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Meet the Democrats using porn ads to convince Trump voters to stay home

Two friends launched a political action committee to run anti-Trump ads in perhaps the last untouched advertising market in politics: pornographic websites.

Pedestrians look at a statue of Donald Trump behind Gerhard Marcks' sculpture Maja , in Maja Park in Philidelphia. Caroline Gutman/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption

It's not just D.C.: Satirical Trump statues are appearing in cities across the U.S.

A United States Air Force C-17 cargo plane loaded with humanitarian aid lands at Camilo Daza airport in Cucuta, Colombia, on Feb. 16, 2019. Fernando Vergara/AP hide caption

Boeing cleaned up on Air Force parts, including soap dispensers marked up 8,000%

Former President Donald Trump speaks with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson in Glendale, Ariz., on Oct. 31, 2024. Patrick Fallon/AFP hide caption

Trump, using violent language, attacks 'war hawk' Liz Cheney

Young Thug, seen here in Los Angeles in 2021, plead guilty more than two years after being arrested and charged with participating in criminal gang activity. Michael Tullberg/Getty Images hide caption

Young Thug pleads guilty in YSL trial, will serve probation

Finding missing items is an art and a science. The next time you misplace your house key, try these strategies to hunt it down. Allie Sullberg/for NPR hide caption

How to find lost objects: 6 techniques that really work

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The NPR news quiz

Who said 'i hate politics' — then endorsed harris find out in the quiz, latest stories, questions arise over white house transcript of biden call to latino activists, harris and trump head west to woo voters. and, u.s. economy sees solid growth, rainbow girls: 10 years of protection and prejudice, sheer mag: tiny desk concert.

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Watch NPR's news roundup: The campaigns converge on Las Vegas, another labor vote for Boeing

Vice President Harris and former President Trump both held events in Sin City on Thursday. The airplane manufacturers striking machinists will decide on another contract offer next week.

An Arapahoe County, Colo., election worker picks up ballots from the Agilis sorting machine and places them in trays for further processing in 2022. Matt Bloom/CPR News hide caption

The Trump campaign wants Colorado to restart ballot processing after passwords leaked

The Colorado Secretary of State’s office confirmed that a spreadsheet posted for months on the department’s website included a hidden tab with a list of BIOS passwords for the voting machines.

President Joe Biden speaks on Oct. 29 during an event about his Investing in America agenda at the Dundalk Marine Terminal in Baltimore. Daniel Kucin Jr./AP hide caption

Sources told AP that protocol was not followed in editing a transcript of a call the president had with Latino activists responding to comments made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at a Trump rally.

A person holds the certificate of electoral votes from Pennsylvania during a joint session of Congress early on Jan. 7, 2021, as the counting of electoral votes resumed after the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

2024 Election

Here are the key electoral college dates to keep in mind ahead of inauguration day.

Former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the last election put a spotlight on what are essentially ministerial steps between Election Day and Inauguration Day. Here are the key dates ahead.

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The Philly band, a force for good in rock and roll, runs through a career-spanning set with a little help from some bagpipes.

A photo taken on October 4, 2023 in Manta, near Turin, shows a smartphone and a laptop displaying the logos of the artificial intelligence OpenAI research laboratory and ChatGPT robot. MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

OpenAI is rolling out a web search feature for ChatGPT

The function can be used manually or automatically. It is available now for certain users, and will be accessible for other users on a rolling basis.

Boeing workers gather on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing facility during an ongoing strike in Seattle, Wash. About 33,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 have been on strike for nearly seven weeks. David Ryder/Getty Images hide caption

Boeing’s striking machinists union will vote Monday on a new contract offer

Boeing’s machinists union leaders are endorsing the company’s latest contract offer, setting the stage for a vote on Monday that could end the seven-week strike.

People gather at a women's rights march in Chicago on the second anniversary of the Dobbs decision, the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and struck down federal abortion protections. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

Why abortion referendums are also about the economy

Abortion is on the ballot in 10 states. The vote results will have consequences beyond women's reproductive rights.

Ntombozuko 'Nozuko' Ndlwana (from left), Thozama, Nana, Zintle, Hlomela Msesele and Tsidi Zondi (in front) pose for a photo backstage during the Miss Lesbian beauty pageant in the Khayelitsha township of Cape Town, South Africa, in 2012. Julia Gunther hide caption

The Picture Show

Rainbow girls: 10 years of protection and prejudice.

Through her her independent documentary project Rainbow Girls, photographer Julia Gunther captures the stories of protection and prejudice among a group of South African lesbian women.

Chinese President Xi jinping speaks during a meeting with Finnish President Alexander Stubb at the Great Hall of the People on Tuesday. Kazuki Kozaki/Pool Kyodo hide caption

U.S. calls on a silent China to use its sway over Russia and North Korea

The U.S. says 8,000 North Korean soldiers are in Russia preparing to fight against Ukrainian troops in the coming days.

