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Fox’s statement announcing the departure of Tucker Carlson, it’s most watched primetime host, was a terse four sentences. “FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” it read.

Carlson’s brand of divisive and conspiracy theory-laden rhetoric helped fuel Fox’s audience numbers. So what happens now that he is gone? And where will Carlson go?

Mary Louise Kelly discusses all of the above with correspondents Shannon Bond and David Folkenflik, who cover misinformation and media matters for NPR.

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President Biden has officially ended the national emergency that was declared during the COVID-19 pandemic. But so far
there’s been no official commission to look into how the country could be better prepared for the next pandemic.

Now, the non-partisan Covid Crisis Group has issued a report titled “Lessons from the Covid War.” NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the group’s director, Philip Zelikow, about the report’s findings.

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Even amid mass layoffs in tech and other sectors, the economy is still adding jobs. Even tech jobs.

NPR’s Andrea Hsu reports on a program that recruits and trains workers to enter the tech pipeline.

And NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Dana Peterson, chief economist with the Conference Board, about some of the broader trends in the labor market and what they could mean for job seekers.

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Newspapers and intrepid reporters are at the heart of hundreds of movies – think Citizen Kane, All The President’s Men -and have always been a big part of American culture.

But in recent decades, the rise of digital news has led to the steady decline of print. And while big papers like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post still distribute print editions – small, local papers have been disappearing at an alarming rate.

Add to that the consolidation of news outlets by big companies like Gannett and Alden Global Capital. Both companies have been buying regional newspapers, only to reduce the reporting staff, or completely dismantle an operation, focusing on turning a profit.

Research has shown that when local newspapers are lost affected communities experience lower voter turnout, decreased civic engagement, and increased polarization.

Host Adrian Florido speaks with Joshua Benton of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University on the increasing number of news deserts.

And we hear from journalist Ashley White about the difficulties of providing a Louisiana community with news and information at a newspaper undergoing drastic reductions.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is back at work on Capitol Hill after taking leave to seek treatment for clinical depression.

It is rare for a sitting politician to publicly discuss their mental health. But Sen. Fetterman sat down with NPR’s Scott Detrow to talk about what the past few months have been like and what comes next.

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The past seven years in the United Kingdom have been intense. The country struggled through Brexit, royal scandals and the pandemic – and then Queen Elizabeth II died.

NPR’s global democracy correspondent Frank Langfitt covered the U.K. through all of this and more. As he wraps up his time in London, Frank reflects on all the history and drama he’s covered in the last seven years.

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As Earth’s climate warms, more ice is melting near the poles. And that is a huge driver of sea level rise around the globe. But some coastal communities are threatened by this more than others.

Places like the Gulf coast of Texas, for example, are feeling the impact of melting ice in West Antarctica, thousands of miles away.

NPR Climate Correspondent Rebecca Hersher traveled to Galveston, Texas, to see how that ice melt is affecting sea levels there and what experts are doing to prepare.

This reporting is part of NPR’s Beyond the Poles: The far-reaching dangers of melting ice series.

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Just a few years before the violence and chaos currently engulfing Sudan, it seemed to be on a tenuous path toward democracy.

NPR’s Emmanuel Akinwotu explains how two rival generals who had promised to transition the country to civilian rule are instead tearing it apart in a bloody power struggle.

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While the country seemingly moves on from the pandemic, an estimated 15 million U.S. adults are suffering from long COVID. Scientists are trying to understand what causes some people to develop long COVID while others do not.

NPR’s Will Stone spoke with researchers and reports on a growing body of evidence that points to one possible explanation: viral reservoirs where the coronavirus can stick around in the body long after a person is initially infected.

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Millions of children have left Ukraine since the Russian invasion. They have relocated across the country and the globe. And while these children are survivors, for many the emotional scars are difficult to heal.

A team of NPR journalists spent months following the stories of 27 kindergarten students – 6-year-olds – who were forced to leave their homes and school in the northeast city of Kharkiv in Ukraine when Russian troops invaded.

Two of the children, Aurora and Daniel, were best friends. Always together in class – inseparable – until they were forced apart by war. Daniel and his family fled to New York. Aurora and her parents ended up in Spain.

Host Elissa Nadworny speaks with the children and their parents about how they are learning to live without each other in a world where they have already lost so much.

And a psychologist discusses the strength and resilience of kids in the face of trauma.