All Things Considered
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WEMU's All Things Considered local host is Lisa Barry, who anchors all local news segments during the program.
NPR's All Things Considered paints the bigger picture with reports on the day's news, analysis of world events, and thoughtful commentary.
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The U.S. is facing a shortage of the monkeypox vaccine as the outbreak grows rapidly. The White House is pursuing a controversial strategy where each person only gets a fraction of the full dose.
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A local journalist in small town New York and an aspiring writer in Eastern Ukraine discovered they had a lot more to learn from each other than either expected.
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Feeling vindicated by recent evidence of an Iranian plot to kill former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton, opponents to reviving the nuclear deal with Iran are pressing their case.
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Former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization Allen Weisselberg has plead guilty for his role in a tax fraud scheme that lasted 15 years.
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Environmental damage is a threat to the global economy but it's hardly counted in economic figures like the GDP. The Biden administration is unveiling an effort to give a more holistic accounting.
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Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will sit out 11 games and pay a $5 million fine. Watson agreed to the increased punishment after dozens of sexual misconduct allegations.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ronald Jocelyn, the education director of the Hope for Haiti, about conditions on the ground in Haiti one year after a devastating earthquake hit the country.
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A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows that big numbers of Americans believe incorrectly that "most" of the fentanyl entering the U.S. is smuggled by migrants. It's not the only misleading claim getting traction.
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Press freedom in Hong Kong has tanked in recent years. Many journalists have left the field, but a few have set up tiny outlets to report on local issues and try to hold the authorities to account.
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It's been one year since a flood tore through Waverly, Tenn., and killed 20 people. There's been lots of effort to rebuild but it's still unclear if the town will ever be the same.