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Latest Episodes
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Lai Ching-te has been sworn into office with a promise to uphold democracy. Trained as a doctor, the unlikely politician has won a loyal following in southern Taiwan but remains despised in China.
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Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen will take the stand once more in the hush money trial of the former president. The jury could begin deliberating this week.
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No survivors have been found at the site of the helicopter crash that carried Iran's president, the country's foreign minister and other officials, Iranian state media reports.
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A group of casino workers in Atlantic City, N.J., has asked a judge to ban smoking in casinos. Opponents of a ban warn the change could lead to steep economic declines.
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A small newspaper in the Midwest is the setting for a new version of the hit TV show The Office. We asked the editor of a tiny newsroom in rural Iowa about what the show should focus on.
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New York's Central Park has a special recycling bin specially designed for cardboard pizza boxes. The new bin — with a V-necked opening — makes it easy to slide in the box.
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Faliks draws from her Ukrainian-Jewish heritage and Mikhail Bulgakov's anti-censorship novel The Master and Margarita for a new album.
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State media in Iran reports the president has died in a helicopter crash. The news is being closely watched in Israel. And, a hearing could decided if Julian Assange is extradited to the U.S.
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With graduations around the corner, high school seniors reflect on how the pandemic shaped their experience. Jewel Peterson, Graham Jones, Sarah Foglia and Skylar Ward graduate this spring.
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A group of women in Livingston, N.J., has formed a league to play the sport they grew up watching from the stands.