Sheila Jordan. Michael Stewart hide caption toggle caption Michael Stewart Sheila Jordan. Michael Stewart Sheila Jordan, one of the great underappreciated voices in jazz, has died at the age of 96. Her longtime bassist Harvie S told NPR that Jordan died Monday at her apartment in New York City. Despite a career that unfolded in fits and starts due to …
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Ford CEO Jim Farley speaks at the Louisville Assembly Plant, in Louisville, Ky., on Aug. 11. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption toggle caption Darron Cummings/AP Ford is making a multibillion-dollar bet on electric vehicles. At the Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky on Monday morning, Ford executives announced that they plan to retool the factory so they can roll out a midsize …
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President Trump takes questions from reporters at the White House on Aug. 8. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images President Trump said on Monday that he plans to use a Friday summit in Alaska to gauge whether Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to end his war on Ukraine — and said he’d been disappointed in …
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Daniel Dae Kim plays a spy who faked his own death in the new thriller series Butterfly on Amazon Prime Video. He’s pictured above in Park City, Utah, in 2020. Mat Hayward/Getty Images for The Latinx House hide caption toggle caption Mat Hayward/Getty Images for The Latinx House Actor Daniel Dae Kim first broke into Hollywood as one of the …
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FBI agents and other federal law enforcement agents walk around the neighborhood near the Nationals Stadium in Washington, D.C. on Sunday. Tyrone Turner/WAMU/for NPR hide caption toggle caption Tyrone Turner/WAMU/for NPR WASHINGTON — Scores of federal agents fanned out across Washington D.C. on Sunday night, after President Donald Trump promised a swift crackdown on crime and homelessness in the nation’s …
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Firefighting operations on Colorado’s Highway 13, responding to the Lee Fire. John Hecker/InciWeb hide caption toggle caption John Hecker/InciWeb In western Colorado, firefighters are up against more windy and hot weather as they try to protect homes and oil and gas resources from a pair of lightning-caused wildfires that have rapidly grown in the last few days, consuming more than …
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District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser listens as President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce that the 2027 NFL Draft will be held on the National Mall, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 5, 2025, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C. broke her silence …
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MARTIN BERTRAND/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images MARTIN BERTRAND/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images After President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, economists and statisticians across the board were horrified. Because the firing raises the spectre of potential manipulation – and it raises the worry that, in the future, the numbers won’t be as trustworthy. So: we looked …
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Pedro Pascal attends The Fantastic Four: First Steps Penn Plaza Celebratory Event at Penn Plaza Pavilion on July 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Disney) Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Noam Galai/Getty Images This week’s show was recorded in Chicago with guest host Tom Papa, judge and scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, Not My …
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From left, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 members Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi pose for a group portrait inside the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module on July 19, 2025. NASA hide caption toggle caption NASA A crew of four wrapped up a nearly five-month stay on …
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