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Joanna Smith was sentenced today for defacing the case of Edgar Degas' <em>Little Dancer</em> sculpture in 2023.

National Gallery of Art

Climate activist who defaced Edgar Degas' sculpture sentenced to 60 days in prison

Chloe Veltman

A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art.

Alain Jocard

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Health & Science

DRC is seeing its worst mpox outbreak — but has no vaccines or treatments yet. Why?

Gabrielle Emanuel

Michael Bocchieri

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Money & Economy

Net neutrality is back: U.S. promises fast, safe and reliable internet for all

Emma Bowman

Arts & Culture

Novelist John Green says OCD is like an 'invasive weed' inside his mind

Terry Gross

Hollie Adams

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King Charles III is returning to royal duties after his cancer diagnosis

Lauren Frayer

Local And Regional Headlines

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivers remarks at a press conference to call a special session of the legislature on Friday, September 8, 2023

Randall Lee

Office of Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Politics

Watch Arkansas Gov. Sanders deliver the State of the State

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A baby girl born orphaned and premature after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza has died

Aya Batrawy

The newborn died after five days in an incubator. Her family was killed in an air strike. UNICEF says 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, with thousands more orphaned and wounded.
Charly Triballeau

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A Delta Air Lines flight makes an emergency return following concerns with plane wing

C Mandler

The flight was forced to make an emergency return to JFK airport after the crew observed issues related to the right wing emergency exit slide, as well as a sound near the right wing.
Cookie in the Kitchen

Taylor Swift fans mean business with Tortured Poets soap, Eras yarn, Kelce cookies

Chloe Veltman

Entrepreneurial Swifties are selling crafty products inspired by Taylor Swift's music and style. Swift herself has been known to send notes and even homemade gifts to creative super-fans.
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Watch a tense romantic triangle play out on the tennis court in 'Challengers'

Justin Chang

Three superb actors — Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor — star in this sweaty, sexy, entertaining drama about tennis stars with a very complicated past.

Arkansas Fiscal Session '24

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders named a new chair of the state Post-Prison Transfer Board (also known as the parole board) late Wednesday.

The Race is On...

Election day for the March primary is March 5th.

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Health & Science

As bird flu spreads in cows, here are 4 big questions scientists are trying to answer

Will Stone

Health officials say there's very little risk to humans from the bird flu outbreak among dairy cattle, but there's still much they don't know. Here are four questions scientists are trying to answer.
'Dead Boy Detectives' is a rollicking supernatural mystery set in Netflix's 'Sandman' universe

Netflix's new show "Dead Boy Detectives," centers on two boys who died in the 1900s and now solve crimes involving ghosts, demons, witches and more.
Music man or con man? Is a popular piano teacher scamming?

The internet is full of people offering to kindly separate you from your money.
Puerto Rico's path to 100% renewable energy just got a little clearer

The territory already passed a law committing to that goal by 2050, but getting there is easier said than done.
More salaried workers will get overtime pay with new Biden administration rules

Starting in July workers making $44,000 a year or less qualify. And starting in January workers making about $59,000 or less will qualify.
A Mississippi farmer's World War II-era biplane takes flight

This week Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd reported on an autonomous, electric crop duster in California. It reminded him of the last time he did a story about a crop duster.