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The Cape will be spared the worst of the heatwave, according to the National Weather Service, but it'll still be hotter than usual. Here's how to stay safe from the heat on and off the Cape.
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Janet Uhlar argues that without Dr. Joseph Warren’s pivotal contributions, American history would be profoundly different. -
The new weekend program that brings stories from across the Commonwealth to our airwaves. -
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As Whip-poor-wills grow scarce in the region's pine woods, a larger and considerably ruder cousin has taken up residence: the Chuck-will's-widow. Once found no farther north than Virginia, this bird-eating nightjar is now breeding across the Cape and Islands in ever-increasing numbers. -
A surprising etymology of "tourist," from ancient pilgrims to the invention of the "tourist trap," and a case for seeing visitors as individuals rather than a crowd.
The Point
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Janet Uhlar argues that without Dr. Joseph Warren’s pivotal contributions, American history would be profoundly different. -
The new weekend program that brings stories from across the Commonwealth to our airwaves. -
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BlackBird Academy/WikicommonsWe talk to an expert about the vivid and spontaneous images, stories and memories we lapse into while listening to music.
NPR Stories
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Megan Kate Nelson, author of The Westerners wants to shatter the myth of the frontier, one of white easterners coming west in covered wagons with a nuclear family.
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The Supreme Court's ruling that presidents can fire leaders of independent agencies — at will — could lead to less regulation of corporate interests.
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The N.H. Attorney General said officers were justified in shooting the 24-year-old in Manchester last December, after mistaking a flashlight he pointed at them for a firearm. -
Everybody's favorite yellow, pill-shaped pranksters go Hollywood in the 1920s in their seventh big-screen adventure, Minions and Monsters.
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We dig into current conflicts to understand the incentives that lead countries into violence, and what keeps them stretching on and on.
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