Weekend Edition Sunday for May 12, 2024 (2024)

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Politics chat: Biden's response to Rafah escalation Biden will deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College Social security funds are set to fall short by 2033. What can be done? Minnesota's new state flag is drawing mixed reactions In a Ukrainian border town, the local newspaper keeps watch on returning POWs Roger Corman, the B-movie legend who launched A-list careers, dies at 98 Sunday Puzzle: Six-letter words with four vowels and two consonants Francis Galluppi on 'The Last Stop In Yuma County', his feature debut NPR listeners share messages for their moms Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez goes on trial for taking bribes in exchange for favors How FAFSA complications are disproportionately affecting Black students Rafah's main hospital has shut down, people try to flee as Israel launches an attack The U.S. is refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserves. What purpose can they serve? A tribe in Maine is using opioid settlement funds on a sweat lodge to treat addiction Uncovering the story of Sawney Freeman, who may have been America's first Black composer What are sperm whales saying? Researchers find a complex 'alphabet' In honor of Mother's Day, here's 'Mother Play' — which gestated for 40 years Vicky Farewell on her new album 'Give A Damn' FAQs

Politics

Politics chat: Biden's response to Rafah escalation

byAyesha Rascoe,Asma Khalid

4 min

Politics chat: Biden's response to Rafah escalation

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National

Biden will deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College

byAyesha Rascoe

6 min

Biden will deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College

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National

Social security funds are set to fall short by 2033. What can be done?

byAyesha Rascoe

5 min

Social security funds are set to fall short by 2033. What can be done?

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National

Minnesota's new state flag is drawing mixed reactions

byDana Ferguson

3 min

Minnesota's new state flag is drawing mixed reactions

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Europe

In a Ukrainian border town, the local newspaper keeps watch on returning POWs

byJoanna Kakissis

5 min

In a Ukrainian border town, the local newspaper keeps watch on returning POWs

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"I think the task of the filmmaker is to break through and hit that horror that still remains in the unconscious mind," Corman said. "And there's a certain amount of catharsis there. He's pictured above in 2009. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption

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Obituaries

Roger Corman, the B-movie legend who launched A-list careers, dies at 98

byNeda Ulaby

3 min

Roger Corman, the B-movie legend who launched A-list careers, dies at 98

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Sunday Puzzle

Sunday Puzzle: Six-letter words with four vowels and two consonants

byWill Shortz

5 min

Sunday Puzzle: Six-letter words with four vowels and two consonants

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Movies

Francis Galluppi on 'The Last Stop In Yuma County', his feature debut

byAyesha Rascoe,Ryan Benk

6 min

Francis Galluppi on 'The Last Stop In Yuma County', his feature debut

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National

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez goes on trial for taking bribes in exchange for favors

byAyesha Rascoe,Nancy Solomon

3 min

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez goes on trial for taking bribes in exchange for favors

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Education

How FAFSA complications are disproportionately affecting Black students

byAyesha Rascoe

6 min

How FAFSA complications are disproportionately affecting Black students

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Middle East

Rafah's main hospital has shut down, people try to flee as Israel launches an attack

byAyesha Rascoe,Aya Batrawy

4 min

Rafah's main hospital has shut down, people try to flee as Israel launches an attack

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Business

The U.S. is refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserves. What purpose can they serve?

byAyesha Rascoe

4 min

The U.S. is refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserves. What purpose can they serve?

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Edward Peter-Paul is chief of the Mi'kmaq Nation in Maine. Decades ago, a sweat ceremony helped him improve his relationship with drugs and alcohol. He hopes the new healing lodge can do the same for other tribal citizens. Aneri Pattani/KFF Health News hide caption

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A tribe in Maine is using opioid settlement funds on a sweat lodge to treat addiction

byAneri Pattani,Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez

4 min

A tribe in Maine is using opioid settlement funds on a sweat lodge to treat addiction

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Music

Uncovering the story of Sawney Freeman, who may have been America's first Black composer

byDiane Orson

3 min

Uncovering the story of Sawney Freeman, who may have been America's first Black composer

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Climate

What are sperm whales saying? Researchers find a complex 'alphabet'

byLauren Sommer

3 min

What are sperm whales saying? Researchers find a complex 'alphabet'

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Playwright Paula Vogel is known not just for her work on Broadway — but for the generations of famous playwrights whose careers she has nurtured. Above, Jessica Lange in Paula Vogel's Mother Play. Joan Marcus/Second Stage hide caption

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Theater

In honor of Mother's Day, here's 'Mother Play' — which gestated for 40 years

byJeff Lunden

5 min

In honor of Mother's Day, here's 'Mother Play' — which gestated for 40 years

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Music

Vicky Farewell on her new album 'Give A Damn'

byAyesha Rascoe

7 min

Vicky Farewell on her new album 'Give A Damn'

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