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Snail Mail talks 'emphasizing the opposite' for new album 'Valentine'

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Snail Mail talks 'emphasizing the opposite' for new album 'Valentine'

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Lindsey Jordan, whose 2018 debut turned out to be a breakout success, about her newest album, "Valentine."

8 people dead and several injured at Travis Scott's Astroworld music festival

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8 people dead and several injured at Travis Scott's Astroworld music festival

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Week In Politics: House passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill

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Week In Politics: House passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill

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Opinion: Fine dining on the International Space Station

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Opinion: Fine dining on the International Space Station

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Opinion: Fine dining on the International Space Station

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Space Oddity David Bowie/Chris Hadfield

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Starman David Bowie

Scores of people reported dead in Sierra Leone after fuel tanker explosion

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Defense says Kyle Rittenhouse acted in self-defense when he killed two in Kenosha

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Defense says Kyle Rittenhouse acted in self-defense when he killed two in Kenosha

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Mecca, California, remembers beloved Catholic priest Father Francisco Valdovinos

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Song for Jesse Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Advice for cold, flu and COVID-19: Wear a mask and wash your hands

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Advice for cold, flu and COVID-19: Wear a mask and wash your hands

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Thank You MK Tommy Guerrero

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Stars Yosi Horikawa

Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad was the first Muslim chaplain in the U.S. armed forces

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Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad was the first Muslim chaplain in the U.S. armed forces

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In 'Blue Skinned Gods,' Kalki is the incarnation of Vishnu but doubts his power

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Snail Mail talks 'emphasizing the opposite' for new album 'Valentine'

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Snail Mail talks 'emphasizing the opposite' for new album 'Valentine'

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c. et al. Snail Mail

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House passes stripped-down infrastructure bill, pushing off many of Biden's wants

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House passes stripped-down infrastructure bill, pushing off many of Biden's wants

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Ahmaud Arbery's mother watches video of his death for the first time as trial starts

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Ahmaud Arbery's mother watches video of his death for the first time as trial starts

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Environmentalists stage large protests in Glasgow, demanding more from COP26

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Environmentalists stage large protests in Glasgow, demanding more from COP26

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Still a Soldier Ancient Astronauts

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Gidget Free Nationals

More than half of Afghanistan's population faces hunger

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Boston quietly settled a case where police thought Black stroke victim was drunk

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Boston quietly settled a case where police thought Black stroke victim was drunk

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Sliding Down Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck et. al.

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For cash-strapped South Koreans, the class conflict in 'Squid Game' is deadly serious

South Korean cast members (from left) Park Hae-soo, Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon in a scene from Squid Game. The series is a globally popular South Korea-produced Netflix show that depicts hundreds of financially distressed characters competing in deadly children's games for a chance to escape severe debt. Youngkyu Park/AP hide caption

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For cash-strapped South Koreans, the class conflict in 'Squid Game' is deadly serious

by Anthony Kuhn

For cash-strapped South Koreans, the class conflict in 'Squid Game' is deadly serious

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Education

This community college is giving two years of free tuition to local graduates

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20/20 Elliot Smith, Kiwi Maddog

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Pacific Theme Broken Social Scene

Economy

Why milk prices are up

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Sports

Saturday Sports: Braves win World Series; Aaron Rodgers outed as unvaccinated

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Author Interviews

Former British poet laureate Andrew Motion presents 'The Folio Book Of War Poetry'

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Over in Love [Instrumental] Tracy Chapman

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North Phoenix

Politics

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on what to expect from infrastructure plan

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