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🔗 Hear the full story: https://tinyurl.com/4czsm7n9During the longest shutdown in U.S. history, evaluations for federal ...
11/22/2025

🔗 Hear the full story: https://tinyurl.com/4czsm7n9

During the longest shutdown in U.S. history, evaluations for federal research grants ground to a halt and thousands of federal scientists at agencies from NASA to the Environmental Protection Agency were sent home without pay. Many are still catching up after the 43-day pause, and some fear the ripple effects could last much longer.

Elaine Leslie, a retired chief of the National Park Service’s Biological Resources Division in Fort Collins, Colo., has lived through multiple shutdowns.

“It didn't matter if you were in the middle of a scientific study, or you're providing veterinary care or medicine or monitoring, like collaring wolves,” she said. “We had to stop everything.”

Some work can be delayed. But other tasks, such as controlling invasive plants, are seasonal, and can’t easily be postponed.

✍️ Rachel Cohen | KUNC

Here's the thing: Goo Goo Dolls songs endure. Formed almost four decades ago, the rock band's artistic ambition has alwa...
11/21/2025

Here's the thing: Goo Goo Dolls songs endure. Formed almost four decades ago, the rock band's artistic ambition has always been connection — pop anthems that can be blasted from car speakers and in karaoke bars, and sung en masse. These songs stick around, but never wear out their welcome.

But how could Goo Goo Dolls not close with "Iris"? Originally written for the City of Angels soundtrack, revived by Deadpool & Wolverine and consistently discovered by listeners seen by its romantic melodrama, "Iris" has returned from the brink of winking irony and been once again embraced for its desperate sincerity. At the Tiny Desk, our small office crowd joins the thousands who have been inside of this song and felt something real.

🔗 Hear the Goo Goo Doll's full set at the Tiny Desk at the link in bio, or tune in to Tiny Desk Radio every Friday at 6:00pm on 88.9 KNPR.⁠
✍️ Lars Gotrich | NPR

🔗 Read this story in today's Daily Rundown: https://tinyurl.com/36bfzsz3On Friday and Saturday, artists across the count...
11/21/2025

🔗 Read this story in today's Daily Rundown: https://tinyurl.com/36bfzsz3

On Friday and Saturday, artists across the country are participating in Fall of Freedom — an undertaking which they say represents creative resistance to authoritarianism. More than 600 events of all sizes have been announced across more than 40 states, from Alaska to Florida.

"I think the reality is that both artists and institutions right now are feeling this fear, and we're feeling unmoored about what we are supposed to do. And the fear, I think, of being silenced starts right here, starts in our heads," said Eric Gottesman, a visual artist based in Washington, D.C. He is also co-executive director of For Freedoms, an arts organization that promotes civic engagement.

Gottesman and other artists around the nation say that many of their peers at cultural institutions are feeling scared and isolated, following sweeping grant cuts at the National Endowment for the Arts, the firings of programming staff at the Kennedy Center and an executive order from President Trump requiring an audit of Smithsonian museums. In August, Trump posted on social media that museums all over the country are "the last remaining segment of WOKE."

✍️ Anastasia Tsioulcas | NPR

🔗 Hear the full story: https://tinyurl.com/2prsw27r A barbershop quartet of Santas walks into a completely improvised pl...
11/21/2025

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A barbershop quartet of Santas walks into a completely improvised play inspired by a single audience suggestion. There’s no punchline — just another reminder that there’s always something to see, hear, and do in Nevada.

✍️ Mike Prevatt | Nevada Public Radio

🔗 Hear the full conversation: https://tinyurl.com/2medectjSocial media companies and their respective algorithms have re...
11/20/2025

🔗 Hear the full conversation: https://tinyurl.com/2medectj

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have introduced legislation aimed at holding tech companies accountable for those business practices.

Sens. John Curtis, R-Utah, and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., joined Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep to talk about the impact of social media algorithms on U.S. politics and beyond and their plan to address it.

✍️ Steve Inskeep, H.J. Maim Mansee Khurana

🔗 Hear the full story: https://tinyurl.com/42263xnjOn November 13, Republican Governor Joe Lombardo called the Nevada Le...
11/20/2025

🔗 Hear the full story: https://tinyurl.com/42263xnj

On November 13, Republican Governor Joe Lombardo called the Nevada Legislature into a long-anticipated special session. He said its purpose was to address “unfinished” business stemming from the chaotic final days of the regular Legislature in June.

That business includes a proposed massive expansion of film tax credits and a host of other issues, such as criminal justice and health care bills pushed by the governor himself.

But these, and other bills, are currently still in flux, six days into the session.

"[Lombardo's] criminal justice measure did pass out [of the Senate] last night," said Tabitha Mueller, capital bureau chief for The Nevada Independent. This bill, AB4, would reestablish a controversial Resort Corridor Court, preventing trespassers and criminal offenders from entering a special jurisdiction surrounding the Las Vegas Strip.

✍️ Paul Boger | Nevada Public Radio

🔗 Hear the full story: https://tinyurl.com/mtuf6pmhThe tragic Los Angeles fires were a historically destructive disaster...
11/19/2025

🔗 Hear the full story: https://tinyurl.com/mtuf6pmh

The tragic Los Angeles fires were a historically destructive disaster, but they also presented a unique opportunity to study the toxic exposures faced by firefighters. New findings point to a heightened risk for serious diseases like lupus.

