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Bandit (left) with his daughters Bluey (center) and Bingo (right).

Parents share what they learned from watching 'Bluey'

The anthropomorphic cattle dog has been captivating the attention of her target audience and then some.

The Rev. Jesse Garza blesses the shrimp fleet in Port Isabel, Texas, on July 12. Half of the vessels will remain tied up during the summer shrimping season because, their owners say, the Gulf shrimping industry is near collapse.

Americans love shrimp. But U.S. shrimpers are barely making ends meet

Many Americans don't realize the cheap, plentiful shrimp they buy in the market and order in restaurants is driving U.S. shrimpers out of business.

U.S., France and African leaders give coup leaders in Niger one week to step down

African leaders backed by the U.S. and France have given a week for coup leaders in Niger to step down and restore the democratically elected president.

Members of an female Afghan military platoon now face uncertain fate in the U.S.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Mahnaz Akbari, former commander of the Afghan military's Female Tactical Platoon, about the Afghan Adjustment Act.

C.K. Chau's take on 'Pride and Prejudice' takes readers to 2000s New York Chinatown

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author C.K. Chau about her new book, Good Fortune — a Pride and Prejudice retelling with some delicious twists set in Chinatown in New York City during the early 2000s.

Malevolent robot stories used to be more about brawn than brain — so it was a genuine shock for audiences in 1968 when the sentient HAL-9000 computer calmly said, "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." Above, Gary Lockwood and Keir Dullea in <em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em>.

'Open the pod bay door, HAL' — here's how AI became a movie villain

When Tom Cruise battles a sentient artificial intelligence "Entity" in the latest Mission Impossible film, he joins a long list of heroes who've had to fight a malevolent machine onscreen.

Magnus White, a 17-year old on the U.S. national cycling team, was killed Saturday while biking in Boulder, Colo. He is seen here competing at the Cyclocross World Championships in January in Hoogerheide, the Netherlands.

Top American cyclist Magnus White, 17, dies after being hit by a car

White was preparing to compete in next week's Cyclocross World Championships in Scotland when a driver struck him while he was cycling on the shoulder of a highway in Boulder, Colo.

Pee-wee Herman was more than a boy who never grew up

Pee-wee's creator, Paul Reubens, died Sunday of cancer. He was 70. Pee-wee was a petulant man-child and a trickster spirit, a burst of joyous id that snuck his brand of anarchy into the mainstream.

'Dreamtown' podcast examines how legal marijuana transformed one small town

Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto is a true-story, Coen brothers-esque caper about a California desert town that tried to revive its economy by turning to legal cannabis sales.

A Tennessee native, Leanne Morgan refers to herself as the "Mrs. Maisel of Appalachia."

Leanne Morgan, the 'Mrs. Maisel of Appalachia,' jokes about motherhood and menopause

"It took me a long time to find my audience ... but I always knew they were out there," says Morgan, who started doing stand-up as a mom in her mid-30s. Her new Netflix special is I'm Every Woman.

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