Michel Martin
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National
Morning news brief
Federal government faces shutdown after stop-gap funding bill fails in the House, fighting rages in eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, Syria forming a new government after fall of Assad regime.
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Movies
WWII's only Women's Army Corps unit of color featured in 'The Six Triple Eight'
Michel Martin speaks with filmmaker Tyler Perry and actor Kerry Washington about their film based on World War II's only Women's Army Corps unit of color.
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National
Amazon workers strike ahead of the holiday shopping rush
Amazon drivers and warehouse workers at multiple locations across the U.S. have been joining picket lines, pressing the retail giant to recognize their unions during the holiday shopping rush.
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World
Morning news brief
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear TikTok arguments against app ban, NPR visits a Syrian refugee camp cut off from outside for nearly a decade, dozens of men found guilty in France rape trial.
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Politics
Sen. Warren urges Trump to hold Musk accountable for conflicts of interest
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants incoming presidential advisor Elon Musk to sign an ethics pledge. She speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about what she says are Musk's conflicts of interest.
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Europe
What we can learn from Ukraine's assassination of a senior Russian general in Moscow
NPR's Michel Martin talks to retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council, about the bomb attack on a Moscow street, outside a residential building.
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National
Why it is rare for a girl to commit a mass shooting, as happened this week
Data show that women and girls are rarely the assailants in mass shootings. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with forensic psychologist Jillian Peterson about the facts and reasons behind that data.
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Europe
Russian general in charge of chemical and biological warfare is killed in Moscow
The apparent assassination of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov came a day after Ukraine's security service charged him with using banned chemical weapons.
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Politics
Trump gives his first news conference since he won last month's election
President-elect Donald Trump gave a wide-ranging news conference on Monday. Here are the takeaways.
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National
Police in Wisconsin identify 15-year-old female student as school shooter
In Madison, Wisconsin, authorities are trying to understand why a teenage student opened fire at their Christian school, killing a teacher and a fellow student. A half-dozen others were injured.
