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Blue bubbles versus green bubbles. In texting it's the difference between iPhone owners and Android phone users. Green bubble people can be made to feel like unwelcome party crashers.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with The Athletic's Sabreena Merchant about what to expect in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA's Division 1 women's basketball tournament.
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32-year-old former cryptocurrency golden boy, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. Blomberg's Zeke Faux was in court today as Bankman-Fried was sentenced.
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Democrats are celebrating after flipping a Republican state House seat in northern Alabama. Marilyn Lands rode to victory on abortion rights and access to IVF.
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D.C.'s pro basketball and hockey teams will stay in their arena in downtown Washington, a reversal of earlier news that they'd move to a brand new arena across the Potomac in Alexandria, Virginia.
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This week Puerto Rico declared a health emergency due to an increase of Dengue Fever cases. Health officials are worried because the mosquito-borne illness is showing up unusually early.
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Biosolids (a byproduct of wastewater treatment) are often used as fertilizer. But toxic "forever chemicals", or PFAS, could be contaminating that fertilizer, along with millions of acres of farmland.
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It's Opening Day for major league baseball! We talk with baseball reporter Chelsea Janes to get her take on most exciting teams and players.
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This Friday marks a year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by Russian security forces. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with his sister about how he's doing.
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Thirty years ago, Rwanda experienced one of the worst genocides of the 20th century. NPR's Juana Summers reports from Rwanda about how the country has changed in the years since.