Canvassers, Andrea Farmer and Alex Cook, mark off homes they have visited on their app while canvassing in a neighbor in Nashville, NC on Oct. 22, 2024. Andrea Ellen Reed for NPR hide caption

We, The Voters

Support from rural democrats will be crucial for harris to win this swing state.

North Carolina has more rural voters than any other 2024 presidential swing state, and canvassing groups are working to turn out voters in one purple county as early voting continues in the state.

Raneem Hijazi holds her baby, Mariam, on her lap in her wheelchair, as Hijazi's mother-in-law, Soha Sakallah (standing), helps her. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

A year since Oct. 7

A mother and baby from gaza are reunited 11 months after being separated at birth.

After an Israeli airstrike left mom-to-be Raneem Hizaji badly injured, doctors performed an emergency C-section. It took nearly a year for mom and baby to be reunited.

A year in the life of a mom and baby from Gaza

People wait in line to cast their votes during in New York on October 26, 2024. Online, social media users are floating unverified and false claims about voting that can quickly go viral. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Untangling Disinformation

Crowdsourced voting fraud claims could become grist for republican lawsuits.

One hub for rumors and conspiracies about voting is X, the social media site once known as Twitter. There, users are floating unverified and false claims about voting that can quickly go viral.

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In his new play The Other Americans, John Leguizamo is Nelson Castro, owner of a chain of laundromats in Queens, New York. Tony Powell/Arena Stage hide caption

John Leguizamo's parents knew the 'American dream hustle.' That informed his new play

In his new play The Other Americans, John Leguizamo stars as a Colombian American laundromat owner whose son is released from a mental wellness facility after suffering a trauma. The play's world premiere is at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.

John Leguizamo's The Other Americans

English lead singer, guitarist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the rock band the Cure Robert James Smith performs on stage during a concert a the Royal Arena in Oerestad in Copenhagen, on October 14, 2022. (Photo by Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT (Photo by IDA MARIE ODGAARD/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

‘How it will end is how it will end,’ but The Cure isn’t over, yet

The Cure's first album in 16 years, Songs of a Lost World, is thematically dark, but sonically rich and inviting. Still, though, Robert Smith says there's so much more to come.

THE CURE'S SONGS OF A LOST WORLD

People look at a board in Kinshasa on October 30, 1974 announcing the fight between US boxing heavyweight champions, Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay) and George Foreman. On October 30, 1974 Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in a clash of titans known as the "Rumble in the Jungle", watched by 60 000 people in the stadium in Kinshasa and millions elsewhere -/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

50 years on, D.R. Congo commemorates boxing's 'Rumble in the Jungle'

The historic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman is still revered as a cherished moment in the central African country's troubled history and has spurred an enduring love of boxing.

RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE

Rosy-faced lovebirds ( Agapornis roseicollis ) are small parrots that are common and colorful household pets. Parrots such as these use unique yellow and red pigments whose expression researchers now show can be modulated through the action of a single enzyme. Pedro Araujo hide caption

How parrot plumage gets its dazzling reds and yellows

Parrots are unique among birds in how they produce the pigmentation that makes their vibrant feathering. It turns out a single enzyme calibrates the reds and yellows of a parrot’s brilliance.

How the parrot got its colors

Shaun Flores, Sarah Jaley, Michael — a teacher who requested NPR not share his last name for medical privacy, and Elizabeth Vossen talk about how OCD impacts their lives. NPR hide caption

This is what it’s really like to have OCD, according to 4 people living with it

OCD is often misunderstood. Here’s what it’s like, from people who live with it.

During OCD Awareness Month, a look at different forms of OCD

Staff and students unveiled the Claudene Wilson Learning Center’s new sign in August, surprising their longtime custodian with the recognition. Swedeborg R-III/Facebook hide caption

This custodian is the ‘lifeblood’ of her elementary school. So they named it after her

The 30-year employee, who also at times drove the bus, mowed the school lawn and helped in the office, doesn’t like to be the center of attention. But her name now sprawls across the newly dubbed “Claudene Wilson Learning Center.”

The Shasta County Clerk and Registrar of Voters offices in Redding, Calif., on Oct. 3, 2024. Beth LaBerge/KQED hide caption

A far-right California county appointed him registrar. Now his election views have changed

Tom Toller, appointed by Shasta County's right-wing Board of Supervisors amid a culture of election denialism, says his own views of elections have changed after four months on the job.

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Keri Russell returns as 'The Diplomat,' which is just as savvy in Season 2

Netflix’s The Diplomat rides a compelling line between serving up hefty slices of political and emotional drama.

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