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Lil Nas X Embraces Black Queer Sexuality — And Becomes An 'Industry Baby'

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The College Football Landscape Is Going To Look Vastly Different Come 2025

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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Nicole Auerbach, senior writer for The Athletic, about the realignment of athletic conferences and what this means for the future of college football.

An Unlisted Side Effect, Thousands Of People Saw Menstruation Changes Post-Vaccine

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Dancer Calvin Royal III Takes Center Stage At ABT — And Beyond

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Tonight, dancer Calvin Royal III will take center stage for a special spotlight performance at the Vail Dance Festival — where he's this year's artist-in-residence. He'll dance to Dinah Washington's "This Bitter Earth," a piece, he says, that often makes audiences burst into tears.

Big Wave Surfer Garrett McNamara On His Chase For The '100 Foot Wave'

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History Professor Calls For U.S. Inclusion Of Mexico Studies

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NPR Music Critic Talks New Posthumous Prince Album 'Welcome 2 America'

By • Jul 31, 2021

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And finally today, it's been five years since the music icon Prince suddenly and tragically passed away. In his Paisley Park studios, Prince left a literal vault filled with hundreds, if not thousands of unreleased songs and pieces of music. Now some of it is being released for the public to hear. "Welcome 2 America" is a collection of songs Prince had worked on in 2010.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WELCOME 2 AMERICA")

PRINCE: Welcome to America, where you can fail at your job, get fired, rehired and get a $700 billion tip.

St. Louis County Health Official Faces Abuse At Council Meeting On Mask Mandate

By editor • Jul 31, 2021

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Life Kit: How To Flirt

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And finally today, it's been five years since the music icon Prince suddenly and tragically passed away. In his Paisley Park studios, Prince left a literal vault filled with hundreds, if not thousands of unreleased songs and pieces of music. Now some of it is being released for the public to hear. "Welcome 2 America" is a collection of songs Prince had worked on in 2010.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WELCOME 2 AMERICA")

PRINCE: Welcome to America, where you can fail at your job, get fired, rehired and get a $700 billion tip.

Australia's Zero Tolerance Policy For COVID-19 Cracks With New Wave Of Cases

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Dev Patel Conquers 'The Green Knight' And Embraces Every Role As A Journey

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Dev Patel can kind of imagine what it was like to sit with the Knights of the Round Table — he felt that way on his first red carpet and, to some extent, he still feels that way now.

"You're surrounded by all these incredible legends, these knights among us," he says.

In the new movie The Green Knight, Dev Patel plays young Gawain, the nephew of the famed King Arthur. It's based on the poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," one of the best known stories in the King Arthur legend.

A Lot Of People Blame Baby Boomers For The Housing Shortage, But It's Not So Simple

By • Jul 30, 2021

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These Athletes Made It All The Way To The Olympics Only To End Up In Isolation

By • Jul 30, 2021

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To Mask Or Not To Mask: A Georgetown University Doctor Weighs In

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Millions Of Tenants Will Be At Risk Of Eviction When The Moratorium Ends This Weekend

By • Jul 30, 2021

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'You Don't Have To Die': In Speech, Biden Described Plan To Get Americans Vaccinated

By • Jul 29, 2021

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Yola Takes The Whole Wheel With 'Stand For Myself'

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When the artist Yolanda Quarterly, now better known as Yola, was just a bump in her mother's belly, she was already bopping to music. Yola's mother was a registered nurse, who used to DJ at a hospital's mental health unit. Disco and soul, sounds Yola would hear before entering the world, would go on to influence her later in life.

Want To Drink Inside? San Francisco Bars Require Proof Of Vaccine Or Negative Test

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Biden's COVID-19 Response Coordinator Discusses The Plan To Stop The Delta Variant

By editor • Jul 29, 2021

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Uniforms And Close-Up Shots: Changes Add Up In An Effort To Desexualize The Olympics

By • Jul 29, 2021

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After Quickly Expanding, The Economy Is Expected To Slow

By • Jul 29, 2021

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Decades-Long Restoration Effort Has Returned Wetlands To Florida's Kissimmee River

By • Jul 29, 2021

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In central Florida, an ambitious river restoration project that lasted for decades is now complete. Amy Green of member station WMFE reports on the change to one of the state's most significant waterways.

Texas School Administrators Go Door To Door To Bring Students Back To The Classroom

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COVID Symptoms May Linger In Some Vaccinated People Who Get Infected, Study Finds

By • Jul 28, 2021


There's more potentially worrisome news for vaccinated people: In very rare cases, people experiencing breakthrough infections may be at risk for long-COVID symptoms.

That's according to a small new study of fully vaccinated health care workers in Israel, published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.

3 Years After His Death, Sam Mehran's Loved Ones Share Posthumous Album 'Cold Brew'

By • Jul 28, 2021

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Pfizer Says A 3rd Dose Of Its COVID-19 Vaccine Boosts Immunity

By • Jul 28, 2021

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Investigation Lays Out Plot To Kidnap Michigan's Governor

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On April 30 of last year, armed militiamen entered the Michigan State Capitol Building looking for Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

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UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER: (Yelling) Open the door.

Kansas City Chiefs Removed Their Offensive Mascot, But Have No Plans To Change Name

By • Jul 27, 2021

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Now that Cleveland's baseball team revealed its new name, some of the spotlight has turned to Kansas City football. As KCUR's Luke Martin reports, this week, the Chiefs retired a well-known fixture at Arrowhead Stadium.

Olympic Pressure And How Black Athletes Balance Being Applauded Yet Feared

By editor • Jul 27, 2021

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The Vatican Is Holding Its Biggest Criminal Trial In Modern History

By • Jul 27, 2021

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