"I'm really happy and excited to see my family and my colleagues," Wa Lone told reporters as he left the prison after more than 500 days. "And I can't wait to go to my newsroom."
NPR's David Greene and Rachel Martin look back at famous theme songs from pop culture, and remember the old Morning Edition theme as the show debuts the updated version of the song.
The recording of her historic 2018 performance, titled Homecoming: Live Album, includes new songs and arrives just as a documentary of the concert begins streaming on Netflix.
The WikiLeaks founder had been holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London since 2012. He was arrested on a warrant from 2012 for failing to surrender to the court and also on behalf of the United States.
NPR correspondent and Morning Edition host Noel King joined MPR's Angela Davis to talk about what it's like to host public radio's flagship morning program and how journalists should cover difficult topics. Their conversation is part of MPR's Broadcast Journalist Series.
The service, launched last year, is currently available in some 400 cities in the United States. But the social media giant said it has found that 40 percent of Americans live in places where there weren't enough local news stories to support it.
Newspapers are closing or being consolidated at an astounding rate, often leaving behind what researchers label as news deserts -- towns and even entire counties that have no consistent local media coverage.
More than 1,400 cities and towns across the U.S. have lost a newspaper over the past 15 years, according to an Associated Press analysis of data compiled by the University of North Carolina.
MIT Technology Review wrote about a study that found hipsters look alike. A man mistakenly thought the photo at the top of the story was of himself and threatened legal action.
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