After cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy in 2022, specialized distressed asset investors started buying up the company's debt. They stand to make big profits off the remains of FTX.
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While some colleges resort to arrests and suspensions to clear protests, Brown University has struck a deal with its students. NPR's Juana Summers talks with a student who was in the negotiating room.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with White House senior advisor Tom Perez about the impending end of the Affordable Connectivity Program, which subsidized internet costs for millions of households.
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Wally has many fans in Pennsylvania and across social media. His owner is enlisting their help, saying Wally was kidnapped, located by a trapper and released into a swamp while vacationing in Georgia. -
The North Carolina roadside history marker commemorates the Cowee Tunnel disaster near Dillsboro, an 1882 construction accident that killed 19 Black inmate workers. -
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been taking place on university campuses around the world since last October. Morning Edition focuses on three countries: the United Kingdom, France and Mexico.
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President Biden finally broke his silence on student protests over the Israel-Hamas war and conditions in Gaza, an issue that has caught him in a political bind.
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President Biden addresses pro-Palestinian protests. Monopoly trial between DOJ and Google is wrapping up. Protesters in the Caucasus nation of Georgia say Russia-style draft law will hurt free speech.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Robert Kelchen, professor of education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, about what's at stake when college students join in protests.
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Across the country lawmakers are getting tougher on youth crime but some states like Maryland are taking a dual approach. NPR's Michel Martin explores the Thrive Academy, a new juvenile rehab program.
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Peylia Marsema Balinton — better known as blues singer Sugar Pie DeSanto — talks to her longtime manager Jim Moore. At 86 years old, she is about to be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
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Where's the beef? What's the deal with marijuana? Why does this read like a '90s stand-up script? The answer to at least some of these questions can be found in the quiz. Were you paying attention? -
What a new bridge over Baltimore's Patapsco River will look like is still very much a matter of speculation. But one design stands out.
