All Things Considered
                      
                  
             
            Weekdays 4 - 6:30 p.m., Weekends 5 - 6 p.m. on 88.5 NEPM
        
    
    
    
    
        Every weekday, join NPR’s Ari Shapiro, Mary Louise Kelly, Alisa Chang, Juana Summers and New England Public Media's Kari Njiiri and Adam Frenier for breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special — sometimes quirky — features.
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                        The idea of asking kids to collect coins for needy children abroad was born of one couple's desire to add meaning to Halloweening. Some say it's now more important than ever.
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                        Car insurance premiums have increased at twice the rate of overall inflation. They've stabilized, at least for now, but more than half of Americans say the costs are painful.
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                        Residents of Cortina, Italy, worry about the effects of the 2026 Winter Olympics on their town.
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                        NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont about his support for a bill to provide SNAP benefits to recipients in spite of the shutdown.
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                        NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Bloomberg digital culture reporter Cecilia D'Anastasio about an emerging industry of video editing -- designed to help content creators go viral online.
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                        Scientists are observing the skies as the comet 3i/ATLAS makes a close flyby of Earth.
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                        The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate today for the second time in six weeks. The central bank is trying to shore up the sagging job market.
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                        More than 130 people were killed in Rio de Janeiro's deadliest-ever police raid targeting a major drug cartel.
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                        Noted feminist Bible scholar Phyllis Trible influenced generations of Christians. She died this month at the age of 92.
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                        Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, discusses how the ICRC operates amid renewed violence in Gaza and works to uphold humanitarian principles during the fragile ceasefire.