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Sunday Puzzle: Can you guess these stars?
NewsNPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with this week's winner Darryl Nester from Bluffton, Ohio and puzzle master Will Shortz.
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Sunday Puzzle: A playful 'P' syllable challenge
NewsNPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Leslea Smith, of Hillsboro, Oregon, along with Weekend Edition puzzle master, Will Shortz.
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In just a few years, half of all states passed bans on trans health care for kids
NewsThe Supreme Court will hear a case on gender-affirming care in the next term after a flurry of legislation. Lower courts have come to conflicting conclusions when these bans were challenged.
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Louisiana mandate stirs debate about the 10 Commandments and their purpose
NewsA Louisiana law requires classrooms to post the 10 Commandments, but Jews and Christians don't necessarily agree on what they are. Even among Christians, views vary on what Commandments are for.
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Sunday Puzzle: Word pairs that start and end the same
NewsNPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WUNC listener Jean Haddock of Louisburg, North Carolina, and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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'Emergency Quarters' are for pay phones (remember those?) in a new book by ‘90s kids
NewsErnesto's mom gives him a quarter every morning. "For emergencies," she says. "If you need me, look for a pay phone." Hey, it was the '90s! But how will Ernesto spend his <em>Emergency Quarters</em>?
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Sunday Puzzle: Summer movie blockbusters
NewsNPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WGVU listener Hal Babcock of Cedar Springs, Mich., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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It's easy to believe young voters could back Trump at young conservative conference
NewsDemocrats have an advantage with young voters: they voted for President Biden by a 24-point margin in 2020. But, inside Turning Point's conference, it's clear young conservatives are all in on Trump.
As Boeing looks to buy a key 737 supplier, a whistleblower says the problems run deep
NewsBoeing says a deal to buy fuselage-maker Spirit AeroSystems will help it control quality and safety. But a whistleblower who worked at Spirit for over a decade warns its problems won’t be easy to fix.
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When you can hear every word, thank the sound mixers
NewsThey sit behind a console that looks like the bridge of a spaceship and use complicated technology to bring words from the actors mouth to the audience's ears.
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New 'Washington Post' chiefs can’t shake their past in London
NewsThe new CEO of <em>The Washington Post</em> and his hand-picked news chief come from a tradition of rough-and-tumble British journalism that plays loose with ethics, compared to U.S. media.
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