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A newly arrived Afghan family stocks up on donated household items at a refugee resettlement office in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Newly arrived Afghans test a refugee resettlement system that's rebuilding on the fly

Northern Virginia is home to one of the largest Afghan communities in the U.S., making it a prime destination for new arrivals. One refugee organization is scrambling to prepare.

Stanley Tucci hosts the CNN series <em>Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy</em>.

Fresh Air weekend: Celebrating film noir; Stanley Tucci

Eddie Muller's book, Dark City, chronicles film noir from the '40s and '50s. David Bianculli reviews the new Sopranos prequel, The Many Saints of Newark. Tucci reflects on his love of food in Taste.

Daniel Craig as James Bond in No Time to Die.

Coming to terms with James Bond's flawed past — as a fan and as a critic

The new James Bond movie, No Time To Die, is out in theaters, ending Daniel Craig's run as 007. NPR critic Eric Deggans has long loved the franchise — yet its flawed legacy is hard to see past.

Matthew McConaughey, the star of <em>Dazed and Confused</em> and <em>Dallas Buyers Club</em>, isn't not thinking about throwing his cowboy hat in the race for "CEO" of Texas.

Governor run or no, Matthew McConaughey is full of campaign slogans

In a Twitter Spaces chat hosted by NPR, the actor discussed his potential run for Texas governor, where he fits — or doesn't — on the political party spectrum, abortion, Amazon unions and more.

The original Poohsticks Bridge, featured in A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh books, has gone up for auction. It's estimated to sell for around $54,000 to $81,000.

The 'Poohsticks Bridge,' made famous in Winnie the Pooh, has gone up for auction

As far as bridges go, the bridge is Roo-sized, measuring less than 30 feet long. But as Winnie the Pooh would say, "Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."

People take part in the Women's March ATX rally, Oct. 2, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. The march was a response to a Texas law that bans most abortions.

Federal appeals court temporarily reinstates Texas' 6-week abortion ban

After a lower court temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing what is essentially a ban on abortions six weeks into pregnancy, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed that ban to continue.

Summer Colds Are Back — Here's How To Keep From Getting Sick

Bad news for parents of young kids: summer colds are back. Things like strategic mask wearing during story time or homework with a sick child can help prevent you from catching and spreading the cold.

A burnt building is pictured in Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan on Friday. Dozens were killed and dozens more injured after a fire broke out early Thursday in a decades-old mixed commercial and residential building in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung, officials said.

Taiwan officials set up commission to investigate a building fire that killed 46

An independent commission was set up Friday to investigate the conditions at the run-down building in the port city of Kaohsiung that caught fire.

Yolanda López died on Sept. 3 of complications liver cancer. Her first museum solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego was delayed by a year due, in part, to the pandemic.

Yolanda López's first museum show opens Saturday, just weeks after the artist's death

The exhibit at San Diego's Museum of Contemporary Art will include 50 of the artist's pieces, including the Virgen de Guadalupe triptych which remains one of López's best known works.

The World Wide Fund for Nature needs people to look at walruses

The group is using satellite images, from Arctic regions to help track how walruses are being affected by climate change. Kids as young as ten can participate, with parental permission.

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