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With Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, this week's Arizona Edition show is dedicated to the tribal nations in Yuma and La Paz counties: the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe, the Colorado River Indian Tribes and the Cocopah Indian Tribe.
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NPR's Joel Rose speaks with culture writer Louis Staples about his piece for Harper's Bazaar titled: Women Everywhere Are Talking About Cornell. Why Aren't Men?
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Isaias has become a tropical storm, moving towards the Tennessee Valley. Residents in the Florida Panhandle react to the destruction.
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The center's executive director has named an agent who has worked with ZZ Top and Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee as the head of programming for the arts institution. -
Hurricane Isaias is blamed for at least two deaths, after the storm made landfall on the Florida coast and ran through Alabama. There are numerous reports of downed trees, with hundreds of thousands of people without power. -
What would you do if you caught a baseball during the MLB playoffs? Give it to a kid nearby or keep it? This very scenario played out this week, with a fan deciding to keep the ball. -
Philadelphia recently held its first-ever Parallel Parking Association Championship. Hundreds of people came out to see drivers compete for speed, accuracy and even flair.
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Chip Thomas, a retired physician on the Navajo Reservation, is well known for his large photograhpic murals. Now, he's been recognized with a MacArthur "genius" grant.
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Scant data about serious adverse effects makes it harder to answer scientific and legal questions about how often the drugs might cause serious harm like blindness or pancreatitis. -
Carve a pumpkin? You can do better than that. Fun and unusual ways to celebrate the season, from writing a gratitude letter to making an ancestral altar. -
In a blockbuster show, The Metropolitan Museum of Art places the work of two major 20th century artists side by side: the married couple Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock. -
Democrats are hoping to win back Latino voters who have soured on both parties. They hope Latino content creators will bridge the gap. -
It has been one year since Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages and President Trump promised an end to the war, but Palestinians say the past 12 months have been a ceasefire in name only.
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