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BBC Topline — 5:15 a.m. every weekday. Topline provides a 90-second snapshot of the world’s most important unfolding stories.
Marketplace Morning Report — 5:50 a.m. and 8:50 a.m. every weekday. Hear the latest on markets, money, jobs and innovation.
Don Noble Book Reviews — 7: 45 a.m. every Monday. Host Don Noble reviews books written by Alabama authors.
StoryCorps — 7:45 a.m. every Tuesday. Recordings and collections of everyday stories from everyday people. Excerpts are selected and produced by Alabama Public Radio.
Keepin' It Real — 7: 45 a.m. every Friday. Host Cam Marston brings us weekly commentaries (opinion pieces) on the world he observes as it goes on around him.
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Malinda Russell's A Domestic Cookbook was first published in 1866. It contains least a hundred recipes for sweets, plus recipes for shampoo and cologne – and remedies for toothaches. -
Since their founding in 1990, African American Read-Ins have become a Black History Month tradition at school and community gatherings nationwide.
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The money that the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, claims to be saving comes at a huge cost to the workers they're firing. NPR sat down with one federal employee fired on Presidents Day.
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President Trump escalates attacks on Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, NPR analysis shows DOGE savings claims don't add up, and Hamas releases the bodies of four Israeli hostages.
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Carnival season is in full swing in New Orleans. The cost of securing parades has become more expensive for organizers since the deadly New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street that killed 14 people.
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The Damascus neighborhood of the man who has been leading Syria's new caretaker government celebrates his new role and reflects on the last 14 years of civil war.
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For years, Elon Musk has been expanding his business empire in Texas. And that growing footprint is raising hopes and concerns among those who live in his path.
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An endangered crow, found only in Hawaii, is flying free again. The alala has survived only in captivity after almost going extinct. Now, a small group has been returned to the forest of Maui. But its survival is not guaranteed – showing how hard it is to re-introduce species at the brink of extinction.
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Take a frozen lake or river, add a car or motorcycle or snowmobile, and you get a thrilling moment for racing enthusiasts in central Minnesota.
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President Trump has claimed power over independent regulators in a new order. NPR asks Jane Manners, law professor at Temple University, why Congress shields some agencies from presidential control.
