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NPR's A Martinez asks speech-language pathologist Kari Lim why some people try to lose their accents after Hollywood megastar Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed his appreciation for his own accent.
Nickelodeon may have canceled Tiny Chef, but fans aren't giving up without a fight. Can they help the show make a comeback?
The Dalai Lama said he will be reincarnated after he dies, and no one can interfere with the matter of succession. The Chinese government, however, claims authority over the his succession.
In Florida on Tuesday, President Trump attended the opening of a migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." Officials say it can currently house 3,000 migrants before they're deported.
NPR's A Martinez talks with Republican strategist Alex Conant about what Florida's new migrant detention facility — dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" — reveals about Trump's immigration strategy.
The budget bill passed by the Senate would roll back renewable energy incentives. That could short-circuit a manufacturing boom and increase electricity costs while making it harder to curb pollution.
Much of Europe, including France, is dealing with a brutal heatwave. Some people are better prepared than others in a country where most people do not have air conditioning.
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart has died at the age of 90, following a heart attack last month. The Pentecostal preacher had an audience of millions before a sex scandal in the late 1980s.
When a disabled young woman moved out of a hospital to her own apartment, the Trump administration celebrated — even though ...
This week, a disabled young woman moved out of a hospital to her own apartment. The Trump Administration celebrated its role in this. Even though it's ending the federal program that made it possible.
President Trump toured a deportation facility in the middle of the Florida Everglades as the Senate passed the megabill.
New research shows that certain bacteria in the microbiome soak up "forever chemicals," or PFAS. The findings raise the possibility that probiotics could help remove some PFAS from our bodies.