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Labor leader and political strategist Laphonza Butler will take over for Feinstein

5:23pm October 02, 2023

by Scott Shafer

California's governor appointed Laphonza Butler, president of EMILY's List, to fill a senate seat previously occupied by the late Dianne Feinstein. That decision could affect who wins that seat next.

Howard University receives a replacement for Hattie McDaniel's missing Oscar

5:23pm October 02, 2023

by Marc Rivers

Hattie McDaniel's Oscar went missing from Howard University decades ago. Howard celebrated McDaniel's legacy Sunday as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences replaced the missing plaque.

EU foreign ministers meet in Kyiv as bipartisan U.S. support for Ukraine wavers

5:09pm October 02, 2023

by Joanna Kakissis

As bipartisan support in the U.S. wanes, Ukraine hosts foreign ministers from the European Union, which continues to view Russia's war on Ukraine as an existential threat.

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Celebrate the romance of tarantulas' mating season at this Colorado festival

5:09pm October 02, 2023

by Shanna Lewis

Tarantulas are looking for love in southeastern Colorado. The city of La Junta capitalizes on the spiders' annual season of romance by hosting a tarantula festival.

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Trump's civil fraud trial begins in New York

5:09pm October 02, 2023

by Andrea Bernstein

Former President Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom on the first day of his $250 million fraud trial. AG Letitia James claims he and his executive team engaged in fraudulent business practices.

The controversial cases that lie ahead in the Supreme Court's new term

4:40pm October 02, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court is back on the bench for a new term full of cases involving controversial issues — like guns, abortion, social media and more.

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What to know about Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX before his crypto financial fraud trial

4:40pm October 02, 2023

by David Gura

NPR's David Gura speaks with Zeke Faux of Bloomberg News about the upcoming trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX.

Kerry Washington sat down with NPR's Juana Summers to discuss her memoir and her family.

After revealing her family secret, Kerry Washington reflects on what was gained

4:32pm October 02, 2023

In her new memoir, Kerry Washington explores how a shocking discovery about her identity changed her relationship with her parents and her own children.

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Bob Boilen — the Tiny Desk mastermind — retires from NPR after 35 years

4:19pm October 02, 2023

NPR's Bob Boilen, the former director of All Things Considered who later co-founded the Tiny Desk Concerts, is retiring after 35 years at the network.

Mark Milley, the retiring chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

'The military has no role' in politics, says retiring chair of the Joint Chiefs

4:19pm October 02, 2023

The nation's most senior military officer has retired. He talks to All Things Considered about Donald Trump, democracy, and whether the U.S. military has been politicized.

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