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Here's what happens if Hollywood writers go on strike

4:26pm May 01, 2023

by Eric Deggans

The contract between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers end tonight. If the two cannot come to an agreement, Hollywood writers say they'll strike.

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Supreme Court needs a code of conduct, says judicial ethics expert

4:26pm May 01, 2023

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Indiana University law professor Charles Geyh about Senate efforts to pass a binding code of conduct for the Supreme Court.

AI could help reduce military suicides, nonprofit hopes

4:26pm May 01, 2023

by Jay Price

A new project by a North Carolina non-profit group is using artificial intelligence to better understand – and maybe reduce – military suicide.

Saving endangered bunnies from floods in California

4:26pm May 01, 2023

by Lauren Sommer

A wet winter in California has helped many plants and animals, but some species are struggling. An effort is underway to relocate endangered rabbits to higher ground.

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Navigating the housing market when it's unclear when it will improve

4:26pm May 01, 2023

by Juma Sei

Mortgage rates have fluctuated a lot in the last year and interest rates are still climbing. No one knows for sure when the housing market will improve, and not everyone is waiting until it does.

Deepa Varadarajan on the humor and humanity of rediscovery in 'Late Bloomers'

4:26pm May 01, 2023

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with author Deepa Varadarajan about her debut novel Late Bloomers.

A federal court in Little Rock says Candance Chapman Scott illegally sold and shipped human body parts taken from medical cadavers from the University of Arkansas Medical School.

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Arkansas woman pleads not guilty to selling over 20 boxes of stolen human body parts

11:37am May 01, 2023

by Emily Olson

She was hired to cremate medical cadavers. But first, she harvested organs, skin and genitalia and sold them to a man she met through a Facebook group called Oddities, according to court documents.

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Prom season is here and high school students need to pick their ride

6:36am May 01, 2023

Limo? Party bus? Mom's SUV? Sherman Bynum, a junior in Portland, Ore., made his grand entrance in a tank. Bynum has a lot to live up to for senior prom. Maybe a helicopter next year?

Keerthi Sanivarapu (from left), Ridhay Vemuri and Pavan Vemuri celebrate Diwali (the Hindu festival of lights) by lighting fireworks at their home in Novi, Mich., on Oct. 24, 2022. They also adorn their home with lights, a tradition often confused with Christmas lights in the United States.

How the Telugu immigrant community is instilling their culture in the next generation

6:06am May 01, 2023

by Akash Pamarthy

Telugu Americans are a huge part of the Indian population living abroad. Visual storyteller Akash Pamarthy shares his experience as part of the Telugu community in the United States.

Law enforcement officers search for Francisco Oropesa, who is suspected of shooting and killing five people in a Cleveland, Texas, home early Saturday.

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Authorities are offering $80K for information about the suspected Texas shooter

5:51pm April 30, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Police say 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa shot five people to death in a home in Cleveland, Texas, early Saturday and then fled the area. Investigators are still searching for the suspect.