Month: July 2022

If I get lost, I can find my way back to the hotel using my wits, dramatic hand gestures, and smartphone.

Morning Edition asked readers to submit poems in the form of letters, addressed to anyone. NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander drew from the more than 600 responses to create a community poem.

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The original blaster used in the first Star Wars film could break records when it goes up for auction next month. The futuristic weapon was wielded by Han Solo.

The Armstrong Project provides two $100,000 endowments to Howard University and Hampton University.

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The concert version of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods moves to Broadway, with Sara Bareilles, Brian D’Arcy James and others.

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Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver on the hit TV show Leave It To Beaver, has died at 77. He had cancer.

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According to Russian media outlets, a chess-playing robot grabbed and broke a boy’s finger during a match at the Moscow Open, with officials saying the incident occurred because the child “violated” safety rules by taking a turn too quickly. What do you think?

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Tips for uncharted territories, from the O.G.s.