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00:10:35

Let's do the time warp: Looking back on 50 years of...

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2025/09/25

It's been 50 years since "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" released to an uncertain future.

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00:03:47

White House threatens layoffs if government shuts down

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2025/09/25

Senate Democrats are trying to add guarantees for health insurance subsidies in a Republican bill to keep the government funded after Sept. 30.

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00:05:34

West Virginia relies mostly on coal for its...

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2025/09/25

In West Virginia, more than 80% of the electricity comes from coal-fired power plants, customers have faced steady increases for more than a decade.

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00:05:54

What Trump’s overhaul of the H-1B visa program means

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2025/09/25

The administration claims the move is part of its larger effort to curb perceived third-party staffing and visa abuse, and to protect U.S. workers and jobs.

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00:05:27

Is it a good time to buy a house?

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2025/09/25

The median price of a house sold in the United States is down slightly, for the first time in years.

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00:03:47

Remembering Indiana basketball legend Nancy Leonard

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2025/09/25

Leonard died on Wednesday at 93.

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00:05:54

Study finds left-wing political violence on the rise

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2025/09/25

Researchers write in The Atlantic that 2025 is the first time in more than 30 years that left-wing attacks outnumber attacks from the far right.

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00:04:05

Beverly Cleary's 'Henry Huggins' series turns 75

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2025/09/25

The six books in the series follow the everyday adventures of Henry and his canine companion, Ribsy.

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00:05:43

How federal officials uncovered a ring of electronic...

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2025/09/25

The electronics were capable of bringing down cellular networks.

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00:06:51

Researcher talks about Trump's claims about...

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2025/09/25

Scientific and medical groups say there’s no credible evidence that acetaminophen causes autism. But President Trump told pregnant people this week to avoid taking the pain reliever because of claims that taking it heightens the risk of autism in children.

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00:05:42

Dating app data is hard to access, so researchers...

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2025/09/24

Dating apps collect a lot of useful data from their users that could help researchers better understand love and relationships.

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00:08:45

Rural Virginia communities are still struggling to...

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2025/09/24

The country’s opioid epidemic of the last generation hit Appalachian Virginia particularly hard.

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00:03:43

Bullets engraved with anti-ICE messages found at...

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2025/09/24

Officials say the shooter died of a self-inflicted wound.

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00:10:49

With U.S. booze pulled from shelves, Canadian...

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2025/09/24

After President Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods, a number of provinces pulled American-made wines and spirits off the shelves.

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00:04:52

Jimmy Kimmel defends free speech in his return to...

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2025/09/24

Kimmel was suspended for nearly a week for comments he made following the death of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk.

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00:06:32

New Hampshire Democrat urges extension of health care...

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2025/09/24

Expiring health care tax credits are one of the main sticking points in negotiations to avoid a government shutdown

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00:05:46

Trump raised $8 million for victims of Hurricane...

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2025/09/24

One year since Hurricane Helene devastated southeast America, we look at how Appalachia is recovering, healing and learning after Helene brought extreme landslides and flooding to the area.

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00:06:47

Love is in the air, as interest in romance books...

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2025/09/24

As interest in reading for pleasure declines in the U.S. overall, there’s one genre that’s been steadily drawing readers in with promises of happily-ever-afters: romance.

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00:02:39

Trump announces hike to visa category used by Indians...

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2025/09/24

The H1-B visa is overwhelmingly used by Indian nationals to work in U.S. tech firms.

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00:10:13

Expert on authoritarianism reflects on Trump...

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2025/09/24

Steven Levitsky, a government professor at Harvard University who studies democracies and autocracies, sees concerning signs in some of the administration's actions since the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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