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National

What the jury in the Sean Combs trial will be deliberating

6:00pm June 30, 2025

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The jury considering the charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation for prostitution against the music mogul Sean Combs began its deliberations.

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Sidi Touré's new album, Alafia, is his third international release.

Music & Culture

Honoring A Duty To Make Music In Silent Mali

by NPR Staff

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Signing On: New Host Takes Weekend Microphone

Jacki Lyden signs off after interim-hosting All Things Considered for several months to welcome Arun Rath as the new host, broadcasting both weekend days from NPR's studios in Culver City, Calif.

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Stickboy, Compressorhead's four-armed drummer rocks out in front of thousands of fans at the Big Day Out music festival.

Music & Culture

Musical Robots Take The Stage For Harmony, Not Domination

by Priska Neely

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A U.S. Marine carries a light flame-thrower while wearing experimental clothing designed to protect against atomic, biological and chemical warfare in 1960.

Breaking Down Chemical Weapons, One Fact At A Time

by NPR Staff

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The black, long-horned Camargue bull is just one of two breeds of fighting bulls in Europe. The bulls are shown here at the Roman arena in Arles, southern France.

World News

In France's Camargue, Bulls Are A Passion And A Way Of Life

by Eleanor Beardsley

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Books
Arts

'The Witness Wore Red': A Polygamist's Wife Finds A New Life

by NPR Staff

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National

New York Underground: Exploring City Caves And Catacombs

by Jacki Lyden

Urban explorer Steve Duncan goes underground, examining the hidden infrastructure of major cities all over the world: their tunnels, subways and sewers. Late in 2010, NPR's Jacki Lyden joined Duncan and a group of subterranean adventurers in New York. (This story originally aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 2, 2011.)

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