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The district held a groundbreaking Thursday at the site of the new school, just east of the current building.
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BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty ImagesPopulist British MP Nigel Farage resigned from Parliament over questions about his finances, and is running for re-election in his constituency. His biggest rival? Count Binface. -
The nation's oldest continuously operated weather observatory in Milton, Massachusetts, keeps track of a surprising climate indicator: the date the first blueberry ripens.
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President Trump refused to sign a housing bill, now law, in protest over Congress not passing new restrictions on voting.
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NPR's Scott Simon asks Republican strategist Liam Donovan about his party's approach to November's Senate races.
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NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the World Cup quarterfinals.
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The sport of beep baseball uses sound to guide visually impaired players to hit the ball and run the bases.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Swarthmore College political science professor Dominic Tierney about the U.S.-Iran war and other conflicts that have left the U.S. in drawn-out entanglements.
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Among the many treasures of the New York Public Library are tens of thousands of restaurant menus.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with sportscaster Andrés Cantor about announcing the 2026 World Cup.
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Jermaine Butler, who performs as "Jermaine from the South," entered his Creole-inspired song "Dan Vi-Cila" to NPR's Tiny Desk Contest.
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"Steal This Story, Please!", a documentary about journalist Amy Goodman, is appearing at film festivals and community gatherings.
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Scott Simon talks with author Azar Nafisi about the movie adaptation of her bestselling book Reading Lolita in Tehran.
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NPR's Books We Love has staff suggestions for non-fiction, including "My Mother's Daughter," "Days of Love and Rage" and "When It's Darkness on the Delta."
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to Shannon Sanders about "The Great Wherever," her new novel, which tells a story through ghosts from multiple generations of a Black family on a Tennessee farm.
