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U.K. Economy Shrinks, Taking A Step Toward Recession For First Time Since 2012
If the U.K. sees similar negative growth in the current quarter, the country will officially be deemed to be in a recession.
Scientists Find Out How Leaping Maggots Leap
The scientists captured the acrobatic jumps of a tiny maggot-like creature with high-speed cameras to figure out how it does this trick with no arms, legs, or wings.
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How Much Worse Can U.S.-China Trade Relations Get?
The Chinese government is trying to respond to President Trump's tariffs with measures of its own, but Beijing has its own pressures that might make a longterm strategy difficult to maintain.
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Respecting Listeners, Interviewees — And Staff
Abrupt newsroom layoffs upset listeners and NPR employees alike.
Dayton Victim Was An Intern Who Had Accepted A Full-Time Job Days Before Being Killed
Nick Cumer, an intern at Maple Tree Cancer Alliance, had just accepted a full-time job with the nonprofit. He and his colleagues went for a night out on the town to celebrate when violence struck.
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Alabama To Allow Sandhill Crane Hunting After More Than 100 Years
The season begins later this year. The state joins Tennessee and Kentucky as the third state east of the Mississippi River to permit sandhill crane hunting.
These Twins Were Reunited After Being Separated Under China's One Child Policy
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Los Angeles Times reporter Barbara Demick about how she helped reunite a girl who was stolen from her mother with her twin and family in China.
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Americans Largely Support Gun Restrictions To 'Do Something' About Gun Violence
President Trump says he supports "really intelligent background checks." It's unclear what exactly that means, but support for universal background checks is near universal among Americans.
'I'm The Shooter,' El Paso Suspect Allegedly Told Police
The suspect was in his car, stopped at an intersection when law enforcement officials pulled up behind him. That's when he got out with his hands in the air. He allegedly said he targeted Mexicans.
Humans Are Gone In 'Hollow Kingdom,' So It's Up To The Crows
Kira Jane Buxton's novel imagines a viral apocalypse from the perspective of the animals left behind. Specifically, a crow named S.T., who sets out to save the world with his canine companion.
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