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A victory for opponents of female genital mutilation in The Gambia
When she was 2, Absa Samba underwent genital cutting – also known as female genital mutilation. “I do not have any memories of what happened to me that day, but I do remember it not being talked about,” she says. Now, Samba is 29 and she speaks openly...
Why the judge in Young Thug’s trial was just recused from the case
The judge presiding over the federal racketeering trial of rapper Young Thug and others has officially been taken off the case. Fulton County Chief Judge Ural Glanville was ordered to be recused from the high-profile case on Monday (July 15) after multiple defendants filed complaints against him for holding “improper meetings” with a witness for the prosecution.
This absorbing debut novel about writing takes its cue from 'Mrs. Dalloway'
“Trying to write.” That tell-tale phrase usually indicates that there’s more trying than writing going on. The main character of Rosalind Brown’s debut novel, Practice, is an Oxford undergrad named Annabel who is "trying to write" an essay on Shakespeare’s sonnets. The essay is due the following day and Brown’s novel spans the tense 24 hours before that looming deadline.
A North Korean diplomat in Cuba defects to South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday that a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest defection by members of the North's ruling elite that likely hurt leader Kim Jong Un's push to bolster his leadership. The National...
Street medicine being offered to homeless people
Healthcare in Action is an organization whose main focus is caring for the homeless people of California. It was created three years ago by Sachin Jain, who used to work as an Obama administration health official. Since its creation, it has cared for roughly 6,700 homeless patients with nearly 77,000 diagnoses, and placed about 300 people into housing.
Democratic Sen. Menendez found guilty in bribery trial
A federal jury in Manhattan found Sen. Robert Menendez guilty of accepting bribes to benefit businessmen in New Jersey, as well as the governments of Egypt and Qatar. The Justice Department accused Menendez, 70, of using his position as a three-term Democratic senator and head of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee to benefit private interests and foreign governments, in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold and cash.
Ingrid Andress, whose National Anthem went viral, says she was drunk
Ingrid Andress, the country star who went viral on Monday night after flubbing the National Anthem at MLB's Home Run Derby, said she was drunk during the performance and is seeking help. "I'm not going to b******* y'all, I was drunk last night," Andress posted on Instagram. "I'm checking myself...
We can thank this rendition of the National Anthem for bringing us together
Unless your name is Whitney Houston, “The Star Spangled Banner” isn’t a test singers can ace so much as a course they either pass or fail. It’s a famously tough song to sing (lots of high and low notes, a melody that doesn’t glide easily) in a grand, high-profile setting that incentivizes soaring bombast. When you get it right, your reward is a moment of rapturous applause that’s forgotten immediately once the main event kicks off.
Tracing USA Gymnastics' journey from rock bottom back to Olympic dominance
At the start of 2018, things were grim for USA Gymnastics. The organization that oversees one of the country's most popular Olympic sports was at an all-time low following a massive sexual abuse scandal. It faced shutdown by U.S. Olympic officials. Lawsuits were piling up. Major sponsors, such as AT&T and UnderArmour, had fled.
As discrimination complaints soar, parents of disabled students wait for help
Sam is a bespectacled 6-year-old with a winning smile and a penchant for dinosaurs, as evidenced by the roaring Tyrannosaurus rex on the back of his favorite shirt. “He loves anything big, and powerful, and scary,” says his mother, Tabitha. Sam grins mischievously as he puts his hands together in a circle — the American Sign Language word for “ball.” He’s telling Tabitha he wants to start his day in the colorful ball pit in a corner of his playroom in their home in central Georgia.
The best games of 2024 so far, picked by the NPR staff
2024 has had plenty of upsets. Games from small teams — like Palworld, Balatro, and Animal Well — rocketed up the sales charts, outstripping titles with much larger budgets. Meanwhile, the pace of big releases from major companies like Sony and Nintendo has slowed, as mass layoffs have continued to rattle the increasingly consolidated industry.
Progressives try to send a message of resistance through the RNC security barrier
MILWAUKEE — While Republican delegates gathered on the floor of the Fiserv Forum on Monday for the first day of the RNC, progressive activists were assembling outside. With handmade signs decrying the “racist and reactionary Republican agenda,” demonstrators took to the streets to try and shout their message across the U.S. Secret Service blockades and fences surrounding the official RNC venues.
Federal dollars speed up work on safe streets, but money isn’t the only roadblock
LANCASTER, Pa. — The streets of this Colonial-era city are old and narrow, with blocks of 19th century brick rowhouses sitting just feet from the sidewalk. That hasn’t stopped Mayor Danene Sorace from making some 21st century changes — adding protected bike lanes and converting one-way streets to two lanes — in the name of safety.
Will the Seine be clean enough to swim in by the Olympics? Not even the experts know
PARIS — With the Paris Olympics less than two weeks away, a question hangs over the Games: Will the Seine River be clean enough for athletes to swim in?. Triathlon and marathon swimming are scheduled to take place in the Seine, where it has been illegal to swim for more than a century. Despite the city's efforts to clean up the long-polluted river, the water has tested unsafe for humans in recent weeks, and cleaner on other days. The Games run from July 26-Aug. 11.
California bans school rules requiring parents notification of child's pronoun change
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California became the first U.S. state to bar school districts from requiring staff to notify parents of their child's gender identification change under a law signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law bans school rules requiring teachers and other staff to disclose a student's gender...
Biden bristles at continued questions about his age and abilities in NBC interview
As the first night of the Republican National Convention unfolded, President Biden sat for a new televised interview where he pushed back when asked about whether he needed to do more to convince his party that he’s got what it takes to run for a second term. Since the...
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