Lindsey Balbierz
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NPR
Shoppers in Missouri and Illinois can save on eligible back-to-school purchases this weekend, but the two states' tax holidays differ in timing, discounts and which items qualify.
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Rony CurifutaK-pop conquered the world — now Chile's young creatives are remixing the movement and making it their own. -
Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty ImagesEurope is in another brutal heat wave. The summer's earlier record-breaking weather already damaged crops, sparked wildfires and led to increased deaths.
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NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss Congress' plan to "protect" college sports and the hottest team in Major League Baseball.
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A longtime Philadelphia Phillies fan, substitute teacher, Lewis Kalb, got to realize his dream this week of broadcasting one of the team's games.
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The Senate spent its time Friday trying to make progress on a long to-do list before leaving town for a weeks-long recess.
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Meta announced one of its models had hacked another company during a security test. It becomes the third company to announced such a security breach.
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Mike Lindell of "MyPillow" fame, might win the GOP primary for Minnesota governor running on a Trump platform. Other Republicans are concerned that his closeness could hurt his chances in November.
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In Spokane, pets and livestock have been evacuated from fire-threatened areas along with people. The Spokane Fair and Expo Center is housing dozens of horses, a donkey, and an emu.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with legal scholar and activist Lawrence Lessig about the influence of outside money in elections and a court challenge to a Maine state law capping donations to Super PACs.
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We look at what it took to get Todd Blanche confirmed as U.S. attorney general, as well as the proposed deal between Iran and Oman to control the Strait of Hormuz.
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Two of the co-hosts of the Daily Show are nominated for Emmys for their regular segments. Desi Lydec and Jordan Klepper both dive into politics and media.
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The Edinburgh Fringe is one of the world's latest performing arts festival with thousands of shows. NPR's Scott Simon talks to the critic Kate Copstick about the challenges of covering the event.
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America's downtowns are changing. Storefronts that used to showcase clothes or gifts are giving way to gyms and salons. Last year marked the first time that more retail space went to shops offering services rather than things.
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For our series on breakfast foods around the world, we turn to Lebanon, where a breakfast is so beloved that it has been certified as a U.N. culture heritage.
