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Many spent their careers training on the mountains they'll be competing on at the Winter Games. Lindsey Vonn wanted to stage a comeback on these slopes and Jessie Diggins won her first World Cup there.
'Washington Post' CEO resigns after going AWOL during massive job cuts
Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has resigned just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs.
One week since Nancy Guthrie was last seen, here's what we know
Nancy Guthrie was last seen a week ago. In the days since, investigators have launched a frantic search to return the 84-year-old home.
In this Icelandic drama, a couple quietly drifts apart
Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason weaves scenes of quiet domestic life against the backdrop of an arresting landscape in his newest film.
After the Fall: How Olympic figure skaters soar after stumbling on the ice
Olympic figure skating is often seems to take athletes to the very edge of perfection, but even the greatest stumble and fall. How do they pull themselves together again on the biggest world stage? Toughness, poise and practice.
They're cured of leprosy. Why do they still live in leprosy colonies?
Leprosy is one of the least contagious diseases around — and perhaps one of the most misunderstood. The colonies are relics of a not-too-distant past when those diagnosed with leprosy were exiled.
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Wendy Weiser, the vice president for democracy at the Brennan Center for Justice, discusses the impact of President Trump's recent urging of Republicans to "nationalize" voting.
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In the first electoral temperature check in Minnesota since President Trump launched Operation Metro Surge to ramp up immigration enforcement in the state, voters had a lot to say.
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An update on the suicide bombing in Pakistan's capital that killed 31 people.
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As indirect talks begin between the U.S. and Iran over that country's nuclear program, Ryan Fayhee, lawyer for journalist Abdolreza Valizadeh, talks about his concern for his client, who is being held in Evin prison in Tehran.
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Danish veterans of the war in Iraq want an apology from Trump over Greenland stance.
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Rachel Goes to the Games newsletter writer recounts the thrill of attending an Olympics opening ceremony for the first time.
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NPR's Mia Venkat explains what the internet was obsessed with this week: the jazzy jingles made by content creator Romeo.
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Meg Anderson, who has been reporting on the Trump administration's immigration campaign in Minneapolis, talks about what it is like to cover a national event in her home town.
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This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Mychal Threets and panelists Tom Bodett, Josh Gondelman, and Tig Notaro -
Some film professors are bemoaning the shortcuts students take to avoid watching assigned movies: some don't know what happens at the end. NPR's Scott Simon offers his own synopses. -
U.S. and Iranian envoys have held talks aimed at averting possible U.S. strikes on Iran.
