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The joro spider has managed to make its way to the United States from Japan. Those spiders can grow to be about 3 inches long, including a large bulbous body with bright yellow stripes.

A once sprawling steel and iron mill will form the backdrop for some of the events during the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics. And parts of the complex have been converted to snow making facilities.

It took women working year round full-time jobs 74 extra days to earn what men did in 2021. And the data is worse for women of color, who are disproportionately employed in low-wage jobs.

Hidilyn Diaz set a record Monday, winning the Philippines' first gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The country had been trying to reach the podium's top spot for nearly 100 years.

Diana Kinard and Dawn Frazier started a climbing group with other Black women called Shades of Favor. In August they became the first Black American women to ascend the almost 20,000 foot peak.

An estimated 300,000 people were held in solitary confinement in the U.S. at the height of the pandemic. Advocates are pushing to limit the practice, citing lasting harm to prisoners' health.

Two high school students from Atlanta made history at the prestigious Harvard International Debate Competition. Jayla Jackson and Emani Stanton are the first duo of Black females to win.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: BTS, Sandra Oh and meditations on humor.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the trailer for The Northman, the novel The School for Good Mothers and more.

Thanksgiving is coming, and while a lot of turkeys end up on plates, there are some turkeys that fly free… even in the most unexpected places. In this special Thanksgiving episode from the Uncuffed archives, Spoon Jackson and Joe Kirk present the story of a turkey that landed itself in Solano State Prison.

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Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. founded two white supremacist militias in the 1980s and served time in prison but fell off the radar of law enforcement before his deadly antisemitic rampage in 2014.

The U.S. and Iran appear to be inching back into the nuclear deal that the Trump administration abandoned. There is hope that Iran will release some foreign nationals it has been holding.