A fire broke out at the Sundeck restaurant Thursday morning, temporarily shutting down access to Aspen Mountain. No injuries have been reported.
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On today's newscast: The Aspen Fire Protection District is investing in AI-powered drones to help fight wildfires; Colorado could become the first state to fully decriminalize prostitution under a newly introduced bill; and a coalition of public lands advocates and historians is suing the Trump administration, accusing it of censoring American history and science at national parks. Tune in for these stories and more.
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Two albums released the same day — Jill Scott's return from a long absence, and Brent Faiyaz's play for a mid-career pivot — offer opposing visions of artistic advancement in the genre.
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A surprising new study shows that baby chickens react the same way that humans do when tested for something called the "bouba-kiki effect," which has been linked to the emergence of language.
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U.S. speedskater Jordan Stolz had a lot of hype accompanying him in these Winter Olympic Games. He's now got two gold medals, one silver, with one event to go.
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These days, the Super Bowl halftime show is a massive driver of the streaming, airplay and sales that fuel the Billboard charts. This week, Bad Bunny benefits from that influence.
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An NPR reporter covering the Olympics in Milan takes us on cultural side quests, to a hospitality house and a candy store.
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Canada was long the top dog of Olympic women's hockey. But with a win Thursday, the Americans could do more than earn a third gold medal — they could prove the sport's balance of power has shifted.
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In a slow-motion race of two retail behemoths, Amazon's trump card was its lucrative cloud-computing business.
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A Republican voting overhaul is back on Capitol Hill — with an added photo identification provision and an altered name. Opponents say the legislation would disenfranchise millions of voters.
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Who says serious athletes are always serious? Akwasi Frimpong, who's competed for Ghana, is a world-class wisecracker as he reflects on being a Black African athlete in the white world of winter sports.
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A proposed rule could put nearly 80,000 people at risk of eviction, many of them U.S. citizen children. Undocumented immigrants don't get rental aid but can currently live with family members who do.
Join NPR’s Peter Sagal, host of Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!, to judge this year’s storytellers on Monday, March 30, at the historic Wheeler Opera House for what’s sure to be another memorable night of oral storytelling!
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