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NPR staffers pick their favorite fiction reads of 2024

At work: hardworking news journalists. At home: omnivorous fiction readers. We asked our colleagues what they've enjoyed most this year and here are the titles they shared.

The California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus announces legislation at a press conference on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, to ban school districts from forcing schools to notify parents if their child requests to change their gender identification in Sacramento, Calif. The California Senate has approved a bill, Thursday, June 13, that would ban school districts from forcing teachers to notify parents if their child asks to go by a new pronoun at school.

California Senate approves ban on schools notifying parents of their child's pronoun change

The legislation applies to any policies that require school staff to disclose a student's gender identity or sexual orientation to anyone else without the child's permission.

Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) on the famously pointy and rusty Iron Throne.

'House of the Dragon' season premiere: I told you the rats would be a whole thing

In the season premiere of House of the Dragon, Aegon II and Aemond are eager for war, and HBO's sound crew takes a big swing.

A health officer collects ducks to be killed at a farm north of Bangkok during Thailand's bird flu outbreak in 2004. A massive culling of fowl was part of the country's strategy to quash the virus.

Thailand beat avian flu 20 years ago. What can we learn from their strategies?

The U.S. is seeing a surge in avian flu. It's in chickens and cows and even sickened a few humans. Here's how other countries have dealt with the virus.

A photo shows Mooney Falls on the Havasupai reservation in Arizona in May. Dozens of tourists say they fell ill on a recent visit to a popular and picturesque stretch of waterfalls deep in a gorge neighboring Grand Canyon National Park.

Dozens of hikers became ill during trips to waterfalls near the Grand Canyon

The hikers were visiting a popular Arizona tourist destination that features towering blue-green waterfalls on the Havasupai reservation deep in a gorge neighboring Grand Canyon National Park.

California Senate approves ban on schools notifying parents of their child's pronoun change

The legislation applies to any policies that require school staff to disclose a student's gender identity or sexual orientation to anyone else without the child's permission.

Kendrick Lamar performs at a Spotify event in Cannes, France, during the Cannes Lions media festival in June 2022.

GOAT debates are a hip-hop tradition. Spotify is here to spoil the fun

Canon-making is a core part of rap fandom, the subject of endless barbershop parleys and message-board battles. But something curdles when the companies that control the music business enter the chat.

An Ukrainian soldier takes part in a military training with French servicemen at a military training compound at an undisclosed location in Poland, on April 4.

The war in Ukraine will likely intensify this summer. Here's what to know

Fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war has tended to pick up in summer, when it's warmer, drier and easier for both sides to maneuver. Here are five key regions and themes to know in the months ahead.

'Always Sunny' creator Rob McElhenney on his pandemic purchase: a Welsh soccer team

McElhenney says he bought the team to “bring hope to a town that had fallen on hard times." The FX series Welcome to Wrexham chronicles the team and its owners and fans.

Hot dog-eating champ Joey Chestnut won't compete this July 4. What's the beef?

The 16-time reigning champion lost his spot in this year's competition after signing an endorsement deal with a company that makes plant-based hot dogs, potentially clearing the way for an underdog.

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