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News Articles: Weekend Edition Saturday

Scott Simon's Christmas tree and Hanukkah candles.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Prayers are messages for our own hearts

Hanukkah began on Christmas this year. A reflection on celebrating both holidays in a multi-faith family.

December 28, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
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  • National

In Fresno, one of California's toughest new camping bans comes into focus

Three months since Fresno implemented its new law, police have made over 300 arrests, but only a few unhoused people are taking them up on drug treatment services

December 28, 2024
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By:
  • Vanessa Rancaño
Federal regulators have cracked down on mushroom edibles containing Amanita muscaria — also known as fly agaric — after mounting safety concerns.

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  • Health

The FDA restricts a psychoactive mushroom used in some edibles

The Food and Drug Administration has told food manufacturers the psychoactive mushroom Amanita muscaria isn't authorized for food, including edibles, because it doesn't meet safety standards.

December 21, 2024
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By:
  • Will Stone
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The Pope wants priests to lighten up

A reflection on the comedy stylings of Pope Francis, who is telling priests to lighten up and not be so dour.

December 21, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Audra McDonald and Joy Woods in <em>Gypsy</em>

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  • Theater

How casting makes this 'Gypsy' hit different

Gypsy has been called the best musical of all time. Audra McDonald is starring in a new Broadway revival, and the race-conscious casting gives the production a new frame.

December 21, 2024
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
A general view of Rome's Colosseum.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Airbnb will recreate gladiator drama in the Colosseum

NPR's Scott Simon details the "gladiator experience" that 16 lucky — or unlucky — people might have next year inside the Roman Colosseum. Will they not be entertained?

December 14, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Protesters calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol react after the result of the second martial law impeachment vote outside the National Assembly in Seoul, on Saturday.

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  • Asia

South Korea's parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korea's parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for his attempt to impose martial law, the first time such a measure had been imposed on the nation in more than four decades.

December 14, 2024
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
Olivier Latry, Notre Dame's longest-serving organist, poses beside the refurbished instrument, ready for the reopening ceremonies after the destructive fire in 2019.

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  • Music

Notre Dame organist returns for the cathedral's grand reopening

Olivier Latry is Notre Dame Cathedral's longest-serving organist. Just days before the church's gala reopening, after the destructive fire in 2019, he talks about the refurbished instrument — it holds 8,000 pipes — and its role in the church.

December 07, 2024
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By:
  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Tom Huizenga
New York City is spectacular at sunrise.  From the wildest corners of Central Park, the city is framed by forests, the sound of traffic and sirens softened by the murmur of mountain streams and geese lifting off from lakes.

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  • National

Reporter Journal: A sunrise trek through wild solitude in New York City

New York City is home to more than eight million people but NPR's Brian Mann mapped out an urban hike through solitude and parkland wildness.

December 01, 2024
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By:
  • Brian Mann
This image released by the U.S. Coast Guard, shows Connie the container dog, which was found trapped inside a shipping container on  Jan. 31, 2024.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The life and work of Seuk Kim, pilot and animal rescuer

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Seuk Kim, a volunteer animal rescue pilot who died in a crash earlier this week, transporting several dogs.

December 01, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Turkey bone gumbo brings a Cajun flair to Thanksgiving leftovers.

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  • Food

Don't throw away that turkey carcass until you try this Cajun gumbo

In rural Louisiana, Cajun cooks add spicy sausage to Thanksgiving leftovers for a tasty, warming gumbo.

November 30, 2024
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By:
  • Christopher Thomas,
  • Matthew Schuerman,
  • and 1 more

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  • Author Interviews

In a 'Still Life' painting nothing moves — but, wait! Was that a dragon?

An authoritative artist has many rules for his still life painting. Too bad! Because the mouse, the dragon, the knight, and the princess are here to break them in this raucous new picture book.

November 23, 2024
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By:
  • Samantha Balaban
Mourners pay respects to late Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov during a memorial service at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on November 21, 2024.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Remembering Vladimir Shklyarov, a dancer for the people

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the death of ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov. Reports from Russian media say he fell from a 5th floor balcony.

November 23, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Florida's surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, recommended Friday that local jurisdictions stop adding fluoride to drinking water. He is pictured here at a bill signing by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon, Fla. The bill banned vaccine mandates for public sector employees and school districts.

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  • Health

Florida health official advises communities to stop adding fluoride to drinking water

Florida's surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, cited developmental concerns from higher levels of fluoride than are found in most U.S. water supplies.

November 23, 2024
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By:
  • Stephanie Colombini
A false color view of Uranus made from images taken by Voyager 2 in January 1986.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Uranus was having a bad hair day. Hey, it was the '80s!

Scientists are reconsidering old information about Uranus. NPR's Scott Simon explains the problem with photos taken of the planet 38 years ago.

November 17, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
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