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Published September 27After Hurricane Helene, this community was inspired to learn how to use power tools
People in western North Carolina are learning to use power tools two years after Hurricane Helene. They want to be prepared for future disasters.
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Published September 26At the Smithsonian, Maya Angelou's typewriter holds a place of honor
A typewriter Maya Angelou used for decades is on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, near the original Star-Spangled Banner. A curator explains why it belongs there.
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Published 3 hours agoOpenAI delays latest model over security concerns, as industry faces pressure
OpenAI's decision to hold back the model, called GPT-6.1 Astra, comes amid a broader push within the industry to slow the development of increasingly autonomous systems until safety measures catch up.
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Published 4 hours agoTennessee is set to execute a woman for the first time in 200 years
One of the youngest women sent to death row is set to be executed in Tennessee. If carried out as scheduled Wednesday, it would be Tennessee's first execution of a woman in 200 years.
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Published 7 hours agoThe Senate passes the Protect College Sports Act, but the bill's future is unclear
The bill's supporters, which include the NCAA, say it will tame what they call a "Wild West" era of college sports as litigation chips away at long-held rules around eligibility, transfers and pay.
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Published 11 hours agoCould a far left candidate win a midterm race in a red state like Florida?
Angie Nixon, the Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate in Florida, is running from the far left — raising questions about whether such a campaign can work in a red state like Florida.
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Published 11 hours agoTennessee's failed execution ignites a medical ethics debate
After a botched lethal injection in May, dozens of Tennessee medical professionals told the governor that healthcare professionals shouldn't help with executions, ever. No matter the method.
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Published 12 hours ago'Cornell Daily Sun' reporting brought light to alleged campus assault
Sophia Dasser, editor-in-chief at The Cornell Daily Sun, talks with NPR's Juana Summers about an alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell and the campus fallout.
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Published 12 hours agoCornell campus rape case reopened by prosecutor as new allegations surface
A former Cornell University student has filed a lawsuit alleging the school didn't do enough to protect her after she says she was sexually assaulted at a fraternity house.
Prosecution, Defense Rests in Walters Murder Trial
TUNKHANNOCK — The murder case of Phillip Walters is expected to go to the jury for deliberations after both the prosecution and defense rested their cases on Monday, Sept. 28 in Wyoming County Court of Common Pleas. During Monday’s court session, prosecutors called six witnesses…
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Published 15 hours agoKyle MacLachlan says he was David Lynch's 'submersible' into dark places
MacLachlan was 23 when he auditioned for Lynch's adaptation of Dune. The two would go on to work together on the cult classics Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. MacLachlan's new memoir is Fictional Selves.
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Published 16 hours agoI didn't think 'Pachinko' could be topped. Then I read 'American Hagwon'
Min Jin Lee's new novel is the third in a planned four-novel series about the Korean diaspora. Nearly 10 years in the making, this sweeping-but-intimate 600+ page book is overwhelming — in a good way.