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The league is expected to incorporate stats of around 2,300 players from the Negro Leagues from the years 1920 to 1948.
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As Texas deals with the aftermath of a series of deadly storms, NPR’s Steve Inskeep checks in with Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington.
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The Biden campaign plans a summer of outreach to Black voters. Pope Francis apologizes for using a homophobic slur to refer to gay men during a private meeting. South Africa holds national elections.
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A new book by Larry Tye -- The Jazzmen -- traces how the popularity of musicians Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie affected the civil rights movement.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with David Wessel about the effectiveness of U.S. sanctions against Russia. Wessel is director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution.
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Iran last month launched an aggressive new crackdown on women who defy the country’s strict Islamic dress code.
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NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Benjamin Preston of Consumer Reports, about why catalytic converter thefts remain a nationwide problem.
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Taiwan aims to build its own ChatGPT-like model. Researchers say it is essential for national security -- highlighting how geopolitical competition over data and computing power is heating up.
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Because of a change in the climate, giant sequoias have become more vulnerable to insects, disease and wildfire.
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Pope Francis is apologizing for a slur he used while referring to gay men during a meeting with Italian bishops earlier this month.