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Gather your loot, Dungeons & Dragons is on a quest to make it to the big stage
The tabletop role-playing game, which has its 50th anniversary this year, debuts as a theatrical show in New York this weekend. Audiences get to decide what happens in the story by voting on an app.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is found guilty of all charges including fraud
A jury in New York found the so-called crypt king guilty of securities fraud and six other criminal counts. Now, the founder of the crypto firm FTX could spend the rest of his life in prison.
Will Smith is the first player to win 3 straight World Series with 3 different teams
Smith, a relief pitcher, just won the World Series with the Texas Rangers — after winning last year with the Houston Astros, and the year before that with the Atlanta Braves.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is Friday night in New York City
Missy Elliott, Kate Bush, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Chaka Khan and the late George Michael are some of the people who will be inducted into the hall. The ceremony streams on Disney+
A love story in 2 parts: A couple who each lost a spouse find each other
Christine Berro and Andy Keeler interviewed each other in 2007 shortly after their wedding. It was a second marriage for both. Sixteen years later, and still married, they came back to StoryCorps.
Blinken returns to Israel, working on a plan to protect civilians in Gaza
President Biden sent Secretary of State Antony Blinken back to Israel as the death toll mounts in Gaza, and international calls for a ceasefire grow.
Hezbollah leader's speech is expected to weigh in on the Israel-Hamas war
With each day Israeli troops fight Hamas in Gaza, there's increasing concern that Lebanon's Hezbollah militants could enter the war. There's already been sporadic fighting on Israel's northern border.
'Planet Money': Why offshore wind is facing headwinds
The Gulf of Mexico this summer saw the first-ever opening of an auction of leases for offshore wind production. But the expectations for robust bidding haven't been realized.
In Israel, the tension of the war with Hamas is felt far from Gaza.
by Steve Inskeep
Israel's northern port city of Acre, or Akko, has long been home to Jews, Christians and Muslims who believe in living together — not just coexisting.
Burying power lines could help prevent California wildfires. Who should pay for it?
by Kevin Stark
PG&E, whose equipment started some of California's deadliest fires, proposes burying power lines in some areas. Local regulators have pushed back, citing costs. (Story aired on ATC on Nov. 1, 2023.)
In Oregon, public school teachers are on strike in Portland
This is the first teachers' strike in the history of Oregon's largest school district. NPR's Michel Martin talks to reporter Lisa Balick of KOIN-TV, about why teachers walked off the job.
2 of Donald Trump's sons are set to testify in a New York courtroom
The testimony of Don Jr. and Eric Trump are part of the civil fraud trial involving the Trump business. The former president, and his daughter Ivanka, are expected to testify next week.