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Remembering Rev. Cecil Williams, champion of equality in San Francisco, dead at 94
by Scott Shafer
The legendary pastor of Glide Church died this week at the age of 94. He was known as a champion of racial equality, LGBTQ rights and San Francisco's most impoverished residents.
A rare salmon went extinct in a California creek. People are trying to bring it back
by Danielle Venton (KQED)
Decades ago, salmon in the Pescadero Creek along the California coast went extinct. Now conservationists, farmers and federal money for addressing human-caused climate change are helping them return.
Facing a reckoning, town where Bill Russell lived seeks to honor the basketball great
by Irina Matchavariani
When basketball great Bill Russell played for the Boston Celtics, he lived in the town of Reading — where he didn't always get the nicest of receptions. Decades later, town leaders look to honor him.
Here's the breakthrough tech to look for in 2024
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Amy Nordrum, executive director editor of the MIT Technology Review, about a few of the 10 breakthrough technologies for 2024.
Guantánamo Bay has been open for 22 years despite calls for its closure
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Scott Roehm of the Center for Victims of Torture about how Guantánamo Bay still is operating despite calls for its closure.
'The Future' asks if technology will save humanity or accelerate its end
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Naomi Alderman on her new novel, The Future, which asks whether the giants of technology more likely to save humankind or accelerate its end.
Protests at Ukraine-Poland border pitting truck drivers against each other
by Elissa Nadworny
A trucker protest is still blocking traffic at several other crossings between Ukraine and Poland, holding up thousands of Ukrainian trucks waiting to cross.
Sailors hope infrastructure investment will revitalize Great Lakes
by Julian Hayda
Sailors on the Great Lakes are hoping $17 billion of federal investment in maritime infrastructure can help revitalize their waterways.
2023 was the hottest year on record – by a large margin
by Rebecca Hersher
2023 was the hottest year on record by a significant margin, according to official European Union temperature data.
New FAFSA comes with a big mistake that could lower students' financial aid
by Cory Turner
The U.S. Department of Education is debating whether to make an enormous and potentially disruptive change to this year's FAFSA process to help borrowers and remedy a department mistake.
Defense Secretary Llloyd Austin is being treated for prostate cancer
by Tom Bowman
After Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was mysteriously hospitalized, doctors from Walter Reed National Military Center say he is being treated for prostate cancer.
White House Infrastructure Czar Mitch Landrieu joins Biden reelection campaign
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with White House infrastructure Czar Mitch Landrieu about joining President Biden's reelection campaign, and what role infrastructure law will play in the election.