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Religion

The world waits as cardinals work to choose the next pope

6:45am May 08, 2025

by Ruth Sherlock

The world is watching the Vatican on Thursday as 133 cardinals work to choose which of them will be the next pope.

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Security Readies For Next Big Music Festival

by Jimmy Maas

The country's next big music festival is this weekend in Austin, Texas. Austin City Limits is a three-day outdoor event that has seen crowds topping 75,000. Security will be tighter this year.

News Brief: Trump In Las Vegas, Gun Control, Theresa May's Troubles

President Trump is traveling to Las Vegas Wednesday after Sunday's mass shooting. Also, Democrats are pushing for measures related to gun control, and Theresa May's conservative party is in disarray.

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National

Why Counting Injuries Is Difficult

by Rebecca Hersher

It's hard to get an exact number of the people shot during the massacre in Las Vegas, especially because of the enormous number of victims.

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National

Securing Public Spaces From The Next Attack

by Steve Inskeep

We talk with a security consultant about the dangers inherent in large public spaces and how security experts are hoping to find signs to help stop future attackers.

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Trump Travels To Las Vegas As Probe Continues Into Shooter's Motive

President Trump arrives in a city where investigators are hard at work reconstructing Sunday night's mass shooting. Trump says gun laws will be talked about "as time goes by."

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National

Why The Gun Debate Goes On And Nothing Changes

In the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, the inevitable gun control debate has resurfaced. Rachel Martin talks with NRA member Chris Buskirk of the conservative site American Greatness.

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All Of Las Vegas Feels A Deep Pain After Sunday's Shooting

by Leila Fadel

Some 2 million people call Las Vegas home. Some of them were at the country music concert Sunday night, others were not. But either way, the wounds from the attack on their city run deep.

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Puerto Rico's 'Singing Newspapers'

by Mandalit del Barco

Folks are beginning to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Maria, and for Puerto Rico's plena musicians, it means rebuilding a sense of culture and community.

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Theresa May Under Fire Within Her Own Party

by Frank Langfitt

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to her Conservative Party's annual conference on Wednesday, trying to retain her job despite a barely-disguised bid for the leadership by her foreign secretary.

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Sweet, Sweet Little Ramona

An NPR editor mistakenly posted on NPR's Facebook page about a baby and a cat. It went viral, after people said it was something happy to read about after recent bad news.

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Remembering Lisa Patterson, A Las Vegas Shooting Victim

by Brian Mann

Lisa Patterson was a mom, who worked with her husband in the family's hardwood flooring business in Los Angeles. The couple, married for 30 years, often visited Las Vegan to have fun.

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Science

Chemistry Nobel Prize Awarded For Advances In Cell Imaging

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to researchers Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for their work to develop cryo-electron microscopy.