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News Articles: Weekend Edition Sunday

Jarvis Jones and John Knight help distribute free bottled water at the Sykes Park Community Center in Jackson, Mississippi.

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  • National

Avoiding the tap water in Jackson, Miss., has been a way of life for decades

Residents accuse the largely white state government of neglecting the needs of a city that's 82% Black. White flight in the 1970s devastated the tax base, posing a major challenge to any solution.

September 04, 2022
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden and
  • Walter Ray Watson
Melissa Clark and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe pose with the cheesy baked pasta.

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  • Food

When Melissa Clark cooks, it's 'Dinner in One'

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe visits the food writer's home to talk and cook. Clark has a new book of recipes promising minimal fuss (and dirty dishes).

September 04, 2022
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By:
  • Samantha Balaban and
  • Ayesha Rascoe
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams joins a group of women as they discuss their personal stories of miscarraige at her campaign headquarters in Decatur, Ga. on Aug. 3.

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  • National

Stacey Abrams is behind in the polls and looking to abortion rights to help her win

To make up some ground in the Georgia race for governor, Stacey Abrams is hoping to harness any energy around abortion rights by pointing to success on the issue in Kansas and appealing to emotions.

August 28, 2022
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
Investigators work at the site of a car explosion that killed Daria Dugina outside Moscow. She was the daughter of a key Putin ally.

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  • World

The daughter of 'Putin's brain' ideologist was killed in a car explosion

Daria Dugina was driving a Toyota Land Cruiser in the outskirts of Moscow when the blast happened. Several of her father's allies say he was the likely target.

August 21, 2022
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By:
  • Charles Maynes,
  • Julian Hayda,
  • and 1 more
The Internal Revenue Service building is seen in Washington, D.C., on April 5. The IRS got $80 billion in new funding as part of the climate and health care bill passed by Congress on Friday. Most of that money will be used to target wealthier tax evaders.

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  • Economy

The IRS just got $80 billion to beef up. A big goal? Going after rich tax dodgers

The big climate and health care bill passed by the House Friday includes billions in new funding for the IRS over the next decade. Most of that money is aimed at catching wealthy tax cheats.

August 14, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Dad becomes a Ragdoll so Bluey and Bingo have to work out how to move him so they can get some ice cream.

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  • Television

The secret behind why parents — and kids — love 'Bluey'

A new season of the hugely popular Australian cartoon Bluey is dropping on Disney+. With its made-up family games, high jinx and humanity, the series has hooked both kids and their parents.

August 08, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

Social media is deciding trends at breakneck pace, and it's fueling fast fashion

Social media - yeah, we're looking at YOU, TikTok! - has accelerated trend cycles. Researcher Mandy Lee explains what that means for fashion consumption.

August 08, 2022
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh and
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
The Penguin logo is visible on the spine of a book. The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster to block the companies from completing a merger valued at $2.175 billion.

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  • Arts & Life

Authors and bookstore owners worry a big publishing merger will affect diversity

The proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster will likely change things for authors and readers - for better or worse

August 07, 2022
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Oleg Repnoy stands in front of his Evacuation 200 vehicle. "My job is to accompany these heroes on their last trip home," he says.

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  • Europe

These Ukrainian volunteers recover soldiers' remains to return them to their families

Evacuation 200 is a special volunteer unit that scours the country for the bodies of soldiers left on battlefields. "My job is to accompany these heroes on their last trip home," one volunteer says.

August 07, 2022
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

Authors worry about the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

As one of the largest antitrust trials to hit the publishing industry continues, how might the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster impact the book industry and readers?

August 07, 2022
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Memes have been circulating claiming that July 31, 2022 is the birthday of the dopey patriarch from the vintage cartoon, "The Jetsons."

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  • Pop Culture

Happy Birthday, George Jetson? The internet thinks he was born on July 31, 2022

According to memes circulating on the internet, July 31, 2022 may just be the birthday of the dopey patriarch from the vintage cartoon, The Jetsons.

August 01, 2022
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By:
  • Ian Stewart
Georgia Linders got sick with COVID in the spring of 2020 and never recovered. Her ongoing battle with long COVID has prevented her from working. She spends her days advocating for COVID longhaulers like herself and painting, one of the few activities that doesn't wear her out.

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  • Business

Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer working

An estimated 4 million workers in the U.S. are struggling to work due to debilitating symptoms from long COVID. The government is urging employers to provide accommodations to keep them on the job.

July 31, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Delta-8 products are set for testing at Virginia Commonwealth University's forensic science lab. These products come in different forms and packaging, many of which are designed to look like candies or cereal.

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  • National

States look to regulate weed alternatives like delta-8 as sales explode

Delta-8 is a hemp product designed to get users high, but misleading labels or added chemicals have caused people to get sick. And a lack of federal regulation or guidance has states stepping in.

July 31, 2022
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By:
  • Ben Paviour
Many of Megan Miranda's thrillers make nature — the deep woods or a steep trail — a central and often menacing character.

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  • Author Interviews

How do you write a captivating thriller? This author found clues in the woods

Megan Miranda's latest summer thriller, The Last to Vanish, is set in a small hiking town in North Carolina, where 7 people have disappeared in the woods. Were they all accidents or was it something more sinister?

July 31, 2022
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By:
  • Elissa Nadworny
Inna Kravchenko, 52, and her mother, Raïsa Kozlova, 75, moments after crossing by bike from Russian-occupied territory in the Kherson region to the Ukrainian-controlled village of Zelenodolsk. They were able to bring three bags of belongings but fear their house they left behind will be destroyed by Russian soldiers.

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  • World

Ukrainian villagers flee Russian-occupied Kherson on foot, bike and wheelchair

Ukraine lost territory to Russia in the southern Kherson region early in the war. Residents fleeing rural villages there describe their desperation under Russian military control.

July 17, 2022
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  • Emily Feng and
  • Kateryna Malofieieva
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