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At a crossroads, PJ Harvey went back home to rekindle her imagination

The English alt-rock star talks about writing in the Dorset dialect of her childhood home on her new album, I Inside the Old Year Dying, plus she performs live with a special guitar.

Student welders from the San Diego College of Continuing Education work on the USS Midway, Wednesday, San Diego, Calif., December 13, 2023<br/><br/>

The USS Midway becomes a classroom for San Diego student welders

The San Diego College of Continuing Education will extend its pilot program for student welders aboard the USS Midway in San Diego harbor.

Sir David Attenborough with the restored pliosaur skull in the workshop of the Etches Collection Museum, Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK.

Scientists have found the mostly intact skull of a giant, deadly sea reptile

The pliosaur, which existed millions of years ago, would chomp down with its 130 teeth in a bite far stronger than a crocodile's and had a third eye for locating prey.

A salvo of rockets is fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza toward Israel on Oct. 10. Hamas' unprecedented attack on Israel started Oct. 7. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/10/12/1204881032/hamas-israel-attack-palestinians">A senior Hamas official told NPR</a> that its planning was kept a close secret.

These were NPR.org's biggest international stories in 2023

Hamas' attack in Israel and the war that followed and the stalemate in Ukraine were our biggest international stories in 2023, but we also found some wonder around the world.

The 50 Best Albums of 2023

The album's not dead! Want proof? NPR Music's list of the best albums of 2023 features masterworks by veterans, newcomers, iconoclasts and at least one supergroup.

Members of the Veterans in Piping program at Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 230 practice their welding skills.

San Diego College of Continuing Education receives $1.175 million welding grant

The funding from BlueForge Alliance, a nonprofit based in Bryan, Texas, is part of a nationwide effort addressing a shortage of skilled welders.

Sam Altman speaks at the OpenAI DevDay event on Nov. 6, in San Francisco. He has been reinstated as OpenAI's chief executive, days after being ousted by its board of directors.

With his sudden return to OpenAI, Sam Altman becomes the latest 'boomerang CEO'

In a reversal that brought him back in a matter of days, the OpenAI co-founder joins a club of CEOs who return after leaving the company they founded.

PJ Harvey: Tiny Desk Concert

In her Tiny Desk performance, the artist lives on her own artistic plane — inviting listeners to take their time to fully join her.

Rice's whales are one of the most recently discovered whale species in the world — and already one of the most endangered. But protections for the Gulf of Mexico species have been repeatedly delayed.

Only 51 of these U.S. whales remain. Little has been done to prevent their extinction

Rice's whales are one of the world's newly discovered whale species – and already one of the most endangered. Protections for the whales in the Gulf of Mexico are not coming fast.

Tim Weah of the United States celebrates after scoring the team's goal during a World Cup match against Wales on November 21, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. Wales and the U-S finished 1-1.

For Tim Weah, a World Cup goal capped a family journey. Now he's ready for England

The U.S. will play England at 2 p.m. ET on Friday in Qatar, with Weah's parents in the stands. His father, George Weah, was a star player in the '90s but never made it to the World Cup himself.

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