A nonprofit is raising money to build a memorial to fishermen lost at sea off the coast of Provincetown and Truro. This is the fifth attempt in 50 years at building a fishermen's memorial on the Outer Cape
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Mindy Todd talks with Patty Larkin and Lucy Kaplansky about their music and careers, and the joy they find in performing with one another.
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Mindy Todd talks with the co-artistic directors of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival- Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse about this annual summertime event.
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This month we discuss the best books to read while relaxing on the beach.
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Turns out empty nest syndrome doesn't require actual children. Susan Moeller follows a gray catbird family that set up shop in the viburnum by the kitchen window, from sloppy first nest to turquoise eggs to a six hour screaming fit from an anxious dad. Then, silence. And a lot of feelings about it.
The Point
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Mindy Todd talks with Patty Larkin and Lucy Kaplansky about their music and careers, and the joy they find in performing with one another.
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Mindy Todd talks with the co-artistic directors of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival- Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse about this annual summertime event.
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This month we discuss the best books to read while relaxing on the beach.
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We talk with Rabbi Caryn Broitman about her new book The Torah is an Open Book, Radical Readings for the Seeker and the Skeptic.
NPR Stories
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The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1.5% in the spring, according to the Commerce Department. That's a modest slowdown from the previous quarter — but consumer spending picked up steam.
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Congress created the Alien Terrorist Removal Court in 1996 to make it easier for the Justice Department to use classified evidence to deport people from U.S. soil.
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The U.S. military says it launched a "heavy wave of strikes" on Iran after an Iranian attack on a U.S. base in Jordan.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia Michael Ratney why Saudi Arabia is entering the war in the Gulf.
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Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general is up in the air after concerns from two Republicans on the committee that must advance his nomination.