The Fire Fighter Cancer Cohort Study (FFCCS) is a massive, ongoing effort to understand such risks. Dozens of its enrollees responded to the L.A. blazes, giving researchers a chance to measure certain proteins found in the blood before and after. The authors say it’s likely the first study to collect such data on urban conflagrations.

“We saw changes in proteins in the firefighters after responding to the L.A. conflagrations that suggested alterations in immune functioning, in cancer, cancer risk, and in DNA repair and DNA function,” said lead author Melissa Furlong, an environmental health sciences assistant professor at the University of Arizona and co-lead on the cohort study.

“Of the 60 serum proteins that significantly changed, many were associated with detoxification, inflammation, and oxidative stress,” the paper’s discussion reads.

✍️ Murphy Woodhouse | Boise State Public Radio

🔗 Read the Daily Rundown for more: https://tinyurl.com/2yb46fchThe “Nevada Registration Spotter” website has received “a...
11/19/2025

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The “Nevada Registration Spotter” website has received “a little over 14,600 submissions” since its launch on Oct. 10, a spokesman told the Las Vegas Review-Journal today. People can report vehicles operating in Nevada with expired, invalid, or no registration.

Nevada residents operating vehicles with out-of-state plates can also be reported. All information is reviewed by the DMV’s Compliance Enforcement Division, which will share data with other law enforcement agencies who can assist them, they say. Police have to see the car being driven for a citation to be issued, said a DMV spokesperson.

🔗 Hear the full story: https://tinyurl.com/4vu3j274Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada has been serving meals to food-...
11/19/2025

🔗 Hear the full story: https://tinyurl.com/4vu3j274

Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada has been serving meals to food-insecure people for six decades, as of this year. Through its Hands of Hope food pantry, the group projects it will distribute some 3,500 frozen turkeys this Thanksgiving.

The nonprofit recently put out a call for donations from the community, citing the effects of rising food prices as making an unusually heavy impact on vulnerable populations.

To quantify that need, Catholic Charities CEO Sara Ramirez said, "On average, we serve about 450 individuals a day, and in just the last six days, we've had a 60% increase, where we are doing 650-700 lunches a day. And that's just in one of our programs."

At Thanksgiving time, people often think of sharing their bounty with others, but Ramirez said the need for community support extends well past the holidays.

"The reality is, our work is 365 days a year, and in April and May, we're still going to have 4,500 people we serve a day, and we just don't have the resources to hire all the staff to do that," Ramirez said.

✍️ Heidi Kyser | Nevada Public Radio

🔗 Read the full story: https://tinyurl.com/3k2wd2wbFive months after a "breakthrough" HIV prevention drug got approval i...
11/19/2025

🔗 Read the full story: https://tinyurl.com/3k2wd2wb

Five months after a "breakthrough" HIV prevention drug got approval in the United States and became available in many wealthy countries, it's getting rolled out in two African countries hit especially hard by the disease.⁠
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On Wednesday, the U.S. State Department announced that Eswatini and Zambia have each received 500 doses of lenacapavir, a drug manufactured by Gilead Sciences that's been hailed as by Science as a "breakthrough." Just two injections a year provide near-complete protection against an HIV infection.⁠
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"This is somewhat unprecedented, to see an innovation in global health move this fast to low- and middle-income countries," says Mitchell Warren, the executive director of AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC), a global HIV prevention organization. "Obviously very small supplies, really just a down payment, but they're the first of what we think to be many doses in these two countries and in other countries."⁠
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✍️ Jonathan Lambert | NPR

🔗 Hear the full episode of Nevada Yesterdays: https://tinyurl.com/3uf9f7nuIf you’ve ever wondered how Henderson grew fro...
11/18/2025

🔗 Hear the full episode of Nevada Yesterdays: https://tinyurl.com/3uf9f7nu

If you’ve ever wondered how Henderson grew from a post-war company town into a real community, meet the woman who quietly helped make it happen. Selma Bartlett spent several decades shaping the city’s most important institutions, often as one of Nevada’s first women to hold those roles.

✍️ Michael Green

🔗 Read the full story: https://tinyurl.com/7d9w52vnThe Cowboys spent 11 days mourning defensive end Marshawn Kneeland be...
11/18/2025

🔗 Read the full story: https://tinyurl.com/7d9w52vn

The Cowboys spent 11 days mourning defensive end Marshawn Kneeland before taking the field Monday night. Dallas then paid tribute to Kneeland by dominating the spiraling Raiders for 60 minutes.

Dak Prescott passed for 268 yards and four touchdowns in a 33-16 victory over Las Vegas, the Cowboys' first game since Kneeland's death.

The 24-year-old Kneeland was found dead on Nov. 6 of an apparent su***de. Coach Brian Schottenheimer and Cowboys players wore shirts honoring Kneeland, and they bowed their heads during a moment of silence before the game.

“They wanted to honor him, and we’re not done honoring him," Schottenheimer said. “He’s a part of our family forever. But it’s been tough, man. I mean, these past 11 days have been really tough. I’m proud of those guys because just the way they played today, they played with Marshawn’s play style.

“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have some tears when I first put the shirt on, as you can imagine. But more than anything, I know Marshawn was looking down on us, and we wanted to make him proud, and I think we did that.” Team owner Jerry Jones credited Schottenheimer's leadership through a dark time.

If you or someone in your life needs resources, you can dial 988 for the 24/7 Su***de and Crisis Lifeline or visit 988lifeline.org for a live chat.

✍️ The Associated Press

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