Ayesha Rascoe
Stories
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Education
Kids reflect on the start of a new school year
As students around the country return to classrooms, Emmet Friend of Chicago, Maria Guillan of Orlando, Fla., and Alice Trithart of Potsdam, N.Y., share their back-to-school feelings.
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National
The family of an American hostage still being held captive by Hamas speaks out
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Jonathan Dekel-Chen about his son, Sagui. He's an American, taken on Oct. 7, and still being held hostage in Gaza.
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Israeli security forces recovered bodies of 6 hostages, including an Israeli-American
The bodies of six hostages were returned to Israel. Security cabinet members and members of the public in Israel are responding.
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Health
Report finds many issues at the Boar's Head meat factory that led to a lysteria outbreak
We follow up on one of the big stories of recent days: the listeria outbreak. Inspection reports show myriad problems at the Boar's Head deli meat factory where the outbreak originated.
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Sunday Puzzle: Three of a kind
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with this week's winner, Franny Bavaro of Long Island, New York, and puzzle master Will Shortz.
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Politics
The election likely depends by a narrow slice of the electorate: undecided voters
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with UCLA political scientist Lynn Vavreck about the small but significant swath of the electorate both campaigns are trying to reach: voters who are truly undecided.
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Sports
College football is going through major changes, and fans and athletes have thoughts
College football looks a lot different than it did last season. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Holly Anderson co-host of the Shutdown Fullcast about all the changes.
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College students are back on campus and continuing their calls for divestment from war
As college students return to class, there are renewed calls, over the war in Gaza, for divestment. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Todd Ely, of the University of Colorado Denver, about divestment.
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Music
Luna Li on her new album 'When a Thought Grows Wings'
Flute solos, jazz harp, and "baroque pop" sounds abound on Luna Li's new album, "When a Thought Grows Wings." She says the project explores how ideas "take flight and become tangible."
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Arts & Life
A Massachusetts woman unexpectedly gave birth at an unlikely place in Cape Cod
A Massachusetts woman gave birth in traffic this month, then cut the umbilical cord in the most New England of places: a Dunkin' parking lot.