Los Texmaniacs: Tiny Desk Concert

Los Texmaniacs' accordion-driven music is a living history lesson, which just so happens to be perfect for twirling on the dance floor.

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Mobile healthcare clinic brings free medical, dental, and optical services to Maryland

Last weekend, a large team of healthcare professionals and volunteers descended on Prince George's Community College to provide free medical check-ups, dental services, eye exams and eyewear to anyone...

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Over 50% of a major streaming service’s tracks come from DistroKid – and other revelations from UMG’s lawsuit - Music Business Worldwide

UMG’s lawsuit accuses the DIY distributor of “deceptive trade practices and blatant copyright infringement”, and of flooding streaming services with AI-generated “slop.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin Wants the Smithsonian to Collect and Display Trump’s Propaganda, To Teach About Tyranny

Jamie Raskin has introduced legislation directing the Smithsonian to preserve artifacts of Trump's "propaganda, corruption, and authoritarianism."

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Isaias weakens but flooding threat persists as hundreds of thousands grapple with power outages

Isaias has hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, leaving hundreds of thousands without power in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.

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Candidate named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in Peru

Leftwing Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores beats far-right candidate in election in remote district of Andes

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Judge Blocks Utah’s Demand That Websites See Through VPNs

Over the last few years, with Congress completely incompetent and a massive moral panic about tech raging, states have stepped up to try to regulate the internet any way they can. Even after the Su…

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Trump says U.S. to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms

Trump says the U.S. will obtain diesel from Russia, relaxing years of U.S. pressure on Moscow, to combat prices before midterms. He said he struck the deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a p...

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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say

Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.

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Candlelit theatre in Havana – in pictures

Cuba’s Impulso theatre group has had to adapt as power cuts pose severe challenges for the performing arts

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A Classic Frozen Pizza Is Being Discontinued, And People Are Already Mourning | Sporked

Oh, boy. This one’s gonna hit hard. The discontinuation of food products usually causes a fair bit of consternation. The emotional attachment we all build to

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Exelon utilities won't refund $32M to customers, citing a change in state law

The Maryland Office of People’s Counsel said the state’s largest utility company should refund its customers. The company said it won’t, and can’t, because of confusing state laws.

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European Parliament Installs Gilded Nude Statue Mocking Trump

Danish artist Jens Galschiøt’s sculpture “The Orange Plague” depicts a naked Trump sitting on the shoulders of a man straining under his weight.

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Legendary coach, Hall of Fame TE Mike Ditka dies at age 86

Mike Ditka, a Hall of Fame tight end who became an NFL legend for his time as coach of the Bears, has died at the age of 86.

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Phoebe Bridgers Reunites with boygenius for A24's Sound Check at Cherry Lane Theatre Series

Phoebe Bridgers teamed up with boygenius bandmates Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus for an acoustic A24 Sound Check session filmed at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

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‘It gave me a superpower – question everything’: ​as punk turns 50, bands from China to Greenland explain how it fires up their lives

Whether on the frontline in Ukraine or skate parks in Soweto, the genre is still a vital outlet for disaffected people everywhere. Here, musicians explain how they rage against the machine

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‘This is a crisis of hope’: Echoes of 1968 as France’s students rise up

As in 1968, when student protests triggered nationwide strikes, today’s crisis is about generational discontent.

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African Union launches continent’s first credit rating agency to counter what it says is bias inflating borrowing costs

The AfCRA aims to provide an alternative to the Big Three firms that dominate the market and which African leaders accuse of overstating the region’s risk

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"Scientists are unsure how many exist or how rare they are." Drone captures elusive animal the length of a shipping container hunting in Indonesia | Discover Wildlife

Omura’s whales are filter feeders that snack on enormous mouthfuls of tiny krill.

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We reviewed $1.6 billion of campaign ads. Here are the takeaways.

Everyone’s talking about the economy, but Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on what other issues will mobilize midterm voters.

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Former ICC judge Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

Navi Pillay, who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, ‌won "for her efforts to promote peace and international law".

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The Atlantic’s Near-Record Hurricane Drought Is About to End

Tropical Storm Isaias is set to become the basin’s first hurricane of the season, bringing life-threatening rain and storm surge to the Gulf Coast.

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ICE agent fires 7 rounds, shoots man in neck in NYC's Marble Hill, NYPD says

Police say the man arrived at a hospital in stable condition and a 5-year-old boy in his SUV is safe.

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What the Kennedy Center's closure means for the D.C. region

WAMU "All Things Considered" host Tamika Smith spoke with "Washington Post" culture critic Philip Kennicott about what the closure means for the D.C. region's arts community and civic life. 

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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed

The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”

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US suspends Microsoft and Adobe from visa programme amid fraud claims

Visa probe also targets universities for allegedly exploiting international students to reduce US wage costs.

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‘Let our voices be heard’: the splendor of Native American and Indigenous poster art – in pictures

The exhibition Designed to Be Red: Native American & Indigenous Poster Works, at New York’s Poster House, spans two centuries, represents more than 60 tribes and nations and is on view through Februar...

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How Black banjo players are changing Americana music

Originating with enslaved Africans, the banjo is now being reclaimed by Black musicians in contemporary music

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