCAA for making direct payments to players for their name, image and likeness.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Majd Al-Waheidi and
  • A Martínez
Staff at the National Endowment for the Humanities were put on administrative leave late Thursday night.

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  • Arts & Life

National Endowment for the Humanities staff put on immediate leave

A majority of NEH employees received an email placing them on immediate leave. The news comes just days after many humanities councils across the country were told their grants would be terminated.

April 04, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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