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The new pressing is to celebrate the album's 50th anniversary and the Swedish quartet's 1974 Eurovision win. It will even include the album's title track in four different languages.
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The South African singer brought a homegrown genre, amapiano, to new ears with a viral hit and a Grammy. With her debut album, she wants to prove the world is ready for a full-blown African pop star.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Francesca Royster, author of Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions, about how Black artists have contributed to country music and the barriers they've faced.
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Kemmerer, Wyo., is on the front line of America's energy transition, with its coal plant slated to close and a nuclear plant in the works. But some think the rush to quit fossil fuels is impractical.
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Women who are pregnant or who have recently given birth in Gaza face serious challenges amid daily airstrikes, continued ground fighting, high rates of disease and a growing lack of food and water.
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Disney and a board appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have settled lawsuits over who controls development in the 40-square-mile district that's home to its Orlando theme parks.
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Two properties belonging to hip hop executive Sean "Diddy" Combs were searched by federal agents this week. What do we know about the investigation?
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Smartphones are addictive and contribute to low self-esteem and feelings of isolation among kids. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to social psychologist Jonathan Haidt about his book The Anxious Generation.
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People in the U.S. are switching religions and leaving religion altogether in large numbers. A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute shows a high level of "religious churning."
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Police are investigating reported harassment of the University of Utah women's basketball team while staying in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, for the NCAA tournament in nearby Spokane, Wash.