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Told one minute at a time, micro dramas are soap operas designed to fit in your hand

9:00am March 19, 2025

Apps like ReelShort, FlickReels and DramaBox offer short clips that add up to movie-length stories. Plus, they're filmed vertically, so you can follow the twisty plotlines without turning your phone.

5 ways the pandemic changed us for good, for bad and forever

8:15am March 19, 2025

This month marks five years since the pandemic began, and here are 5 things that changed permanently.

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Terminated USAID Employees Collect Personal Items From Offices

Musk, DOGE violated Constitution, judge says. And, when egg prices might drop

6:48am March 19, 2025

A federal judge ruled that Elon Musk and DOGE likely violated the Constitution when shuttering the USAID. And, a look at when egg prices are likely to drop.

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Switching from gas to electric? Here are 3 appliances that are easy to install

6:00am March 19, 2025

by Jeff Brady

Changing from gas to climate-friendly electric appliances often involves expensive retrofits. A growing list of companies offer stoves, heat pumps and water heaters that make it easier and cheaper.

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How astronauts adjust when back on Earth after being in space

6:00am March 19, 2025

Astronauts face several risks during spaceflight, including exposure to radiation.

After historic indictment, doctors will keep mailing abortion pills over state lines

5:00am March 19, 2025

Doctors who mail abortion medication pills across state lines have been on alert ever since Louisiana, which bans abortion, indicted a New York doctor for mailing the pills to a woman there.

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Ramstein Air Base Hosts Combat Plane Exercise

Trump's handling of Ukraine and tariffs has NATO rethinking the U.S.-made F-35 fighter

5:00am March 19, 2025

The F-35 was meant as a one-size-fits-all fighter that could be used across NATO. But strained U.S.-Europe relations are giving some member countries second thoughts about the U.S.-built plane.

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Family of U.S. student missing in the Dominican Republic believes she drowned

5:00am March 19, 2025

Sudiksha Konanki remains missing after she disappeared during a spring break trip with friends.

Stargazing, poetry and meditation: What connects NPR readers to their spirituality

5:00am March 19, 2025

NPR readers of different belief systems share the poignant rituals that make them feel close to their spirituality. For some, it's poetry and gardening, for others, it's meditation and community.

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Movie theater in Miami Beach faces eviction after showing documentary 'No Other Land'

4:34am March 19, 2025

by Greg Allen

A movie theater in Miami Beach faces eviction after it showed the documentary that won this year's Academy Award. "No Other Land" follows the displacement of a Palestinian community in the West Bank.

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