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'Rolling Stone' Sells Minority Share Of Magazine To Singapore Entrepreneur

Sept. 25: Jim Zarroli / NPR

It's the first time Jann Wenner has allowed an outside investor to buy a part of the fabled magazine he founded in 1967.

China Completes Largest Radio Telescope In The World

Sept. 25: Rebecca Hersher / NPR

China says the 500-hundred meter telescope detected a radio signal originating 1,351 light-years from Earth. One of its uses is scanning for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life.

Aleppo Under The Most Intense Air Bombardment Since Syrian War Began, U.N. Says

Sept. 25: Rebecca Hersher / NPR

The U.N. Secretary-General said he was "appalled by the chilling military escalation," and that the bombing of densely populated urban areas may amount to war crimes.

Marlins Pitcher José Fernández Dies In Boating Accident

Sept. 25: Rebecca Hersher / NPR

The young ace was Major League Baseball's Rookie of the Year in 2013. When he died, he had the second most strikeouts of any pitcher in the National League.

Lester Holt's Moment

Sept. 25: David Folkenflik / NPR

For NBC's Lester Holt, who took the anchor chair after Brian Williams was caught exaggerating, Monday's presidential debate has big stakes and bigger risks.

Shaken By Economic Change, 'Non-Traditional' Students Are Becoming The New Normal

Sept. 25: Eric Westervelt / NPR

The massive growth in the adult student population in America's colleges and universities — one quarter of all college students are over the age of 30 — is changing the higher ed landscape.

Deadly Opioid Overwhelms First Responders And Crime Labs in Ohio

Sept. 25: Jake Harper / NPR

Carfentanil, a potent variation on fentanyl, is being blamed for a wave of opioid overdoses. In Cincinnati, the coroner, crime lab and first responders are struggling to keep up.

Glassblowing Program Trains Students To Craft Tools For Science

Sept. 25: Hansi Lo Wang / NPR

There is only one school in the U.S. where glassblowers can graduate with a degree in making lab equipment. Students learn how to make customized glassware used in cutting-edge scientific experiments.

Russian Hackers Doxxed Me. What Should I Do About It?

Sept. 25: David Welna / NPR

NPR's David Welna was recently hacked by a pro-Kremlin website when he applied for press credentials in Ukraine. He's hardly alone. But it's an issue the U.S. government is reluctant to discuss.

A Harrowing, Mountain-Scaling Commute For Chinese Schoolkids

Sept. 25: Anthony Kuhn / NPR

To get to school, the children must trek as many as four hours up and down a 2,600-ft. mountainside, relying on rickety ladders. Their families see their education as a way out of poverty.

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