Courtney Dorning
Stories
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Movies
'Citizen Kane' Has A Rotten Day
For years, Orson Welles' Citizen Kane has been widely viewed as the greatest film ever made. But now an 80-year-old negative review has resurfaced, bringing its Rotten Tomatoes score down from 100%.
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Books
Jhumpa Lahiri On Her Unique Use Of Place In 'Whereabouts'
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Jhumpa Lahiri about her unusual use of place in her new novel, Whereabouts, which she first wrote in Italian and translated herself into English.
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Race & Identity
Location Of Harriet Tubman's Home Discovered
Archaeologists have finally uncovered the location of Harriet Tubman's house, where she spent her formative teenage years before she escaped enslavement. Their clue was a Lady Liberty coin dated 1808.
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U.S. Soccer President On How Prize Money Gap Is At The Center Of Equal Pay Lawsuit
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with U.S. Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone about the ongoing U.S. women's national team lawsuit over equal pay and her continued priorities for the federation.
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National
Officer Billy Evans Mourned at the Capitol
U.S. Capitol Police Officer William "Billy" Evans was mourned by President Biden and congressional leaders Tuesday in the Capitol Rotunda.
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Politics
Sen. Maria Cantwell on Infrastructure Meeting
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state about President Biden's meeting with a bipartisan group of members of Congress about his infrastructure proposal.
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World
Iranian Nuclear Site Hit With Blackout In Suspected Attack
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the suspected attack on an Iranian nuclear site over the weekend.
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National
LA Police Union Official: 'Every Dollar You Take Away' Has Consequences
Robert Harris, a director of Los Angles Police Protective League, fends off criticism that the union opposes change and slams LA Mayor Eric Garcetti's proposed cuts to the police department budget.
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National
Minneapolis Mayor Wants 'Full Structural Revamp,' Not Abolition Of Police Department
Jacob Frey acknowledges a need to shift a culture that has "failed black and brown people" for years. But he says calling for the dismantling of police without an alternative in place is "not a plan."
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National
Obituary Writer Aims To Show How Coronavirus Impacts 'All People In Our Society'
Maureen O'Donnell of the Chicago Sun-Times says obituary writers aren't able to cover the life of each person who has died of COVID-19. But they do their best to tell "a variety of stories."