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Jennifer Aniston's production company plans to reboot '9 to 5'
The 1980 classic starred Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as three women seeking revenge against their sexist boss. It made more than $100 million at the box office.
Trump picks Waco, Texas, to kick off his 2024 presidential campaign
Waco is near the site of the 1993 Branch Dividian standoff. Trump's campaign dismissed the connection with extremists, saying the site was chosen because it's close to Texas population centers.
How the Facebook post, 'Kidney for Kim,' led to a donation from a stranger
by Esther Honig
Kim Pratt needed a kidney, and in 2108 she created a Facebook post looking for a potential donor. After seeing the post for the second time, CJ Johnston decided to donate a kidney to Kim.
Fed needed to raise rates because inflation is still too high, Bostic says
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, about the Fed's decision to raise interest rates again.
Besides the Manhattan DA's probe, Trump faces federal investigations
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a multitude of legal challenges. What's the status of those investigations?
'Morning Edition' welcomes Michel Martin to the host team
NPR's Michel Martin will start her new job on Monday. An NPR luminary, she was most recently Saturday and Sunday host of NPR's All Things Considered.
Whitney Houston's estate releases a new album 11 years after the singer's death
The new music could add to her lifetime total of more than 200 million record sales worldwide. The album, with six new songs, returns to her gospel roots. The collection is "I Go To The Rock."
For coffee lovers there is some good and some bad news
Researchers say coffee drinkers take about 1,000 more steps a day than non-coffee drinkers, but they sleep less than people who don't partake. The study concludes coffee's health effects are complex.
Classes are resuming in the Los Angeles Unified School District after a strike
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Yolanda Reed, a part-time special education assistant in Los Angeles, about the demands of school support staff that led to a three-day strike.
Florida expands its voucher program to every student, regardless of income
by Lynn Hatter
GOP lawmakers in Florida have voted to expand the state's school voucher program to every student, regardless of family income. Critics say lawmakers have wildly underestimated the program's costs.
California has been experiencing intense weather. Is this the new normal?
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks climate scientist Noah Diffenbaugh of Stanford University about the wild weather in California this year.
All eyes will be on Tosan Evbuomwan when Princeton plays in the Sweet 16
by Harrison Malkin
Princeton's been the surprise of the men's March Madness basketball tournament thanks, in large part, to senior forward and economics major Tosan Evbuomwan.
Protests against pension reforms intensify across France
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to reporter Lisa Bryant about millions of people participating in strikes disrupting air, train and road travel over the president's efforts to reform the pension system.