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Weekend Edition Saturday
Norman Lear has died. He was a writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with such topical hits as "All in the Family" and "Maude" and propelled political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms. Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP hide caption
Week in politics: Trump claims he'll be a dictator, Hunter Biden's legal troubles
Norman Lear has died. He was a writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with such topical hits as "All in the Family" and "Maude" and propelled political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms. Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP hide caption
Report shows major setbacks in education in Afghanistan since the Taliban took over
Remembering Saleemul Huq, the man who changed the conversation about climate change
A new biopic of 'La Vie En Rose' singer Edith Piaf will use AI to recreate her voice
A new book asks if AI can cause the kinds of nuclear disasters seen in movies
Dans la tour (In the Tower)/Self-Portrait of Leonor Fini with Constantin Jelenski, 1952, oil on canvas © Estate of Leonor Fini, Courtesy Galerie Minsky & Weinstein Gallery hide caption
'She was a pure creator.' The art world rediscovers Surrealist painter Leonor Fini
Winter setting in raises questions about Ukraine's next stage in its counteroffensive
Growing Israeli settler violence and army raids in the West Bank raise tensions
A Wisconsin Christmas tree farm is being turned into an ecological preserve
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Benjamin Dreyer, copy editor and author of 'Dreyer's English', retires from Random House
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Colorado schools struggle to keep up with new enrolments of migrant students
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