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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.
The Pentagon is taking steps to stop extremism within its ranks
NPR's A Martinez speaks to Pentagon press secretary John Kirby about the steps the military is taking to stop cases of extremism by members of the military.
Defense officials announce new rules to counter extremism within the U.S. military
The Pentagon has updated its policies on extremism in the military by service members. The long-awaited report was ordered in the weeks following the January attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Scientists discover the fossilized remains of an ancient millipede in England
The remains are the length of a small car dating from before the time of the dinosaurs. The animal is believed to have broken the record for the largest-known arthropod.
Boredom is one of the '100 Things We've Lost to the Internet'
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to author Pamela Paul, editor of The New York Times Book Review, about her book: 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet.
The Environmental Protection Agency announces new vehicle emission standards
by Nathan Rott
The Biden administration, reversing another Trump rollback, is tightening vehicle fuel mileage standards. It comes as much of Biden's other climate plans are at risk.
Israel takes action to control the spread of the omicron variant
by Daniel Estrin
Israel is banning its citizens from traveling to the U.S. and dozens of other countries, hoping to control the newest coronavirus variant, and allow Israel to avoid shutting down the economy.
Communities are dealing with an increase in homicides. What's behind the rise?
Two consecutive years of escalating gun violence and homicides leave big cities and small towns reeling as they search for ways to regain control of a problem with many causes.
Jury Deliberations begin in Ghislaine Maxwell's Trial
NPR's A Martinez talks to Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown about jury deliberations which are underway in the sex trafficking trial of Jeffrey Epstein's associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Family of Emad Shargi, American held in Iran, will spend the holidays without him
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Bahareh Shargi, wife of American businessman Emad Shargi, who's been held in an Iranian prison for more than three years.F
1 borrower's student debt is erased with loan forgiveness program overhaul
by Cory Turner
With the Biden administration loosening the rules of the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, one borrower, a special education teacher on the verge of retirement, got some good news.
What an interest hike would mean for credit card holders, mortgages, student loans
NPR's A Martinez asks Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist for The Washington Post, about what the Federal Reserve's plan to consider raising interest rates means for your wallet.