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All Things Considered for August 26, 2021

China's Microsoft Hack May Have Had A Bigger Purpose Than Just Spying

When investigators discovered the hack on Microsoft Exchange servers in January, they thought it was about stealing emails. Now they believe China vacuumed up reams of information in a bid to develop better artificial intelligence, or AI. Matt Chinworth for NPR hide caption

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China's Microsoft Hack May Have Had A Bigger Purpose Than Just Spying

China's Microsoft Hack May Have Had A Bigger Purpose Than Just Spying

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All Things Considered for August 25, 2021

James Loewen, Author Of 'Lies My Teacher Told Me,' Dies At 79

James Loewen "could clearly illustrate a problem of injustice, often historical but tied to the present, and motivate the reader or listener to want to take action to solve that problem," one of his peers writes. The New Press hide caption

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James Loewen, Author Of 'Lies My Teacher Told Me,' Dies At 79

James Loewen, Author Of 'Lies My Teacher Told Me,' Dies At 79

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Scientists Are Learning More About Fire Tornadoes, The Spinning Funnels Of Flame

Jason Forthofer, mechanical engineer at the Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, looks into a fire whirl he generated to demonstrate how fire whirls and fire tornadoes form in wildland fires. Erica Zurek/Montana Public Radio hide caption

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Scientists Are Learning More About Fire Tornadoes, The Spinning Funnels Of Flame Montana Public Radio

Scientists Are Learning More About Fire Tornadoes, The Spinning Funnels Of Flame

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All Things Considered for August 24, 2021

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All Things Considered for August 23, 2021

New Laws Have Basically Ended Voter Registration Drives In Some Parts Of The U.S.

Voters cast their midterm ballots on Nov. 6, 2018, at Briles Schoolhouse in Peoria Township, Kan. Whitney Curtis/Getty Images hide caption

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New Laws Have Basically Ended Voter Registration Drives In Some Parts Of The U.S.

New Laws Have Basically Ended Voter Registration Drives In Some Parts Of The U.S.

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Here's What A Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan May Mean For China

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Afghan Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar in Tianjin, China, on July 28. Li Ran/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images hide caption

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Here's What A Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan May Mean For China

Here's What A Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan May Mean For China

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Breakthrough COVID Infections Add Even More Chaos To School's Start In 2021

Johnson gives River a bottle in her home in Discovery Bay. Family members spent isolation together there this summer, after getting sick with COVID-19. Everyone has since recovered. Beth LaBerge/KQED hide caption

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Breakthrough COVID Infections Add Even More Chaos To School's Start In 2021

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All Things Considered for August 22, 2021

Americans Can't Visit North Korea. Some Who Have Family There Hope Biden Changes That

North Korean Kang Ho-Rye (second from left), 89, hugs her South Korean relative at a resort at Mount Kumgang, North Korea, in August 2018. Almost 100 South Koreans crossed the armed border to the North to meet their separated families. The U.S. bars citizens from entering North Korea, but some Korean Americans hope the Biden administration will lift the ban and let them visit again. Lee Su-Kil/Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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Americans Can't Visit North Korea. Some Who Have Family There Hope Biden Changes That

Americans Can't Visit North Korea. Some Who Have Family There Hope Biden Changes That

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