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NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA, a Latino and immigrant organization, about the construction workers who were on the bridge when it collapsed Tuesday.
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NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut about the legacy of Joe Lieberman, a former Connecticut senator and onetime Democratic VP nominee, who died at age 82.
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She visited a solar cell factory to highlight the domestic manufacturing incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act. Solar energy accounts for more than half the new power added to the grid last year.
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The Port of Baltimore is the busiest in America for shipments of cars. How will its closure after Tuesday's bridge collapse affect the automotive supply chain?
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Producers say poor crop yields in the face of climate change in West Africa — where 70% of the cocoa supply is grown — is to blame. Chocolate makers are raising prices; others are shrinking candies.
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The new pressing is to celebrate the album's 50th anniversary and the Swedish quartet's 1974 Eurovision win. It will even include the album's title track in four different languages.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Francesca Royster, author of Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions, about how Black artists have contributed to country music and the barriers they've faced.
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Every weekend in cities across the country, youth volleyball tournaments provide life lessons for players and pump millions of dollars into local economies.
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As many states across the U.S prepare for the total solar eclipse next month, astronomers are gearing up for another rare astronomical event. A nova explosion is expected in the coming months.
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There's a bipartisan effort to close a loophole that allows cross-border e-commerce companies like Temu to avoid paying import taxes.