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Young Jewish-Americans have been looking for new ways to engage with Jewish culture. Some have found community by learning Yiddish, a language with roots in 10th century Europe.
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SEMO Athletics has announced the hiring of three new staff members to its coaching staffs and leadership team.
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The Federal Reserve has two main goals: price stability and maximum employment. But new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh seems to be leaning into price stability and away from full employment as equal goals.
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Amid an administration crackdown on various forms of legal migration, there's one type of visa that even many Republicans support: the popular H-2A program for seasonal agricultural workers.
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The 2008 financial crisis and Brexit shrank the UK economy and led to a revolving door of PMs. Analysts say the first-past-the-post parliamentary system is ill-suited to modern, multi-party politics.
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This week, Microsoft announced they were laying off over 3,000 staff at Xbox. What will the impact be on the company? And what do these layoffs say about the gaming industry right now?
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns regarding this week's developments in the U.S.-Iran conflict -- and the NATO summit this week.
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