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'NY Times' reporter details the struggle within the military to modernize its forces

1:41pm September 13, 2023

by Terry Gross

The Army and Navy are testing new weapons that rely on cutting-edge technology and AI. Journalist Eric Lipton explains the benefits, risks and ethical questions surrounding these weapons.

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Jets fans think they are cursed. It's starting to feel like they're right

12:47pm September 13, 2023

Sorry Jets fans, the hits just keep on coming. The latest came on Monday night, when quarterback Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles tendon just four plays into his debut with the team.

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In this pool photo distributed by Sputnik agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un visit the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region on Wednesday.

World News

Kim Jong Un vows full support for Russia as Putin pledges space tech for North Korea

11:45am September 13, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

In a summit in Russia, President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un showed how geopolitical tensions have brought the two neighbors isolated by the West into closer alignment.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.

North Korea's Kim vows full support for Russia's 'sacred fight' after meeting Putin

11:42am September 13, 2023

by The Associated Press

The leaders met at Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome for a summit that underscores how their interests are aligning in the face of their countries' separate, intensifying confrontations with the U.S.

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks at the Capitol on Tuesday.

Politics & Government

Up First briefing: Biden impeachment inquiry; Libya flood; ineffective decongestants

8:02am September 13, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

Republicans begin a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Aid groups rush to Libya after catastrophic flooding. FDA advisers say a decongestant in common cold medicines doesn't work.

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Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have backed a broad rollout of new COVID-19 boosters.

The latest COVID boosters are in for the fall. Here's what that means for you

5:23am September 13, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Robert Wachter about the latest round of FDA-approved COVID-19 boosters and how people should think about the coronavirus and its risk.

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When the home that was featured — at least its outside — on The Brady Bunch went on the market, buyer Tina Trahan reportedly told her agent she was "obsessed" with the single-story, mid century ranch style house.

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After months on the market, 'The Brady Bunch' house sells for $3.2 million

5:00am September 13, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

HGTV, which bought the house in 2018, paid well over asking then poured nearly $2 million into a renovation to recreate the 1970s set. But it seems nostalgia was not enough to cover the asking price.

Drew Barrymore dropped as National Book Awards host

1:46am September 13, 2023

by The Associated Press

Drew Barrymore has been dropped as host of the upcoming National Book Awards ceremony, a day after her talk show taped its first episode since the Hollywood writers strike began.

Sudafed and other common nasal decongestants containing pseudoephedrine are on display behind the counter at Hospital Discount Pharmacy in Edmond, Okla., Jan. 11, 2005.

A popular nasal decongestant doesn't actually relieve congestion, FDA advisers say

11:41pm September 12, 2023

by The Associated Press

The FDA asked advisers to take another look at phenylephrine, which became the main drug in over-the-counter decongestants when medicines with an older ingredient were moved behind pharmacy counters.

New COVID-19 vaccines received the backing of a panel of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday. The shots will be available across the country later this week.

Health & Safety

CDC advisers back broad rollout of new COVID boosters

8:31pm September 12, 2023

A panel of doctors and scientists advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend that people 6 months of age and older get new COVID boosters this fall.

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