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The great American sculptor died on Tuesday at his home in New York on the North Fork of Long Island. He was 85.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with musician and composer Ameen Mokdad, about his album The Curve, which he composed while living under ISIS occupation in Mosul, Iraq.
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What do New Jazz Underground, Black Sabbath and Remi Wolf have in common? According to NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, they put out the best tracks of the week.
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The bridge was built mere yards from where Francis Scott Key watched the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814, inspiring him to write the song that would become the U.S. national anthem.
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Smartphones are addictive and contribute to low self-esteem and feelings of isolation among kids. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to social psychologist Jonathan Haidt about his book The Anxious Generation.
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People in the U.S. are switching religions and leaving religion altogether in large numbers. A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute shows a high level of "religious churning."
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A day after Homeland Security Investigations officials descended on Sean Combs' Miami and Los Angeles residences, his lawyers are calling it an "unprecedented ambush."
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Serra, known for his iconic large-scale pieces of outdoor artwork, died at the age of 85 on Tuesday at his home in Long Island, New York.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with writer Alexandra Tanner about her debut novel, Worry.
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At the same time basketball teams are vying to end up in the Final Four, so are LA taquerias, as part of the annual "Taco Madness" competition.
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The Japanese-American National Museum in Los Angeles has, for the first time ever, compiled the names of all 125,000 people of Japanese descent who were incarcerated during World War II.
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The Philadelphia rapper and singer is known for her playful side, but she widens her subject matter on World Wide Whack, with emotions ranging from ecstatic happiness to the deepest despair.