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Jon Stewart's 'Daily Show' Legacy: Changing How Americans See Satire

Jon Stewart hosts his last episode of The Daily Show tonight, after 16 years as TV's satirist supreme. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says Stewart's barbs changed how people talk about politics and media.

Leana Wen hands out awards to business owners for their efforts to support breastfeeding at the Baltimore City Health Department on Tuesday. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption

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Can A 32-Year-Old Doctor Cure Baltimore's Ills?

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Jon Stewart's 'Daily Show' Legacy: Changing How Americans See Satire

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Lianne La Havas' second album, Blood, expands on the cool, nuanced tone of her debut, while adding a shot of intensity. Jean Paul Pietrus/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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A Rush Of 'Blood': Lianne La Havas Turns Up The Volume

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Hamilton, which opened Thursday on Broadway, is a play based on the life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Joan Marcus/Shane Marshall Brown hide caption

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A Hip-Hop Soundtrack For A Musical About Alexander Hamilton? Sure, Why Not?

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Sam's Meat Market was looted and vandalized at least three times during the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., last year. Cheryl Corley/NPR hide caption

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Ferguson Businesses Struggle To Rebuild Post-Riots

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A fighter with Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaida affiliate in Syria, takes down a picture of Syria's President Bashar Assad in the northwestern city of Ariha in May. Jabhat al-Nusra is strong in this area, and recently captured Syrian fighters trained by the U.S. Ammar Abdullah/Reuters/Landov hide caption

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Trained By U.S., Syrian Fighters Stumble As They Hit The Battlefield

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Brenda Hummel and her 7-year-old daughter Andrea in their home near Des Moines, Iowa. Andrea was born with severe epilepsy and gets her health care through Medicaid. Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio hide caption

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Patients In Iowa Worry About Private Management Of Medicaid

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