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The Electors Almost Always Aligns With The Popular Vote. But Sometimes They Don't

8:46am December 18, 2016

On Monday, the electoral college will vote for the next president of the United States. The 538 electors have enormous power and are supposed to vote as the people of their state voted. On rare occasions, some electors don't.

Sunday Sports: Mike Pesca's Theory On NFL 2016

8:46am December 18, 2016

Slate's Mike Pesca has a word for the National Football league this year: mediocrity. Mike make his case and also previews today's big games.

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Employing Third Party Fact-Checking, Facebook Unveils New Plan To Curb Fake News Stories

8:29am December 18, 2016

Facebook says it will work with third party fact checkers to weed out fake news on its site. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Alexios Mantzarlis of the Poynter Institute, a partner in this effort.

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In Defense Of 'Identity Politics'

8:29am December 18, 2016

Some say Hillary Clinton's overemphasis on voters' ethnic or gender identities cost her the election. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Christine Emba of the Washington Post, who defends "identity politics."

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Notorious Elderly Jewel Thief Doris Payne Caught In Georgia

8:29am December 18, 2016

An 86-year-old international jewel thief was nabbed after trying to shoplift a bracelet at a mall north of Atlanta.

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Drag Kings And Queens Find Their Tribe In Annual 'Homo For The Holidays'

8:29am December 18, 2016

by Matt Baume

Everyone celebrates the holidays differently. For some, the holidays mean stuffing men into sparkling dresses, using a giant candy cane as a stripper poll, and making the yuletide as gay as possible.

NPR Staff: We Pry Into The 'Why' Behind Our Own Anxiety Dreams

8:29am December 18, 2016

We asked our coworkers to tell us their deepest, darkest, most stressful dreams. And boy did they deliver. Then we asked Robert Stickgold, a neuroscientist who studies dreams, what it all means.

A 1935 recommendation to sterilize a 23-year-old male patient at Pacific Colony, based a supposed IQ of 75. His foster mother refused the sterilization. The outcome of this case is unknown, but in some instances medical superintendents disregarded such ap

On A 'Eugenics Registry,' A Record Of California's Thousands Of Sterilizations

8:29am December 18, 2016

by NPR Staff

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with University of Michigan professor Alex Stern, who has completed a database of the thousands of people recommended for sterilization when California had eugenics laws.

Fermin Domingo, 61, worked at HC&S for 40 years. He drove in the last truck hauler of sugar cane on the plantation's final day.

The Final Days Of Hawaiian Sugar

9:29pm December 17, 2016

by Molly Solomon

The sugar industry in Hawaii dominated the state's economy for over a century. But it has shrunk in recent years. Now, the last of the state's sugar mills has wrapped up its final harvest.

Dr. Henry Heimlich has died in Ohio at age 96. He's seen here in 2014, holding a copy of his memoir at his home in Cincinnati.

Dr. Heimlich, The Man Behind The Life-Saving Maneuver, Dies

7:20pm December 17, 2016

by Bill Chappell

He's credited with saving thousands from choking, thanks to the method he popularized in 1974. Now comes word that Dr. Henry Heimlich has died at age 96.