All Things Considered
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The religious context of the Minnesota shootings
The man charged with killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband is connected to a once-fringe religious movement that is now growing quickly, and which uses inflammatory anti-abortion rhetoric.
Baby talk is a universal phenomenon
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Courtney Hilton about his research that centers on how people talk to babies around the world.
These podcasters are here to remind you that yes, there are Black people in Spain
On a recent trip to Madrid, NPR's Michel Martin met with three entertainers who host a comedy podcast called "No hay negros en el Tíbet."
'Dr. Zhivago,' 'Fargo' and more movies to help you chill in the summer heat
by Bob Mondello
Scenes from "The Seven Year Itch" and "101 Dalmatians" can transport you away from the sweltering weather outside. There are great documentary and animated options too.
What's driving prices down in the metals market?
by Adrian Ma
The prices of base metals like copper rise and the prices fall for precious metals like gold when the economy is doing well. What happens when both copper and gold prices spiral down?
Could the Jan. 6 committee's findings lead to criminal charges for Trump?
Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about the evidence presented by the Jan. 6 committee and the difficulties in prosecuting a former president.
'Anything's Possible' is a Gen Z rom-com — with a Black trans girl at the center
NPR's Juana Summers talks with actress Eva Reign, who stars in Billy Poter's directorial debut, Anything's Possible, about what the film meant for her.
Only 31 new emoji were proposed this year
We've reached peak emoji. The Unicode Consortium proposed 31 new emoji this year, a quarter of the approved 112 emoji last year.
Ukraine and Russia agree to a new deal focused on grain shipments
by Joanna Kakissis
Ukraine and Russia agreed to a UN-brokered deal on grain shipments out of the Black Sea that Turkey will oversee. The food supplies are badly needed around the globe.
The White House has a new public engagement advisor. Here's her plan
Keisha Lance Bottoms is the new White House senior advisor for public engagement. The former Atlanta mayor begins her job at a time when President Biden's approval ratings are at an all-time low.
Multiple people are dead after one of the deadliest police raids in a Brazilian city
by John Otis
A police raid in a Rio favela has ended in multiple deaths, in one of the deadliest operations in years.
The first season ends for the House committee on the Jan. 6 attacks
The House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 attacks just ended its first season and concluded that President Donald Trump willfully refused to stop rioters from attacking the Capitol.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame will induct several new members
by Keith O'Brien
The National Baseball Hall of Fame will enshrine seven new members Sunday. They'll each receive this huge honor with a bronze plaque that will hang forever in Cooperstown, N.Y.