Washington was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He spoke to Fresh Air in 2008, about the film The Great Debaters, which he directed and starred in.
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Author: Terry Gross
Local Mom Wants Just One Nice Vacation Photo Where Family Isn’t Running From Gunfire
RIDGELAND, MS—Frustrated by the “weird faces” her children always made whenever they spotted a mass shooter, local mother Jennifer Church told reporters Friday that she wanted just one nice vacation photo where the family was not running from gunfire. “One nice picture with everybody smiling and looking at the camera…
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Skeptical Doctor Asks Woman Flattened By Steamroller To Rate Pain
DETROIT—In an effort to determine if she was overreacting to her injuries, skeptical physician Wayne Mahomes asked his patient Megan Wensberg, who was flattened by a steamroller this week, to rate her pain. “Now, realistically, on a scale of one to 10, with one being no pain and 10 being the worst pain possible, what…
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Canadians React To American Gun Laws
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Daily Cartoon: Friday, July 8th
“Remember, we said that this weekend is all about relaxing, not about looking up the estimated value of this Airbnb and getting depressed.”
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Author: Matt Reuter
Medium-Delicious Foods
Need some healthy snacking ideas? My friend, you are in luck.
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Author: Sara Harvey
‘Both Sides of the Blade’ is a French melodrama about intimacy and illicit desire
Juliette Binoche is a woman whose life is disrupted by the return of a former lover. Both Sides of the Blade sounds like soap-opera material, but nothing about the film feels trite or predictable.
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Author: Justin Chang
How the Supreme Court’s move to the right could further transform life in the U.S.
The court’s super majority of conservative judges has already passed down rulings about abortion and the 2nd Amendment. New York Times journalist Adam Liptak says more legal upheavals are likely.
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Author: Terry Gross
Ex-‘Cheer’ star Jerry Harris gets 12 years for seeking photos and sex
A federal judge Wednesday sentenced Harris, a former star of the Netflix documentary series Cheer, to 12 years in prison for coercing teenage boys to send him obscene photos and videos of themselves.
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Author: The Associated Press
‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ creator Kazuki Takahashi found dead
The comic artist was discovered off the coast of Nago, Okinawa, Japan, wearing snorkeling gear. First published in 1996, the series he created became a worldwide sensation.
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Author: Andrew Limbong