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Hear here! Our list of the best podcasts by fourth graders

For the first time ever, NPR presents the fourth grade winners of the Student Podcast Challenge.

A teacher wrestled to raise money for his students to visit Washington, D.C.

In this week’s StoryCorps, we hear about an unusual fundraising idea to help send school kids on trip to Washington, D.C.

This week’s quiz is very demure, very _______. Can you fill in the blank?

This week, we have two middle-aged men who are not Tim Walz and JD Vance sniping at each other. Plus: drugs, Tolkien, sports and novelty beverages! Have fun.

These Oregon ranchers say the losses from summer range fires will be huge

More than a million acres of rangeland have burned in Oregon this summer. At times the wildfires barely made headlines, but ranchers say the economic fallout will be huge.

California could be the first state to require standards for powerful AI models

California lawmakers passed a bill that seeks to prevent AI-induced “catastrophes.” Companies that build large AI models would be required to test their products to make sure they don’t harm people.

Army says Arlington National Cemetery worker was ‘pushed aside’ by Trump aides

The statement Thursday comes in response to NPR’s reporting on former President Donald Trump’s visit to Arlington and an altercation his staff had with a cemetery employee.

Trump said he’d vote for abortion rights in Florida. His campaign says not so fast

In an interview with NBC News, former President Donald Trump — the Republican nominee — indicated he will vote in favor of abortion rights in his home state of Florida, where it’s on the ballot.

Wrongfully imprisoned for decades, Ben Spencer is exonerated

In 1988, Ben Spencer was sentenced to life in prison for a brutal robbery and murder he has always insisted he did not commit. Spencer spent the next 34 years in prison, dashing off letters almost every day to his wife, his friends, lawyers, to anyone …

New Trump indictment filed in Jan. 6 case. And, how to watch the Paralympic Games

A new indictment was filed against former President Donald Trump over his efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. And, the Paralympic Games kick off today. Here’s how to watch.

The movie ‘It Ends With Us’ faces criticism for glamorizing domestic abuse

Critics say the film, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel of the same title, paints a love story — not a picture of domestic abuse as portrayed in the original work.

Weird. Why the popular campaign insult stings more in Minnesota

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz popularized the term to brand his Republican opponents in the presidential race. To Minnesotans, though, it hits different.

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