Ari Shapiro
Stories
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Science
Science roundup: chorus waves, vegan cheese, and contagious peeing among chimps
In this week's science roundup from Short Wave, we discuss "chirps" of radiation from space, contagious urination among chimps, and the meltiness of vegan cheese.
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Politics
Why a Jan. 6 defendant rejected Trump's pardon
More than 1,500 people who participated in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol four years ago got a pardon from President Trump this week. Pamela Hemphill, age 71, turned down the offer of clemency.
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Health
Trump administration tells federal health agencies to pause external communications
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Washington Post reporter Dan Diamond about the Trump Administration's directive to Department of Health and Human Services agencies to pause all external communications.
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Politics
America's views on inauguration
With all eyes on Washington for President Trump's inauguration, celebrations and commiseration rang out across the country in different ways.
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Ambassador Danon on the Gaza ceasefire
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, about the politics that influenced the timing of the ceasefire deal, and what the future holds for Gaza.
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Politics
Trump issues Jan. 6 pardons
President Trump issued pardons for nearly everyone charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, undoing a complex Justice Department probe in a moment.
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Politics
How Trump's orders will remake the immigration landscape
President Trump's executive actions have remade the immigration landscape, leaving many migrants in despair.
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National
An American held during the Iran hostage crisis talks about Jimmy Carter's legacy
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Barry Rosen, one of the 52 Americans held in Iran during the hostage crisis from 1979 to 1981, on President Jimmy Carter's quest to bring about their safe release.
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'Moana 2' songwriters made history as 1st all-female team to lead a Disney soundtrack
Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear made history as the youngest composers and only all-woman songwriting team for a Disney animated film, with Moana 2.
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World
The fall of Syria's dictatorship ripples out to one family in Toledo, Ohio
When Syria's dictatorship fell, celebrations broke out around the world, including in Ohio, where Mohammed al-Refai, a refugee from Syria, lives now. NPR has followed his story for nearly a decade.
