Sixty-one years ago Dwight was an astronaut candidate. Sunday, along with five others, he made the trip on a rocket owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — making him the oldest person to go to space.
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Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, will find out if two judges are satisfied with assurances from the U-S government about how he would be treated if he were he to face trial for espionage.
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New York's Central Park has a special recycling bin specially designed for cardboard pizza boxes. The new bin — with a V-necked opening — makes it easy to slide in the box.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Ukrainian-American pianist Inna Faliks about her album, Manuscripts Don't Burn, which features world premiere recordings of works by five composers.
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Lai Ching-te has been sworn into office with a promise to uphold democracy. Trained as a doctor, the unlikely politician has won a loyal following in southern Taiwan but remains despised in China.
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A group of women in Livingston, N.J., has formed a league to play the sport they grew up watching from the stands.
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Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen will take the stand once more in the hush money trial of the former president. The jury could begin deliberating this week.
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With high school graduation around the corner, three seniors reflect on how the pandemic shaped their high school experience.
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A group of casino workers in Atlantic City, N.J., has asked a judge to ban smoking in casinos. Opponents of a ban warn the change could lead to steep economic declines.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor about the impacts and strategies involving Russia's latest offensive on northeastern Ukraine.
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A small newspaper in the Midwest is the setting for a new version of the hit TV show The Office. We asked the editor of a tiny newsroom in rural Iowa about what the show should focus on.
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No survivors have been found at the site of the helicopter crash that carried Iran's president, the country's foreign minister and other officials, Iranian state media reports.
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New research shows lifelong bikers have healthier knees, less pain and a longer lifespan, compared to people who've never biked. This adds to the evidence that cycling promotes healthy aging.
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The Trump's Trials team breaks down why prosecutors have a timeline problem, what Michael Cohen's testimony so far has shown, and why it may all come down to a question of sex and privacy in the end.
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In 2006, Patricia Nieshoff's three-year-old son had a seizure. She was a single mother, with no one to accompany her to the hospital. But an hour into her hospital stay, a familiar face appeared.
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