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Election officials feared the worst. Here’s why baseless claims haven’t fueled chaos

Array — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 22:46:00 +0000

So far, false claims of voting malfeasance have not incited the chaos that many had feared would ensue, stoked by a mythos of election fraud that's become a core belief for many on the right.

‘Stay here, work here, succeed here’: Why this Senegalese woman is against migration

Array — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 22:02:00 +0000

Yaram Fall is staunchly against people leaving Africa to build their lives elsewhere. "The development of Africa comes from its own people," she says.

He has attempted the journey to Europe three times, and refuses to give up

Array — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:47:00 +0000

Mamadou Niang has decided he has no choice but to leave his native Senegal. Salinization has made it impossible to farm his family's land.

Three University of Virginia students are dead and two are injured after a shooting

Sandy Hausman — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:40:00 +0000

The University of Virginia is grieving after a man opened fire on a bus full of students returning from a field trip Sunday, killing three of the university's football players and injured two others.

‘It chips away at you’: Misty Copeland on the whiteness of ballet

Terry Gross — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 19:43:00 +0000

For years Copeland was told that her skin color, her body and her hair didn't conform to what ballerinas were supposed to look like. Her memoir is The Wind at My Back.

Sen. Cortez Masto, who gave Democrats the Senate, says people want solutions

Rachel Treisman — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 19:13:00 +0000

Democrats retained control of the U.S. Senate after Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won reelection in an exceptionally close race. She speaks with Morning Edition about what the race means for her party.

As Biden and Xi meet in Bali, rest of Asia watches closely, too

Array — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:19:00 +0000

President Biden talks to China's President Xi Jinping at the G20 meeting in Bali while the two countries' tensions are high. Disagreements includes status of Taiwan, trade and Russia's war in Ukraine.

From science fiction to reality, ‘no kill’ meat may be coming soon

Allison Aubrey — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:22:00 +0000

The meat of the future may be cultured directly from animal cells without slaughtering livestock. It's not yet sold in the U.S., but NPR got a tour of a leading start-up and a taste of their chicken.

The 1A Movie Club sees ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:16:03 +0000

The sequel to the groundbreaking 2018 film had a lot of work to do. How well did it do it?

Election denial and the future of the GOP

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:12:34 +0000

So far, election-denying candidates have performed slightly worse than expected.