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Rabbi Harold Kushner, 88, Author Of ‘When Bad Things Happen To Good People’

Rabbi Harold Kushner, bestselling author and rabbi of 24 years at the Conservative Temple Israel Natick.

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LA's top make-out spots hint at a city constantly evolving

The creation of the automobile gave rise to a new kind of freedom and privacy, while also transforming Los Angeles into the sprawling, car-centric metropolis it is today.

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60 years ago, Medgar Evers became a martyr of the Civil Rights Movement

On June 12, 1963, Evers was assassinated at his home in Jackson, Miss., by a Ku Klux Klan member. While other leaders pushed for equality across the U.S., Evers focused on his native Mississippi.

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How two big Wall Street banks are rethinking the office for a post-pandemic future

From more air circulation to well stacked pantries, JPMorgan Chase and BNP Paribas are seeking to make the office a draw at a time when work-from-home is becoming commonplace.

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To rebuild Notre Dame's fire-ravaged roof, carpenters use centuries-old techniques

When fire engulfed the Paris landmark in 2019, the intricate maze of medieval beams supporting the roof fell to the cathedral floor. Experts are working to restore the church by the end of 2024.

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Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little accountability

Horseshoe crab blood is used to test vaccines around the world. But while Europe has approved a synthetic alternative, biomedical labs are bleeding more crabs from the Atlantic Coast.

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Sudan's fighting risks reigniting war in Darfur, a site of atrocities 20 years ago

As fighting in Sudan's capital continues to rage, experts say it's spilling over into the Darfur region and risks fully reigniting a conflict from the early 2000s that left hundreds of thousands dead.

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A Ukrainian nuclear plant is facing a water shortage

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant used a large reservoir for cooling water. Now that reservoir is rapidly draining.

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Elon Musk seems to want to turn Twitter into a cable news network just as CNN is cratering

He invited cable news hosts Rachel Maddow and Don Lemon to create shows on Twitter.

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Pickleball has a noise problem. He's trying to fix it

Pickleball is America's fastest growing sport, but it has a noise problem. One man is on a mission to fix that.

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Here's how NPR reporters around the world are dealing with air pollution

As Canada and parts of the U.S. confront declines in air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, NPR reporters in Asia, Latin America and Africa share their experiences.

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Here's one route where immigration has slowed since Biden's new U.S. border rules

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What is there a shortage of? Find out in the NPR news quiz (hint: it's not smoke)

From Barbie to Messi to Rishi Sunak, a lot happened this week. How well were you paying attention?

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An eating disorders chatbot offered dieting advice, raising fears about AI in health

The National Eating Disorders Association took down a controversial chatbot, after users showed how the newest version could dispense potentially harmful advice about dieting and calorie counting.

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Kangaroo care gets a major endorsement. Here's what it looks like in Ivory Coast

A new study looks at the reduction in mortality among vulnerable babies if kangaroo care — skin-to-skin contact — is started soon after birth.

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'I still hate LIV': Golf's civil war is over, but how will pro golfers move on?

"I still hate LIV. Like, I hate it. I hope it goes away," Rory McIlroy, the world's no. 3 player, said of the new deal between the PGA Tour and the Saudi fund behind LIV.

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When will air quality improve? A lot is riding on the wind

Millions of Americans are under air quality alerts as wildfires burn in Canada. Experts say the weather pattern could change by early next week, and stress the need to take precautions until then.

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Seismic stations detected explosion at Ukrainian dam around the time it collapsed

A Norwegian organization says that two seismic networks it oversees saw an explosion at the war-torn Kakhovka dam in Ukraine around the time it failed.

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Wade Goodwyn, longtime NPR correspondent, dies at age 63

Wade Goodwyn had one of public radio's most recognizable voices, but it was his rich writing and keen observations that made him a listener favorite over decades at NPR.

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Pat Robertson, televangelist and a leader of the religious right, dies at 93

Pat Robertson founded the Christian Broadcasting Network. He also hosted The 700 Club and drew controversy for comments that were often seen as anti-gay and racially insensitive.

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His baby gene editing shocked ethicists. Now he's in the lab again

He Jiankui, who shocked the world in 2018 by announcing the creation of the first gene-edited babies, tells NPR he's now working on a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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Puerto Rico lost its only elephant — and cracked open a well of emotions

Mundi the African elephant was the pride of Puerto Rico's only zoo. But her fate became entangled in the island's recent struggles with natural disasters and a debilitating debt crisis.

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'Los Angeles Times' to lay off 13% of newsroom

The L.A. Times is the latest in a string of media outlets to cut staff, citing economic headwinds. Leaders say 74 journalists will lose their jobs.

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A haze is blanketing major swaths of the East Coast because of the Canadian wildfires

Some of the worst air quality was recorded in the Great Lakes region and in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and the Washington, D.C., metro area.

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'LGBTQ+ American's aren't safe': Human Rights group declares national state of emergency

An 'unprecedented and dangerous' spike in anti-LGBTQ+ laws across the US has prompted the Human Rights Campaign to issue its first-ever state of emergency. More than 75 bills have been signed into law already, it says

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