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What if a 'Blood Test' predicted you'd commit murder?

11:30am October 22, 2024

In Charles Baxter's new novel, a small-town insurance salesman buys a blood test that can predict romantic entanglements, promotions — and more. It's a screwball satire of all-American zaniness.

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Former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries is arrested in federal sex trafficking case

11:15am October 22, 2024

Several men who made bombshell allegations against Jeffries were male models who described a dynamic in which money and potentially legitimate jobs were used as leverage to exploit them.

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Two runners become 1st married couple to win Detroit Free Press Marathon

5:51pm October 21, 2024

by Patrick Jarenwattananon

Sydney Devore-Bowman and Andy Bowman met at a race two years ago. She encouraged him to try the Detroit half-marathon, and now they're married and have both won the full marathon.

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University of Chicago students can borrow a real Picasso or Miro for their dorm room

4:59pm October 21, 2024

College students often use posters to help spruce up their dorm or apartment. At the University of Chicago, they get in line early for the chance to borrow works by prominent artists for a year.

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Four-year-old Noah Howard reaches for the red paint on his palette while working on an outline of himself inside the cafeteria of Ashe County High School in Jefferson, N.C., on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. SANTIAGO OCHOA/WFDD

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Ashe County students engage in expressive arts after Helene

3:36pm October 21, 2024

by Amy Diaz

Ashe County public schools have been closed for weeks due to Helene. Students were invited to take part in an expressive arts program where they could spend time with other kids and learn creative coping skills.

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'Somebody Somewhere' is about finding your people: Here’s how Bridget Everett found hers

1:33pm October 21, 2024

Everett never felt like she fit in her hometown of Manhattan, Kan. After moving to New York City and developing a cabaret show, she returned to Kansas for her HBO show Somebody Somewhere.

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For once — a true crime story that isn't focused on the killer

7:00am October 21, 2024

Woman of the Hour was inspired by a real-life serial killer who appeared on The Dating Game in the 1970s. Anna Kendrick directed and stars in the new Netflix film.

Kamasi Washington: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am October 21, 2024

The Grammy-nominated saxophonist brought the house down with his reflective, danceable ballads.

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Some suggestions for television viewing for Halloween

4:44am October 21, 2024

by A Martínez

The vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows enters its sixth and final season this week. Meanwhile, Kathryn Hahn stars as a witch trying to regain her powers in Marvel's Agatha All Along.

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Actor Mark Duplass plays a game of Wild Card

6:11pm October 20, 2024

Actor and filmmaker Mark Duplass plays a game of Wild Card with NPR's Rachel Martin

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