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What connects Fredéric Chopin, Marcel Proust and Jim Morrison? A final resting placeThe Secret Life of a Cemetery is a paean to the renowned Parisian cemetery, Père Lachaise. There, 10,000 visitors a day seek the graves of some...
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Looking to find a date? A new program lets your friends make the pitch for youPitch-a-Friend allows singles to let their friends make 3-minute to 5-minute slide presentations to potential partners.
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The Pope's funeral is complete. What comes next?Over the next few days, leaders of the Catholic church from around the world will gather at the Vatican to mourn — and also, to prepare for the...
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'Wait Wait' for April 26, 2025: With Not My Job guest Brian Tyree HenryThis week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with guest host Karen Chee, special guest Brian Tyree Henry and panelists Negin Farsad, Luke Burbank, and...
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Built on a rich coffee history, Yemeni cafes find U.S. success and new challenges, tooYemen is an ancient birthplace of the coffee trade, and immigrants fleeing its civil war have brought their culture here in the form of cafes....
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A closer look behind the scenes of New Orleans' annual Jazz FestJazz fest starts this weekend in New Orleans and one of its headliners is rapper Lil' Wayne who made it to the main stage with the Roots.
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'The Shrouds' introduces a new stage of grief: Watching your loved one decomposeDavid Cronenberg's thriller centers on an unusual technology that allows people to watch their loved ones decompose in real time. The Shrouds...
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Dear Life Kit: I'm not sure about her sexuality. Should I try to kiss her anyway?An NPR listener writes: "We've briefly discussed sexuality, but I have no idea how fluid she may be, if at all. " Plus: A woman wants to marry her...
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Artists wanted for Trump's National Garden of American HeroesThe National Endowment for the Humanities says the project will "honor the statesmen, visionaries, and innovators who shaped the nation." It's a...
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Fyre Festival's embattled founder is selling the brand: 'It's time to pass the torch'Billy McFarland says he will sell the brand "to an operator that can fully realize its vision." The news comes days after the postponement of...
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This terrifying horror novel proves: Nothing is old if you make it newNat Cassidy's wildly entertaining novel is a superb example of how to work with clichés. When the Wolf Comes Home might sound like a werewolf...
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Head to the Florida-Alabama border to see who can hurl a dead fish the farthestThis weekend on the border of Florida and Alabama, people will compete in the annual mullet toss across state lines. This is the mullet fish, not...
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Sources say Hegseth shared military information in second Signal chatTwo sources tell NBC News Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared information about a strike in Yemen on a Signal group chat that included his wife...
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Protests over FBI arrest of Wisconsin judgePeople rallied in support of Judge Hannah Dugan, who was arrested on Friday after federal authorities alleged she helped an undocumented migrant...
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Pope Francis made Catholic Church more welcoming, says Winnipeg Archbishop'He really was focused on us being a listening people, that we start by listening to those around us,' says Archbishop Murray Chatlain.
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World Pride event organizers change venues after Trump’s Kennedy Center takeoverSeveral LGBTQ+ pride events to be held as part of Washington, D.C.’s World Pride celebrations in May and June have been relocated from the John F....
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Scientists are BAFFLED after spotting a lone black hole drifting through space - with no star orbiting itFor the first time, scientists have managed to spot a lonely black hole drifting through space thanks to its gravity distorting the light from a...
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Product shortages and empty store shelves loom with falling shipments from ChinaRetailers are warning that U.S. consumers could once again be faced with empty store shelves and the kind of supply chain snarls that marked the...
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The quest to build islands with ocean currents in the MaldivesIn satellite images, the 20-odd coral atolls of the Maldives look something like skeletal remains or chalk lines at a crime scene. But these...
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Hegseth using Signal to share Yemen strike details with family ‘flies in the face of reason’NBC News Senior National Security Correspondent Courtney Kube explains the details surrounding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s signal group chat,...
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Pope Francis’ cause of death, first images of his body releasedIn a statement, the Vatican has confirmed Pope Francis died from a stroke and irreversible heart failure. The Vatican also released the first...
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IMF cuts global growth forecast by 0.5% amid U.S. tariffs: ‘New era’The IMF said that the global economy will grow just 2.8 per cent this year, down from its forecast in January of 3.3 per cent, according to its...
