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Why a scholar banished from Iran 15 years ago is hopeful about the current protests
Iranian American scholar Pardis Mahdavi was once arrested in Tehran for lecturing about Iran's sexual revolution. She wonders if the country's current wave of protests might result in regime change.
Read More 6 October 2022 | 11:25 pmHow glaciers melted 20,000 years ago may offer clues about climate change's effects
New research out of the British Antarctic Survey found thousands of underground channels left by ice age glacial melt. The findings could improve the accuracy of modern-day models of sea level rise.
Read More 6 October 2022 | 11:19 pmOne of Kenya's luckier farmers tells why so many farmers there are out of luck
Erratic weather is just one problem. Many farmers can no longer keep pace with the rising cost of fuel and fertilizer (which previously has been largely imported from Ukraine). What's the solution?
Read More 6 October 2022 | 11:03 pmSome leading robot makers are pledging not to weaponize them
The companies warned that "untrustworthy people" could use their robots to harm others or infringe on civil liberties, and they pledged to make sure their customers didn't weaponize the products.
Read More 6 October 2022 | 10:49 pmWhen flooding from Ian trapped one Florida town, an airboat navy came to the rescue
After Ian dumped record levels of rain across Florida, rivers flooded, leaving thousands stranded on newly created islands.
Read More 6 October 2022 | 10:27 pm'Scrubs' producer Eric Weinberg charged with multiple sexual assaults
The executive producer and writer for the hit TV show Scrubs and many others has been charged with sexually assaulting five women. Investigators say there may be other victims dating back to the '90s.
Read More 6 October 2022 | 5:39 pm
French writer Annie Ernaux wins the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature
Erneaux is known for her semi-autobiographical works. The permanent secretary noted her "clinical acuity" in examining personal memory.
Read More 6 October 2022 | 5:18 pmFox News CEO warned against 'crazies' after 2020 election, Dominion says
Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott warned colleagues not to "give the crazies an inch" after the 2020 elections. Dominion Voting Systems revealed her words in its $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox.
Read More 6 October 2022 | 3:30 pmMore than 30, mostly children, dead in a mass shooting at a Thai child care center
Dozens of people, primarily children, were killed Thursday when a gunman opened fire in a child care center in northeastern Thailand, authorities said.
Read More 6 October 2022 | 3:05 pmAfter a deadly mass shooting, the DOJ is launching an anti-hate initiative in Buffalo
The new initiative is a broader effort by the Justice Department that it plans to launch across all 94 United States attorneys' offices over the next year.
Read More 6 October 2022 | 3:00 pmMedical debt ruined her credit. 'It's like you're being punished for being sick'
New policies to keep medical bills from sinking credit ratings sound good but will likely fall short for many hit hardest by debt — especially Black Americans in the South, such as Penelope Wingard.
Read More 6 October 2022 | 3:00 pmBiden has $52 billion for semiconductors. Today, work begins to spend that windfall
President Biden is touting new semiconductor investments in New York today. Back at the White House, a new team is meeting with cabinet members to work out how to spend $52 billion from Congress.
Read More 6 October 2022 | 3:00 pmNPR poll shows Biden's approval rating is up but there are warning signs for Democrats
The president's approval rating is up to 44%, but 7-in-10 people say the country is going in the wrong direction, and young and Black voters are among the least likely to vote this fall.
Read More 6 October 2022 | 3:00 pmOne Florida community built to weather hurricanes endured Ian with barely a scratch
Hundreds of thousands of people in southwest Florida still don't have electricity or water. But Babcock Ranch, north of Fort Myers, was designed and built to withstand the most powerful storms.
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