Natalie Escobar
Stories
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National
In a year of tough news, these are some of the stories that made us smile in 2024
Whether we were paying attention or not, 2024 was filled with good news. In case you weren't, NPR's member stations have been keeping track. Here are some of the stories that made us smile this year.
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Arts & Life
A photographer captured the perfect shot of an Olympic surfer's record-breaking ride
AFP photographer Jerome Brouillet captured the Brazilian world champion Gabriel Medina surfing through a huge wave in a ride that would net an Olympic-record score.
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Politics
Our presidential candidates have never been older. You can thank the Founding Fathers
The U.S. Constitution requires a president to be 35 or older, but only a lower age limit exists. There has never been an upper one.
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Law & Courts
Appeals court slaps Biden administration for contact with social media companies
The panel of judges say that the administration's efforts to flag what it considered to be harmful content likely amount to a violation of the First Amendment.
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Books
NPR's top picks for 2022 fiction books
Four NPR staffers recommend new novels in an early taste of our annual Books We Love round-up: "How High We Go in the Dark," "Vladimir," "Mecca" and "The Candy House."
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Arts & Life
Oscars 2022: The full list of winners
Here are all the movies that have won and were nominated at the 94th Academy Awards.
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Books
NPR's favorite food books of 2021
There's nothing like a good book to chew on. From NPR's annual reading round-up, Books We Love, here are four suggestions for books about food.
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Books
How Sandra Cisneros Found Space To Be 'Barefoot' And 'Rude'
On the latest episode of Code Switch, Cisneros talks about why she became obsessed with houses, what it was like to finally buy one, and—spoiler alert—what it felt like to fall out of love with it.
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Food
An Ice Cream Truck Jingle's Racist History Has Caught Up To It
Good Humor ice cream asked the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA to come up with a new jingle to replace "Turkey in the Straw," a ubiquitous ice-cream truck song with a racist past.
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Race & Identity
How DACA Has Transformed The Lives Of Dreamers — And Their Communities
The 2012 executive order didn't just offer protection and open up opportunities for young undocumented people; it changed the landscape for entire family networks.
