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John Lansing, the chief executive officer and director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, will become NPR's CEO in mid-October. U.S. Agency for Global Media hide caption

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NPR Names Veteran Media Executive John Lansing As Its New CEO

John Lansing will succeed Jarl Mohn as NPR's next CEO. Lansing is currently chief executive of the government agency that oversees Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, among others.

This image tweeted by President Trump is believed to have come from a highly classified U.S. reconnaissance satellite known as USA 224. Donald J. Trump Twitter account via AP hide caption

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Can President Trump Really Tweet A Highly Classified Satellite Photo? Yep, He Can

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Eleven-year-old Ella Koehler, of Seattle United soccer club, heads the ball at a practice on the University of Washington campus. It's the first year she and her teammates of the same age can use the technique. A 2015 rule by the U.S. Soccer Federation banned heading for kids ages 10 years old and younger. Tom Goldman/NPR hide caption

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Women's Soccer Stars Concerned About Trauma From Repetitive Head Impact

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Joan Shelley's latest album, Like The River Loves the Sea, is out now. Amber Estes Thieneman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Joan Shelley Admires The Beauty In All The Fading

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Leonardo Diaz lives in Los Angeles and drives for Uber and Lyft. He says he misses employee health and paid leave benefits he used to receive when he worked as a valet. Courtesy of Victor Cuevas hide caption

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Gig Work With Benefits: California May Expand Employee Perks To Contract Workers

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Opera star Placido Domingo, 78, rehearsing onstage in Orange, France in July. Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Report: 11 More Women Accuse Plácido Domingo Of Sexual Misconduct

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An "Is it Ella or is it Memorex?" ad from 1973. Memorex At 50 hide caption

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How Ella Fitzgerald's Glass-Shattering Memorex Campaign Revitalized Her Career

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John Lansing, the chief executive officer and director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, will become NPR's CEO in mid-October. U.S. Agency for Global Media hide caption

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NPR Names Veteran Media Executive John Lansing As Its New CEO

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