Michel Martin
Stories
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Education
After a pause for the pandemic, Dartmouth will again require SAT and ACT scores
Dartmouth College is going back to requiring the SAT after it found students from less advantaged backgrounds were not submitting test scores that were high enough to help them get in.
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National
A powerful storm has several California communities on alert
Heavy rainfall and flooding is expected, and evacuation orders and warnings have been issued in some counties on the state's Southern and Central coast.
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The U.S has repeatedly fired missiles into Yemen. What does it hope to accomplish?
The U.S. is responding to Houthi rebels who've attacked ships in the Red Sea. The exchange is seen as a widening of the Mideast conflict because Houthis say they're responding to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Politics
Why watermelons are a symbol of Palestinian solidarity
The watermelon now symbolizes unofficial Palestinian solidarity amid reports of online censorship and the ongoing civilian deaths in Gaza.
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Pentagon keeps Austin's hospitalization quiet for days from White House, Congress
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin waited several days to inform President Biden and members of Congress that he was hospitalized after complications from elective surgery.
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81st Golden Globes: 'Oppenheimer' dominates, 'Poor Things' upsets 'Barbie'
This year's Golden Globes were handed out in the first major broadcast of the Hollywood awards season since actors' and writers' strikes were settled.
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World
Russian missile attack strikes cities across Ukraine
Russia fired more than 100 missiles at Ukraine on Friday, hitting cities including Lviv and Odessa and killing at least 16 people.
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A lost dog was found after living more than 6 years in the woods
Rose was found after six and a half years living in the woods. Neighbors told rescuers they'd been feeding the stray terrier for years. Rose had run away from home in West Sussex, England.
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World
Number of journalists killed in Gaza since Oct. 7 attacks called unprecedented loss
At least 64 journalists have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7. NPR's Michel Martin talks with the president of the nonprofit Committee to Protect Journalists, about the unprecedented loss.
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World
The latest on the war between Israel and Hamas
Hear the latest on the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.