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kate conger @kateconger.com · 10h

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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Caitlyn Kim @caitlynkim.bsky.social · 2d

Between the Western Colorado towns of Whitewater and Gateway, a geological marvel — and mystery www.cpr.org/2025/10/06/u...

Between the Western Colorado towns of Whitewater and Gateway, a geological marvel — and mystery

Unaweep Canyon is said to be the only canyon in the world where water flows out of both ends.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

The Ojibwe tribe is fighting to preserve manoomin, a wild rice in northern Wisconsin that’s under threat from a pipeline, climate change, pollution and invasive plant species.

Wild rice binds this tribe together. It’s under threat from every direction.

Inside the Ojibwe’s fight to preserve a plant and the extraordinary traditions around it in northern Wisconsin.

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss to be editor in chief of CBS News as Skydance set to annnouccne acquisition of Free Press

What does it mean for CBS? My story and chat with Steve Inskeep on NPR's Morning Edition

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CBS' next top editor to be Bari Weiss of The Free Press

CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 2d

After a trip across Ukraine on trains that keep running in spite of Russian air raids, nothing says welcome home quite like those three magical words:

Rail Replacement Bus

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

A new study has found that across more than 80 different types of activities — from getting gas to reading to managing finances — people reported being happier doing almost anything with other people than doing it alone.

Doing almost anything is better with friends, research finds

You might be leaving some happiness on the table by doing your everyday activities all by yourself.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12d

NEW: I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines.

What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.

By @tilleckert.com

I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman. It Felt Like the New Normal.

I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines. What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.

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Caitlyn Kim @caitlynkim.bsky.social · 19d

ICYMI: Students rally at the Colorado Capitol after Evergreen High shooting www.cpr.org/2025/09/18/c...

Students rally at the Colorado Capitol after Evergreen High shooting

High school students from across Denver held a rally on the Capitol steps Wednesday in the wake of the state's latest high school shooting.

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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 21d

I try not to food shame but my father has gone too far this time with his leftover-based lunch dish 😂

Slice of old pizza on top of dumplings in a frying pan

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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 22d

I've said this take before, but All the President's Men is the most accurate journalism movie in large part because there are long stretches where no good source will talk to them and it's not clear they're going to get the story even if they stay really dogged at it and it's really boring to watch

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 22d

one of the greatest to ever do it, and incorrectly gave the impression that journalists are hot

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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 23d

Yaroslav Bazylevych posted a very beautiful and touching tribute to his youngest daughter Emilia murdered by the russian missile last year along with her mom and two sisters. Today, the girl would've turned eight.

Never forgive, never forget.

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stephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com · 23d

NPR is tracking the record number of Congressional lawmakers who have announced they do not plan to run for reelection to their current seats in 2026.

That number currently stands at 10 senators and 27 House members.

A record number of Congressional lawmakers aren't running for reelection in 2026. Here's the list

NPR is tracking the record number of lawmakers in Congress who have already announced they don't plan to run for reelection ahead of the 2026 midterms.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24d

“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” which CBS canceled over the summer, won the Emmy for best talk show for the first time. It was the second of two standing ovations that Colbert received at the ceremony. nyti.ms/4n7hh8W

Stephen Colbert holds an Emmy award and speaks into a microphone. Photo credit: Valerie Macon/Agence France-Presse - Getty Images.

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Joanna Kakissis @joannakakissis.bsky.social · 28d

“If I'd had my microphone with me, you'd hear the bright coloratura of willow warblers and chiffchaffs, the resonant mezzo counterpoint of blackbirds, the soft rustling of leaves in the breeze and the odd jumbo coming in to land at Heathrow” ❤️ @ejnicholson.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/09/10/g...

Greetings from a peaceful woodland near the River Thames west of London

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Sep 5

"By ordering the U.S. military to summarily kill a group of people aboard what he said was a drug-smuggling boat, President Trump used the military in a way that had no clear legal precedent or basis, according to specialists in the laws of war and executive power." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers

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Jenna McLaughlin @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you dearly to @thisamericanlife.org's Ira Glass for the shout-out on my reporting on DOGE accessing sensitive labor data.

I agree, "the time of invention" in public media "does not need to be over." Maybe the new era of public media is just beginning.

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Ira Glass to pubmedia: ‘The time of invention does not need to be over’

It's an “enormously energizing moment to be on the radio and doing journalism,” Glass told attendees at the Public Media Content Conference.

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Caitlyn Kim @caitlynkim.bsky.social · Aug 29

White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress' funding power politi.co/47ffUQr via @politico.com

White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress' funding power

The administration is setting up clash with Capitol Hill over its use of the "pocket rescission."

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Michel Martin, NPR @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social · Aug 29

New Orleans was hardest hit by Katrina but not the only place . Here's a story from Mississippi about a businessman who lost his home but found a new calling

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After Katrina, a Mississippi businessman invests in a restaurant and in a community

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with business owner Ron Ladner about the community he invested in after Hurricane Katrina devasted the town of Pass Christian, on the Mississippi waterfront.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 27

The NAACP, the nation’s largest civil rights organization, asked a court Tuesday to block what it called a “racially motivated” congressional map that dilutes the political power of Black voters.

NAACP asks court to block new Texas congressional map

The nation’s largest civil rights organization argues the newly redrawn boundary lines, which the Texas state legislature voted to adopt last week, are “racially motivated.”

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 27

Breaking News: President Trump’s 50% tariff on imports from India has taken effect, jeopardizing the country’s relationship with the U.S.

Full Weight of American Tariffs Slams Into Effect Against India

As punishment for buying Russian oil, President Trump is doubling the tax on goods imported from India, jeopardizing a relationship decades in the making.

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Reuters @reuters.com · Aug 27

Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire on Monday while operating a live video feed at Gaza's Nasser Hospital, reported on the war's civilian suffering while himself living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family reut.rs/4mW46Hi

Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire in Gaza

Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire on Monday while operating a live video feed at Gaza's Nasser Hospital, reported on the war's civilian suffering while himself living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family.

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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · Aug 25

“If given the choice, she asked them, would they rather have gone to private school, an expense the couple was also considering, or receive a monthly check indefinitely? Everyone picked the money.” www.wsj.com/personal-fin...

She’s 7 Years Old. Her Parents Are Saving to Support Her When She’s 30.

There is a novel strain of financial advice that suggests supporting grown children isn’t a reason to be ashamed. It is probably necessary, and sometimes even desirable.

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Bookshelfie @bookshelfie.bsky.social · Aug 16

#booksky

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Lydia DePillis @lydiadepillis.bsky.social · Aug 14

One more from my stint in South Korea: At last count, some 7 million people studied abroad. As Trump pushes away international students, it appears that fewer of them will come to American schools.

But Southeast Asia is aggressively taking up the slack.

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As Trump Pushes International Students Away, Asian Schools Scoop Them Up

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