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Gary Paulsen's Memoir Taps Into The Childhood Experiences That Inspired His Stories

By Samantha Balaban • Apr 17, 2021

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Royal Family Holds Smaller, Intimate Funeral For Prince Philip Amid Pandemic

By editor • Apr 17, 2021

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Kate Winslet, Brad Ingelsby On Their Newest HBO Crime Drama

By editor • Apr 17, 2021

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Biden Welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga To White House

By Anthony Kuhn • Apr 17, 2021

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It was the first welcome of a foreign leader to the Biden White House. The Japanese prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, sat down with President Biden to discuss regional security and threats to that security from one of Japan's neighbors.

What The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause Means For The U.S.'s Distribution Plan

By Pien Huang • Apr 17, 2021

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Gospel Singer Elizabeth King Hits A Musical Milestone At 77

By editor • Apr 17, 2021

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Back in the 1970s, Memphis gospel artist Elizabeth King was one of the few women leading an all-male group, Elizabeth King & the Gospel Souls. They had a hit on the D-Vine label with "I Heard The Voice."

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I HEARD THE VOICE")

Opinion: Remembering The Late Comedy Writer Anne Beatts

By Scott Simon • Apr 10, 2021

I'd like to salute the great comedy writer Anne Beatts with some her own words. Anne died this week at the age of 74. But many of her signature, boundary-breaking routines are tricky to quote on a Saturday morning radio show.

"I'm often accused of 'going too far,' " she once said. "Behind my desire to shock is an even stronger desire to evade the 'feminine stereotype.' You say women are afraid of mice? I'll show you! I'll eat the mouse!"