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Eight GOP presidential hopefuls, minus the front-runner, debate tonight. The Biden administration lays out a school debt repayment plan. After near-misses, regulators plan 90 runway safety meetings.

Blinken's trip to the Caribbean could signal a new chapter for U.S. foreign policy

NPR's Scott Simon asks Daniel Runde of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent Caribbean trip and the state of U.S-Caribbean relations.

Master P, Curren$y, Lil Wayne and Big Freedia. Collage by Jackie Lay / NPR.

How New Orleans soldiered through struggle and gave rap its bounce

Even before a pair of hometown labels pushed past gatekeepers, NOLA mastered a reliable alchemy: no sound so straight you couldn't swing it, no hurdle so high you couldn't dance over it.

Striking down 'Roe v. Wade' will hit people of color hardest, activists say

Communities of color have already been hard hit by abortion bans and will continue to bear the brunt if Roe is overturned. Reproductive justice activists say abortion access is a racial justice issue.

News brief: special master request granted, Uvalde students, Britain's Liz Truss

Judge grants Trump's special master request to review search materials. Uvalde students return to school for the first time since May's shooting. Britain's prime minister will be formally appointed.

Coronavirus Update / Nia Wilson Trial / Dancing Out Loud

First, an update on the coronavirus in the Bay Area. Then, jurors reach a verdict in the murder trial of 18-year-old Nia Wilson, but the Wilson family’s…

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho was always searching for new timbres of instrumental sound.

Kaija Saariaho, the composer who explored color and light, has died at age 70

Saariaho, who battled a male-dominated educational system in her native Finland, forged a strong and singular voice in contemporary music.

Gun control advocacy groups rally with Democratic members of Congress outside the U.S. Capitol on May 26, 2022. Organized by Moms Demand Action, Everytown for Gun Safety, and Students Demand Action, the rally brought together members of Congress and gun violence survivors to demand gun safety legislation following mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas.

Political realities have stopped legislative action after school shootings

The political climate has changed drastically since a 10-year assault weapons ban passed in 1994. The lack of political will and other barriers stand in the way of it even coming to a vote today.

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President Biden promises federal support to Maui wildfire survivors. Climate change forms a backdrop for extreme weather events. Leaders of five emerging economies meet to talk trade and cooperation.

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, right, huddles with Preston Padden, president of network distribution for Fox, during a hearing of the Federal Communications Commission in May 1995. A generation later, Padden says Murdoch is unfit to hold the licenses for local television stations due to Fox News.

A former Fox executive now argues Murdoch is unfit to own TV stations

Preston Padden helped Rupert Murdoch launch the Fox broadcast network in the 1990s. Now he argues Murdoch has proved unfit to hold the license for a Philadelphia station.

Coinbase said it would lay off about 20% of its employees.

Coinbase lays off around 20% of its workforce as crypto downturn continues

This latest round of job cuts, around 950, comes after the company laid off about 1,100 people back in June.

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UAW set to expand strike if automakers fail to meet deadline. The Italian island of Lampedusa is overwhelmed by migrants. Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian separatists end offensive in disputed enclave.

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