Chaos in Congress over border security; 'None of the above' wins Nevada's primary

Congressional Republicans are opposing a border bill that they demanded. Nikki Haley loses the Nevada primary.


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NPR founding mother Linda Wertheimer is retiring. Read her bittersweet goodbye note

"At our first staff meeting there were no chairs (or tables) but there were eager people with lots of plans sitting on the floor and I was one of them," Wertheimer writes.


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5 MLK speeches you should know. Spoiler: 'I Have a Dream' isn't on the list

Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.


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Portraits from El Salvador's nearly 2-year, sprawling crackdown on gang suspects

Salvadoran photographer Carlos Barrera takes a look at the nearly two years of human rights violations allegedly committed by the government of El Salvador during the country's state of emergency.


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A famous climate scientist is in court, with big stakes for attacks on science

One of the world's most prominent climate scientists is suing a right wing author and a policy analyst for defamation, a case with big stakes for attacks on scientists.


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Biden’s AI plan to censor you revealed: Researchers say Americans can’t ‘tell fact from fiction’

A federally-funded MIT researcher said conservatives and veterans are more susceptible to "misinformation."


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How are atmospheric rivers affected by climate change?

California is in the grips of an atmospheric river that's causing flooding all over the state. Climate change might be intensifying storms like it — but scientists are still working out the details.


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As 'magic mushrooms' got more attention, drug busts of the psychedelic drug went up

Busts of psilocybin mushrooms went way up from 2017 to 2022, a new study finds, even as the psychedelic drug's potential benefits have been explored by scientists.


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Up First briefing: Senate unveils immigration bill; rain, winds batter California

Bipartisan Senate negotiators release a $118 billion border bill. Storms leave hundreds of thousands of Californians without electricity.


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Here are the 2024 Grammy Award winners

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Victoria Monét and Billie Eilish were among the winners of major awards at the 66th Grammy Awards, presented on Sunday, February 4, but no one artist dominated prizes.


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A second wave of storms is slamming parts of California. How bad will it get?

The storm was "starting to bring one of the most dramatic weather days in recent memory," the National Weather Service said. California's governor declared an emergency in eight counties.


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