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As war in the Middle East escalates, communities across the U.S. ponder how to mark Persian New Year's Day, or Nowruz.
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President Trump weighs in on the potential for ground troops in Iran and the $200 billion his administration is seeking from Congress to pay for the war in Iran.
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NPR's Leila Fadel asks Iran expert Ali Vaez of the International Crisis Group about Iran's nuclear capabilities before and after U.S. and Israeli attacks.
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The FCC has approved the sale of Tegna television stations to rival Nexstar Media Group Thursday. The deal would create a company that owns 259 television stations in 44 states.
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A small Tennessee town hopes to stop the construction of a facility that has a federal contract to refine depleted uranium into a metallic form the government needs to build nuclear weapons.
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For StoryCorps, two survivors of the 2018 Synagogue attack in Pittsburgh talk about their friendship.
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President Trump has spoken about taking control of a key location for Iranian oil infrastructure. What would that look like in practice?
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Maj. John "Alex" Klinner was among six airmen killed in a refueling plane crash during Operation Epic Fury. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Klinner's sister-in-law, Sarah Rose Harrill, about his life.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Billboard Magazine's Tetris Kelly about the comeback concert for K-pop supergroup BTS. Hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to pack downtown Seoul Saturday.
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Iran struck Qatar's massive gas facility after Israel targeted Iran's gas field, putting global energy supplies at risk.