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'The Beatles Come to America'

Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' arrival in the United States. NPR's Bob Edwards speaks with Martin Goldsmith about his new book, The Beatles Come to America.

Come Dance With Me

One song, danced two totally different ways. First, two dancers who sculpt the giddiness, the beats, onto their rhyming bodies. Then a second version, this time, a crazy story. Vive la difference!

The Ayalet HaShahar synagogue in the West Bank settlement of Giv'at Ze'ev was built in the late 1990s. After years of legal battles, Israel's highest court ruled the synagogue, built on privately owned Palestinian land, had to be taken down. A new, temporary synagogue went up overnight, just a block away.

In The West Bank, A Synagogue Comes Down

In a case that lasted years, Israel's highest court ordered removal of a synagogue built on Palestinian land. But the case was complicated by the government's $1.3 million payout to Jewish settlers.

Angels in America @ Berkeley Rep ~ The World Only Spins Forward ~ Michael Feinstein

This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area performing arts, host David Latulippe talks with actors Stephen Spinella and Randy Harrison…

At Long Last, Signs That College Tuition Might Come Down

The costs of higher education are softening in some places, but experts aren't too excited yet.

Indian traders and vendors negotiate prices at a wholesale vegetable market in Hyderabad. The Indian economy grew at 7.1 percent for the 2016-2017 financial year.

With Greater Economic Strength, India Believes Its 'Time Has Come'

"I don't think India wants to be a formal U.S. ally," says Alyssa Ayres, author of Our Time Has Come: How India Is Making Its Place in the World. "It sees alliance relationships as too constraining."

Rare Film Is Glimpse Of A Distant America

Like a time slingshot, the 1920 silent movie The Daughter of Dawn transports us back to another era — and another.

Elation is an Angus bull that recently sold for $800,000. His co-owner, Brian Bell, sells Elation's semen for $50 a sample, about double the going rate.

How Prized Bull Semen And DNA Testing Are Reshaping America's Beef Herd

Cattle ranchers know that making the best steak starts with the genetic makeup of the herd. Now those genetics have taken a historic leap thanks to new, predictive DNA technology.

In this Dec. 12, 2012, file photo released by Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. In 2018, North Korea's government said it would destroy the facility.

Opinion: What I Learned Leading America's 1st Nuclear Inspection In North Korea

Joel Wit, a former State Department official who played a key role in negotiating and implementing the 1994 denuclearization deal with North Korea, writes about important lessons.

Steve Bannon speaks before introducing Republican senatorial candidate Roy Moore in December in Fairhope, Ala. Bannon now finds himself on the outs with the conservative website he once led and the White House administration where he had been a key player.

The Russia Investigations: Bannon Comes In From The Cold, Trump Wavers On Mueller

Exiled from Trump world, Steve Bannon is headed to the House Intelligence Committee. The president might talk to Mueller — or not. And Sen. Feinstein released a big transcript over GOP objections.

Do you have some bad habits? Good news - you can make new ones. Here's how

Research shows it helps to start small if you want new habits to stick. NPR's Life Kit has more.

4 top U.S. speedskaters to watch at the Olympics

U.S. speedskaters set to compete in Milan are drawing comparisons to past greats like Eric Heiden, Bonnie Blair, and Apolo Ohno. Here are four to watch in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

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