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'Flyest Fables,' Podcast Series With New Fables For The 21st Century

6:07am February 07, 2020

Morgan Givens shares with NPR's Noel King that his nephew was the inspiration behind Flyest Fables — a podcast series telling fictional stories for children — but not limited to only them.

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Prominent Malian Musician Alleges That TSA Destroyed His Instrument

5:04pm February 06, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

One of West Africa's best-known musicians, Ballaké Sissoko, says that his kora was dismantled by TSA agents while he was traveling from New York to Paris. The agency denies it was involved.

Lunatic, Fringe: Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) finds a whole new, non-suicidal squad in Birds of Prey.

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'Birds Of Prey' Is A Fun, Fast, Feathery Mess

5:01pm February 06, 2020

by Glen Weldon

Like its main character Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Birds of Prey is frenetic and wildly uneven — but the bone-crunching fight scenes zip by so fast it never wears out its welcome.

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Edie Falco Shines As LA's Top Cop In The CBS Drama 'Tommy'

1:36pm February 06, 2020

by David Bianculli

In addition to solving a case each week, Tommy features ongoing story lines involving the police chief's interactions with colleagues and family members. The scripts aren't fantastic — but Falco is.

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Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courtroom for his rape trial on Monday. This week, prosecutors wrapped up their case against the former Hollywood producer.

Here's What We've Learned So Far At Harvey Weinstein's Trial

1:12pm February 06, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Prosecutors have said their piece; now it's time for Weinstein's legal team to take the stage. But before his rape trial moves on, here's a glimpse of the four biggest courtroom moments so far.

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The Stories In 'Verge' Are Beautiful, But Don't Quite Satisfy

12:00pm February 06, 2020

by Kamil Ahsan

Lidia Yuknavitch's new story collection is weighed down by strangely predictable structures and obvious metaphors — but in places it's rivetingly insightful, and one story towers above the rest.

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'The Mercies' Is A Spark Of Light On A Bleak Shore

10:00am February 06, 2020

by Caitlyn Paxson

Kiran Millwood Hargrave's new novel takes place in a 17th century Norwegian fishing village devastated by a storm that swallows husbands, brothers and fathers, leaving the women to survive alone.

Douglas and Lana Turner dance in a scene from Vincente Minnelli's 1952 film, The Bad and the Beautiful.

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Kirk Douglas, Hollywood Tough Guy And 'Spartacus' Superstar, Dies At 103

8:12am February 06, 2020

by Bob Mondello

Douglas was often cast as a troubled tough guy in films, most famously as a rebellious Roman slave named Spartacus. Off-screen, he was devoted to family and to humanitarian causes.

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The civet (above), a mammal in the mongoose family, was a carrier of another coronavirus — SARS. But it turned out in that instance that bats were the original source of the virus.

New Coronavirus 'Won't Be The Last' Outbreak To Move From Animal To Human

9:05pm February 05, 2020

by Dave Davies

Science writer David Quammen says the new coronavirus is the latest example of the way pathogens are migrating from animals to humans with increasing frequency — and sometimes deadly consequences.

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In her new memoir, Smacked: A Story of White Collar Ambition, Addiction and Tragedy, writer Eilene Zimmerman traces the trajectory of her ex-husband's addiction to cocaine and opioids — and all the signs she missed.

A Widow, Not A Wife: 'Smacked' Explores An Ex-Husband's Secret Addiction

12:35pm February 05, 2020

by Terry Gross

Eilene Zimmerman didn't learn of her ex-husband's addiction to cocaine and opioids until after his death. "This had happened in front of us, and we hadn't recognized it," she says.

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