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NPR's A Martinez speaks with Texas State Representative Gene Wu, leader of Democrats' effort to block a GOP redistricting initiative in the state. On Friday, Wu faces a deadline to return to Texas.

Actor Dean Cain, best known for his starring role in the 1990s Superman TV spinoff Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of ...

A public library in Ohio is celebrating the life of one of its most loyal patrons, a retired social worker named Dan Pelzer.

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On a reporting trip, Here & Now's Chris Bentley and Peter O'Dowd traversed the Blues Trail in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

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Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson of Short Wave talk about endangered eagles in Japan, the lifestyles of deep-living ocean creatures and the longevity secrets of human 'SuperAgers,' aged 80 and older.