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Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony is Isakov's latest album and first to embrace large-scale collaboration. Blue Caleel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Gregory Alan Isakov: A Folk Artist In A Symphony Hall

After three intimate albums, Gregory Alan Isakov decided he wanted to build a bigger kind of song. He speaks with NPR's Rachel Martin about taking his music to the Colorado Symphony.

How Donald Trump Is Affecting Latino Votes For The GOP

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RNC Prepares For Unrest After Trump's Primary Rallies Turn Violent

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RNC Prepares For Unrest After Trump's Primary Rallies Turn Violent

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U.S.-India Relations Centers On Defense, Modi Returns For 4th U.S. Visit

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U.S.-India Relations Centers On Defense, Modi Returns For 4th U.S. Visit

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The Cascades Fleet Foxes

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Romulus Sufjan Stevens

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Why Monterey Park Has A Hard Time Recruiting Asian Police Officers

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Lead Poisoning: A Doctor's Lifelong Crusade To Save Children From It

Dr. Alan Leviton (L), Dr. Herbert Needleman, and Dr. David Bellinger (R) at the Charles A. Dana Foundation Award ceremony in 1989. Needleman won an award for his research on lead poisoning. Photo courtesy of David Bellinger/Photo courtesy of David Bellinger hide caption

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Health

Lead Poisoning: A Doctor's Lifelong Crusade To Save Children From It

by Marielle Segarra

Lead Poisoning: A Doctor's Lifelong Crusade To Save Children From It

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Exploring The 'Quiet New York' With Emma Straub

Emma Straub says she didn't want to write yet another book set in Brooklyn — and then she hit on Ditmas Park. Jennifer Bastian hide caption

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Book News & Features

Exploring The 'Quiet New York' With Emma Straub

by Lynn Neary

Exploring The 'Quiet New York' With Emma Straub

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Age of Consent New Order

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Remembering Muhammad Ali; NBA Finals Update

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The Competitors John Cameron

To Solve This Puzzle Let's Do Some Math, 5 Plus 2 Equals?

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Sunday Puzzle

To Solve This Puzzle Let's Do Some Math, 5 Plus 2 Equals?

by Will Shortz

To Solve This Puzzle Let's Do Some Math, 5 Plus 2 Equals?

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TV Characters' Rising Death Toll Reveals Troubling Pattern

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A Folk Artist In A Symphony Hall

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Gregory Alan Isakov: A Folk Artist In A Symphony Hall

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Saint Valentine Gregory Alan Isakov

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Duet for Guitars No. 2 M. Ward

National

Radicalization Recipe: Why Young People Are Drawn To ISIS

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World

After 56 Years, Life-Long Pen Pals Meet For The First Time

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Cast Your Fate To The Wind Vince Guaraldi

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benny's bugle charlie christian

Sports

Breaking Down Muhammad Ali's Legacy Across Generations

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1 Year After New York Prison Break, What Went Wrong At Dannemora?

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1 Year After New York Prison Break, What Went Wrong At Dannemora?

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Gentrification Pressures Weigh On The Economy

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Wake It Up [Instrumental] [Instrumental] Black Sheep Dres

Museum Builds New Hangar To Show Off Former Air Force One

Special Air Mission 26000, which was known as Air Force One when it flew presidents from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton, is shown at Andrews Air Force Base in 1966. The jet that carried President Kennedy's body from Dallas and President Nixon to China had its final flight in 1998. AP hide caption

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Museum Builds New Hangar To Show Off Former Air Force One

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Museum Builds New Hangar To Show Off Former Air Force One

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Beyond the Sky Dirk Maassen

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The Breakthrough Oddisee

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Season 2 Of 'UnREAL' Premieres Monday On Lifetime

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Cat Videos And All, The Internet May Be Humankind's Greatest Masterpiece

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Cat Videos And All, The Internet May Be Humankind's Greatest Masterpiece

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Cat Videos And All, The Internet May Be Humankind's Greatest Masterpiece

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Etchasketch Trees Ernest Gonzales

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Sound & Vision The Sea and Cake

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