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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Brooks of The New York Times, and Matthew Yglesias of Vox to discuss President Trump's surprise visit to Afghanistan for Thanksgiving.
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Gert-Jaap Hoekman of Nu.nl about why the company has stopped helping Facebook fact-check content. Nu.nl was Facebook's last remaining fact-checker in the Netherlands.
Jessie Diggins made history winning the first U.S. Olympic gold medal in cross country skiing in 2018. She and skiers at a season kickoff welcome the U.S.'s first World Cup race since 2001.
After the InSight lander had trouble drilling a sophisticated thermometer into the Martian surface, a Plan B also didn't work, and the instrument ended up backing itself out of the ground.
On Christmas Eve 2004, Urgent Envoy disappeared from his stable in the middle of the night. He had finished his only ever race in last place, but that didn't matter to the trainer who took him.
There's one month left of 2019 and another 40 or so would-be blockbusters and awards contenders that Hollywood will be unwrapping during the holiday season.
Most people think domestic violence involves an adult abusing an intimate partner or a child, but children can also threaten, bully and attack family members. Some abused parents are speaking out.
Following All Things Considered's annual Thanksgiving musical chain of gratitude, we asked listeners what's some of the music they're grateful for this year. Here's what they said.
A retired businessman hoping to save his shrinking hometown launched a "Promise" program to pay college tuition for its students, but his plan might simply shift people around among dwindling towns.
Rampart Records documented L.A.'s Eastside Sound during a fertile period of interracial collaboration from the 1960s through the early 1990s. Now, some of that music has been reissued.
Encore presentation of a 2018 conversation with comedian Mike Birbiglia, who was staunchly opposed to having a kid. Then he and his wife had one. He talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about what came next.