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What it would take to send people to Mars
Proponents of going to Mars see peril and opportunity in Elon Musk's close relationship with Trump. Experts say just getting Americans back to the moon in the near future will be challenging enough.
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Is Trump the president who will truly set a course for Mars?
Proponents of going to Mars see peril and opportunity in Elon Musk's close relationship with Trump. Experts say just getting Americans back to the moon in the near future will be challenging enough.
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Middle schoolers are lauded for protecting younger kids during church shooting
Harper Moyski, age 10, and Fletcher Merkel, age 8, were killed, and 18 children between the ages 6 and 15 were injured by a shooter. Middle schoolers acted heroically to protect others, a parent said.
Hurricane Helene is downgraded to a tropical storm but it will still cause problems
The eye of Helene crashed into Florida's Big Bend region as a major hurricane. It brought punishing winds, a worrying storm surge and concern for those far inland as the storm moves north.
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Academy Award-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89
Smith's seven-decade stage and screen career included many beloved roles, from "Harry Potter" Professor Minerva McGonagall, to Dowager Countess Violet Crawley in "Downton Abbey."
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How do you finish a visionary artist's final album?
The electronic music producer's family and collaborators spent three years completing the album SOPHIE with the pieces she left behind after her death.
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Poland's foreign minister on why his country voted out its ruling far-right party
Poland's foreign minister Radosław Sikorski talks to Morning Edition about the right-wing Law and Justice Party losing power, democracy, and support for Ukraine.
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Vance and Walz use their Midwestern roots in very different pitches to voters
When Ohio Senator JD Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz debate next week, you'll see two Midwesterners painting different pictures of what it means to be from America's heartland.
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'Planet Money' explores whether there's such a thing as an economic soft landing
Inflation is such a thorny problem, that policies aimed at bringing down inflation often bring down the whole economy. So there's a dream of a "soft landing." Does such a thing exist?
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How a TV channel in Afghanistan operates freely despite Taliban restrictions
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Saad Mohseni, CEO of a media company in Afghanistan. His new book is called "Radio Free Afghanistan: A Twenty-Year Odyssey for an Independent Voice in Kabul."
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