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'Being dismissed for being different': Adam Duritz on new music with Counting Crows

5:00am May 15, 2025

by Leila Fadel

In 1993, Adam Duritz and his band Counting Crows took roots-rock to new heights with their debut August and Everything After. More than 30 years later, they offer a new album, cut from the same cloth.

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World News

Mexican Cooking Show, 'From My Ranch To Your Kitchen,' Is YouTube Hit

by Carrie Kahn

A grandma, in a rustic outdoor ranch kitchen, is tearing up the Internet in Mexico with her simple, home style cooking. Since starting in August, she's got 1.5 million subscribers.

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National

Missouri Jury Award Sparks Questions About Police Culture

by Jason Rosenbaum

The St. Louis County Police Department's leadership is in turmoil after a jury awarded an officer nearly $20 million who said he was told to "tone down his gayness."

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Minnesota Has A Lot To Offer But No Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Jayson Gonzalez would drive 270 miles to a Krispy Kreme store in Iowa. He loaded up his cars with doughnuts, and delivered them to Twin Cities customers. Krispy Kreme told him to end his operation.

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National

Oklahoma Prisons Releasing Hundreds Of Non-Violent Offenders

by Quinton Chandler

The state of Oklahoma plans to release hundreds of prisoners Monday after their sentences were reduced by the state's Pardon and Parole Board.

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World News

Commemorating 4 Decades Since The Iran Hostage Crisis

Forty years ago, protesters stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran — resulting in a 444-day hostage crisis. NPR's David Greene talks to Ambassador John Limbert, who was one of the Americans held captive.

World News

Armored Vehicles Will Support U.S. Forces Guarding Syrian Oil Fields

by Scott Bowman

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said U.S. troops would protect Syrian oil fields from ISIS, and later acknowledged the troops would also prevent Russian and Syrian troops from getting the oil.

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Famed Puerto Rican Astrologer Walter Mercado Dies At 87

Walter Mercado, the popular astrologer who endeared himself to millions of Hispanic television viewers for more than three decades, died Saturday in Puerto Rico.

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Thieves Respond To Multiple Appeals And Return 1-Ton Boulder

Local news reports in Arizona said the thieves made off with Wizard Rock. Forest Service officials said they think the thieves must have used "heavy equipment" to pull off the heist.

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Hazardous Air Quality Causes Public Health Emergency In New Delhi

Noel King talks to Niha Masih of The Washington Post about the "unbearable levels" of air pollution in northern India, and the negative effects on people's health and the economy.

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Health & Safety

Premature Birth Medication Makena Doesn't Work, Research Shows

by Patti Neighmond

An FDA advisory panel recommends that a pregnancy drug — used to prevent premature births — be taken off the market. Researchers say there isn't enough evidence to suggest it works.

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News Brief: Impeachment Probe, Whistleblower, New Delhi Pollution

Impeachment panels want to hear from the National Security Council's top lawyer. Whistleblower offers to field written questions about Ukraine call. Hazardous pollution levels recorded in New Delhi.

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Environment

Finding The Right Chunk Of Arctic Ice

by Ravenna Koenig

A ship full of researchers is crossing the Arctic attached to an ice floe. But finding the right chunk of sea ice was a challenge, in part because warmer temperatures are making it thinner.

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