AILSA CHANG, HOST: Facebook gave us fresh evidence today that other countries are still trying to interfere in U.S. politics. It announced that it had shut down several accounts and pages that it says were being used to stoke divisions among American

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 April 2006 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is launching an appeal for $13.4 million for operations aimed at preventing the spread of bird

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: We are once again days away from a potential government shutdown. Now on Capitol Hill, Republicans and Democrats say they think they can strike a deal to avoid that scenario. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MITCH MCCONNELL: I'm o

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: In cities across the U.S., calls to take down Confederate monuments are growing louder ever since the deadly events in Charlottesville. One of the most dramatic monuments to the Confederacy is called Stone Mountain. It's in Georgia

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Chris Solomon recently burst onto the golf scene, but not by scoring birdies on the links. He's a blogger. He loves the PGA, and golf-clap coverage was just not doing it for him. CHRIS SOLOMON: There definitely is certain just kind

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The School For Good And Evil isn't just a fantasy novel series for middle-grade readers. It's a low-key empire. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) CHANG: There's an interactive website, a YouTube channel... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) JOAN

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The comedy world is hurting today. A month after announcing he'd been diagnosed with cancer, the comedian Barry Crimmins has died. Crimmins was one of the reasons Boston's comedy scene burned so bright in the 1980s and '90s. ARI SH

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Congress is less than three days away from another government shutdown deadline, and they have just released a $1.3 trillion bill that's more than 2,000 pages. There's only one problem. Nobody seems to know how they'll rush the leg

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The mass shooting in February at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School transformed the lives of many people in the community. Survivors found they have a powerful voice in the gun control debate. And they have been speaking up. Soph

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Casey Affleck is a front-runner for a best actor Oscar for his performance in Manchester By The Sea. Allegations of sexual harassment by two female crew members have surfaced from his past, but these accusations have not derailed h

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: There's a grim chapter in American history that involves forced sterilization. And for much of the last century, California had one of the most active sterilization programs in the country. A state law from 1909 authorized the surg

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: On a Sunday night in Washington, D.C., a white-haired grandmother is warming up for her set at a local dive bar. ALICE DONAHUE: (Playing piano). You know what that is? Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (laughter). CHANG: This is A

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play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0006:20repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. AILSA CHANG, HOST: One of the most tragic moments in civ

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: All right now, back here in Washington - blockbuster charges today from the special counsel investigating Russia's election interference. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein made the announcement at a news conference. (SOUNDBITE

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: We're learning more today about ongoing cyberattacks against political targets in the United States. We've been talking a lot about how Russia has been involved in disinformation campaigns, but now they're not the only state actor

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The White House is publicly downplaying yesterday's extraordinary developments, where we saw guilty verdicts and guilty pleas for two former close associates of President Trump. But as our correspondent at the White House is hearin

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(SOUNDBITE OF VINCE GUARALDI TRIO'S SKATING) AILSA CHANG, HOST: OK, we have an important holiday public service announcement. For the next few days, we will be talking to writers about what books they will be giving to friends and family. They've com

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: This was another roller coaster day on Wall Street fueled in part by trade tensions between the U.S. and China. The catalyst today - news that a high-ranking Chinese executive was arrested in Canada at the request of U.S. authoriti

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By Tom Rivers London 04 November 2009 Video grab made 04 Nov 2009 of a casualty being taken to a base hospital after 5 British soldiers were shot dead in Helmand Province, Afghanistan While calling the deaths of five British soldiers gunned down in

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery today for early stage lung cancer. The odds for a full recovery from the disease at that stage have dramatically improved in recent years. That said, this is the 85-year-old lib

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