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For the first time in the 100-year history of Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), female recruits trained alongside men in a 13-week boot camp.

We asked NPR readers and listeners to share what they're really into and why it brings them joy. If you need a new hobby, here are a few unconventional ideas.

Hard Day’s Night, Southern California's #1 Beatles tribute show, thrills audiences with tight harmonies and flawless note-for-note instrumental renditions of Beatles hits. Hard Day’s Night has honed their show to become one of the most musically and visually satisfying Beatles tribute acts in the world. Hard Day’s Night is based in Los Angeles and performs throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. Their custom-tailored costumes, vintage instruments, Liverpudlian dialect, and precise attention to every detail recreate the magic, music, wit, and wisdom of the total Beatles phenomenon. On stage, the four permanent members capture the unique personality, physicality, and charm of the Beatle they each portray, including the Fab Four’s familiar head bobs, toe taps, and patter between songs. Three costume changes cover the full range of the Beatles experience and beyond, with authentic early black suits, Sgt. Peppers’ regalia, and Abbey Road attire, with all scenes set with a video backdrop. Hear the horn section on Penny Lane and the full orchestration of A Day in the Life. Relive the emotional intensity of John in his classic white suit performing Imagine, Paul’s moving Yesterday solo, the high energy of stadium songs like Twist and Shout and 30 other Beatles hits. Enjoy this show on Wednesdays, November 3, 10 and 24, and on Wednesday, December 1 at 7 p.m. at the Welk Resort Theatre Escondido. Get tickets here! Kids admission: $25 Adult admission: $38 For more information, please go to the Welk Resort Theatre website or call (760) 749-3448.

"We're used to treating hot spells as a chance to go play in the sun," said a top government scientist. "Our lifestyles and our infrastructure are not adapted to what is coming."

Millions of people in the U.S. have lost someone they love to COVID-19, and advocates hope to have those losses marked each year on the first Monday in March.

Florida officials recently rejected a slew of math textbooks, claiming they included "prohibited topics." Journalist Dana Goldstein theorizes the objections related to social-emotional learning.

"Yolanda López: Portrait of the Artist" opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego this weekend.

The iconic park in the San Diego borderlands was the only way many cross-border families were able to see each other.

Residents accuse the largely white state government of neglecting the needs of a city that's 82% Black. White flight in the 1970s devastated the tax base, posing a major challenge to any solution.

Lawyers and health experts, as well as incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, say getting gender-affirming care in prison often comes only after threats of lawsuits or a full legal fight.