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Starting in the 1820s, Maramec Iron Works grew into a state leader in iron production. Years later, Lucy Wortham James donated the property that become Maramec Spring Park.
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Abi Inman/NPRYou're inviting folks over to watch the Oscars, but you want to serve them a bill-of-fare that reflects this year's idiosyncratic slate of best picture nominees. We can help with that. -
Julia Demaree Nikhinson/APAttacks and counterattacks continued throughout the Middle East Wednesday. Two cargo ships were struck in the Gulf, as some lawmakers in Washington pressed for answers on the war's rationale.
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Celeste Noche for NPRYou've heard of yoga with kittens, and goats, and maybe even reindeer… but what about a bunch of pythons and one baby Columbian Common Boa named Mango? -
Ted S. Warren/APThe Department of Justice is quietly restarting a decades-dormant program to restore gun rights to felons. One of them was an alleged fake elector in 2020.
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Without this Education Department oversight, borrowers could "be placed in the wrong loan repayment status, billed for incorrect amounts" and more, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says. -
Nearly half of Americans support the National Guard monitoring November's elections, potentially signaling an openness to the sort of nationalizing of elections that President Trump says he wants. -
U.S. strikes on Tehran intensify, Americans' views on Iran war, and Georgia special election heads to runoff.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Tuesday would bring the most intense strikes across Iran. And residential buildings are not being spared in Tehran.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former national security adviser John Bolton about President Trump's objectives in Iran.
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A judge ruled that three prosecutors were illegally appointed to run the U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Kim Wehle, constitutional scholar and law professor.
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Disaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than $100 billion in annual losses. Industry experts say the growing financial toll will make insurers wary of rushing to cut rates. -
At a military camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a commander tells NPR his armed opposition group is waiting for a chance to go into Iran.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Maya Berry of the Arab American Institute about the role of politics in heightened anti-Muslim speech in the U.S.
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Starting in 2029, the Oscars will be shown exclusively on YouTube. This announcement follows years of scandals and dwindling audiences for Hollywood's premiere awards show. NPR's A Martinez talks to Bill Kramer, the CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
