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Abby Ingwersen, a guest artist at Nice Try Tattoo, works on a client.

Abby Ingwersen, a guest artist at Nice Try Tattoo, works on a client using the stick and poke method. Mengwen Cao for NPR hide caption

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Culture

'A real shift in the vibe': The tattoo industry is changing

For purveyors of an artform that’s famously permanent, tattoo artists sure like to switch things up. From independent collectives to the “stick and poke” tattoo, a new generation is leaving its mark.

Handpoked Independent Tattoo Artists

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Friday

Business

A new generation of tattoo artists is doing things differently

In a typical studio, artists schedule some of their work, and also take walk-in clients. At some new shops, artists schedule all their work and have done away with the apprentice model of the past.

Handpoked Independent Tattoo Artists

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Thursday

Health

New CDC guidance recommends doctors address IUD insertion pain for patients

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Aileen Gariepy of Weill Cornell Medicine about the new federal guidance that advises doctors to consider pain management for IUD insertion pain.

CDC GUIDANCE ON IUD PAIN

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Tuesday

Ronald Rowe, Secret Service Acting Director, testifies about the attempted assassination of ex-President Donald Trump during a hearing on Tuesday.

Ronald Rowe, Secret Service acting director, testifies Tuesday about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty hide caption

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Politics

Social media account with extremist comments could be tied to Trump gunman, FBI says

The social media account had antisemitic and anti-immigrant comments that could be linked to the shooter, though officials are still working to verify the account's authenticity, FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate said.

Social media account with extremist comments could be tied to Trump gunman, FBI says

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Wednesday

Project RattleCam lets people observe rattlesnakes with a livestream.

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Animals

Watch a livestream of Colorado’s ‘mega den’ of pregnant rattlesnakes

On a rocky hillside in Colorado is a “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes — along with cameras livestreaming the whole thing.

 Pregnant Rattlesnakes Webcam

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Thursday

Royal Ramey, the co-founder and CEO of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program.

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The next generation of firefighters learned how to fight fires while in prison

A nonprofit in California is aiming to remove roadblocks for previously incarcerated firefighters and expand the profession in the process.

Incarcerated people are key in fighting wildfires. But building a career after prison isn't easy

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Wednesday

Animals

This webcam allows you to see into a 'mega den' of pregnant rattlesnakes

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Scott Boback, a professor of Biology at Dickinson College, who co-leads Project RattleCam — a webcam aimed at a mega-den holding hundred of pregnant rattlesnakes.

 Pregnant Rattlesnakes Webcam

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Thursday

Weather

Nesting birds are preventing some people from being able to use their A/C units

It’s nesting season across the nation and birds are taking up residence in and around A/C units. This is especially concerning with the heat dome and heat wave taking over many parts of the U.S.

BIRDS + A/C UNITS HEATWAVE

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Monday

Race

The legacy — and efficacy — of the Civil Rights Act on its 60th anniversary

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Lerone Martin, director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University, about the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The legacy — and efficacy — of the Civil Rights Act on its 60th anniversary

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Monday

Movies

Netflix’s ‘Black Barbie’ explores the creation of a doll that impacted generations

A new documentary on Netflix tells the story of the first Black Barbie doll. The doll arrived in 1980 — more than two decades after the 1959 launch of the first Barbie.

BLACK BARBIE

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Friday

Education

The FAFSA rollout left many students in limbo. Some colleges feel the effects, too

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Eric Hoover, reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education, about how last year's chaotic rollout of the FAFSA is affecting colleges and universities.

The FAFSA rollout left many students in limbo. Some colleges feel the effects, too

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Tuesday

Politics

What horse race journalists have to say about election reporting

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to reporter Annie Aguiar about her article in Poynter titled "What do horse race journalists think of ‘horse race journalism'?"

What horse race journalists have to say about how elections are covered

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Thursday

Science

Three kids found an unusual bone hiking. It was a huge dinosaur skeleton

Two years ago, three kids stumbled upon an unusual bone hiking, they embarked on the long endeavor of excavating an entire T-Rex skeleton. They call it: The Brother.

Three kids found an unusual bone hiking. It was a huge dinosaur skeleton

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Wednesday

Politics

House Democrat on why he supports Biden's executive action restricting migration

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Democratic Congressman Mike Levin, about President Biden's new executive order on immigration.

House Democrat on why he supports Biden's executive action restricting migration

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