Nov 3, 2024 · A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: I have developed affinities for certain actors to the point where it doesn't matter what they're in.If their name is attached to it, a leading role or cameo, I'm watching it. Kathryn Hahn is one of those actors. I first saw her in Transparent.She played Rabbi Raquel and stole every scene she was in.

Nov 7, 2024 · Outside the Washington, D.C. jail, supporters of the Jan. 6 defendants have held a nightly vigil for the last two years. On Wednesday, they popped champagne. "We got our country back!" said Nicole Reffitt, whose husband is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for bringing a gun onto Capitol grounds during the riot and threatening his …

Dec 28, 2024 · The song "Amazing Grace" was first performed on New Year's Day, 1773, and has gone through many changes over the years.

May 8, 2024 · Still, there are common threads, including attacks against the array of criminal charges against him, as prosecutors allege everything from election interference to business fraud to mishandling classified documents.. For example, in 15 major speeches reviewed by NPR from this year, Trump says his indictments far outpace the reputation of a notorious gangster: Al Capone — or, as Trump ...

Dec 30, 2024 · Some of the most checked-out books in public libraries across the country in 2024 include Kristin Hannah's The Women, Rebecca Yarros' Fourth Wing, and Emily Henry's Happy Place.. These books landed on the year-end wrap lists of public libraries in New York City, Cincinnati, Seattle and other cities.. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin, was the most checked-out adult book in ...

Nov 6, 2024 · A copy of Project 2025 is held during the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. For a year, Project 2025 has endured as a persistent force in the presidential election.

Nov 19, 2024 · The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is widely considered to be the first major immigration clampdown in American history. It's a riveting tale that parallels today and may provide insights into the economic consequences of …

Dec 31, 2024 · Ochs asked the Times' chief electrician, Walter Palmer, to come up with a New Year's Eve spectacle that didn't involve ashy firework debris raining down on revelers.. According to a 1965 piece in Newsday (Nassau Edition), Palmer was inspired by the clock on the downtown Western Union Telegraph Company building, which for decades had dropped an iron ball from its rooftop every day at noon.

Nov 12, 2024 · Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her science fiction novel Orbital. The novel follows six international astronauts as they orbit the Earth for one day of their nine-month space mission.

Oct 25, 2024 · Stephen Fowler is a political reporter with NPR's Washington Desk and will be covering the 2024 election based in the South. Before joining NPR, he spent more than seven years at Georgia Public Broadcasting as its political reporter and host of the Battleground: Ballot Box podcast, which covered voting rights and legal fallout from the 2020 presidential election, the evolution of the ...