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Win McNamee / Getty Images 8:22pm Sep 20, 2018National National Politics & GovernmentKavanaugh Accuser Open To Testifying About Sexual Assault Allegations
Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who alleges Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the 1980s, is open to appearing before a Senate panel next week.
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Whitten Sabbatini / Courtesy of the artist 6:42pm Oct 29, 2020Music & Culture Music & CultureFamily Reigns Supreme On Jeff Tweedy's New Album, 'Love Is The King'
The leader of Wilco isn't touring anytime soon, but he's kept creating with help from his sons, who appear with him on a new solo album and in a playful livestream series on Instagram. -
6:42pm Oct 29, 2020National National Politics & Government
What It's Like To Be A Conservative Gen Z Voter In California
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with two conservative members of Generation Z in California about how it feels to have conservative political views in an overwhelmingly blue state. -
5:34pm Oct 29, 2020National National Politics & Government
Black And Latino Voters Flooded With Disinformation In Final Days Before Election
In 2016, Black voters were the top target of foreign disinformation campaigns. In 2020, there are both foreign and domestic efforts to dissuade Black and Latino voters from casting ballots. -
5:34pm Oct 29, 2020National National Politics & Government
North Carolina And Virginia Voters Share Their Thoughts On Trump's 1st Term
At the end of President Trump's first term, NPR revisits people it talked with before his inauguration. He confirmed the worst fears of some and the greatest hopes of others. -
4:56pm Oct 29, 2020National National
How Louisiana's Jefferson Parish Is Doing After Hurricane Zeta
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Joe Valiente, emergency management director for Jefferson Parish in Louisiana, about damage caused by Hurricane Zeta to the area. -
3:53pm Oct 29, 2020
'Deutschland 89' Explores Life Of A Spy For Disintegrating East Germany In 1989
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Anna and Joerg Winger, creators of the television series Deutschland 89, about the show's premiere. -
3:53pm Oct 29, 2020
Research Shows Ogre-Faced Spider Uses Not Only Sight, But Hearing For Hunting
The ogre-faced spider hunts at night. In addition to its night vision, researchers have now found that the spider can hear the sounds of predators and prey, using hairs on its legs. -
3:53pm Oct 29, 2020World News World News
Lebanon A Year Later: Economic Collapse, Riots, Pandemic And Beirut Explosion
After a year away, an NPR reporter returns to Lebanon to find a country racked by inflation, degraded services and the pandemic and still picking up the pieces from August's explosion in Beirut. -
3:53pm Oct 29, 2020World News World News Religion
Tensions Rise In France As The Country Faces Another Act Of Violence
On Thursday, a man killed three people with a knife in a Catholic church in Nice. A second man, who was threatening passersby with a gun, was shot dead by police in the town of Avignon. -
3:53pm Oct 29, 2020National National
Michigan Gun Rights Advocates Push For The Right To Carry Weapons At Polling Places
Michigan open-carry advocates are challenging state officials' ban on bringing weapons into the polls next week, as some voters and poll workers fear intimidation. -
3:53pm Oct 29, 2020World News World News National Politics & Government
What Might Happen To U.S.-Brazil Relations Under A President Biden
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been called the Trump of the Tropics. His environmental and other policies are expected to face closer scrutiny if Joe Biden is elected the next president. -
3:53pm Oct 29, 2020National National Politics & Government
GOP Election Lawyer On Voting Legal Battles
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Ben Ginsberg, a top Republican election lawyer, about Supreme Court rulings that blocked an attempt to challenge ballot deadlines in two swing states.
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