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A Reminder, Three-Minute Fiction Round 9 Is Open

Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz checks back in with the winner of the last round of Three-Minute Fiction, Carrie MacKillop of Charlotte, Vt. Round 9 of the writing contest has begun and runs through next Sunday. Listeners can submit their story online at www.npr.org/threeminutefiction.

Three-Minute Fiction Round 11: Finders Keepers

For this round of our short story contest, write a piece of original fiction in which a character finds something he or she has no intention of returning.

Democrats File Three Complaints Against Gov. Scott

Democrats have filed three ethics and campaign finance complaints against Governor Rick Scott.They accuse Scott of not fully disclosing the use of an…

Four Explosions in London; Three Tube Stations Closed

Authorities in London are investigating three incidents on the London Underground and one explosion on a bus. Police say one person has been injured but they emphasized that the incidents were not on the scale of four explosions two weeks ago today that killed more than 50 people.

Lynn Fisher and Nick Crohn created the website airportcod.es, which links hundreds of three-letter airport codes with a pretty picture and a brief story about the airport. (Screenshot from airportcod.es)

Airport Codes: Three Letters And A Few Unsolved Mysteries

Two people who love airport codes help Peter O'Dowd unlock some of the stories and mysteries behind them.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed bills that push back against the possibility of a federal central-bank digital currency and seek to prevent credit-card companies from tracking firearm and ammunition sales. One of the bills (SB 7054) would prevent digital currency issued by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign governments from being treated as money under Florida’s Uniform Commercial Code.

Three additional Florida state office closures for the Holidays

Governor DeSantis cited 2024's hurricanes for announcing three extra days off during the holidays.

Three Companies Indicted in Tainted Pet Food Case

Last year, thousands of pets died after eating canned pet food tainted with a chemical used for household cleaning. A federal grand jury in Kansas City has indicted three companies for their roles in producing and distributing the tainted pet food.

Three School Districts Make The Case For A Sales Tax

This year, there have been stories of schoolchildren being sent home because of blistering heat in classrooms where the air conditioning is either...

Officials suspect all three blasts that rocked Jordan's capital Wednesday night were carried out by suicide bombers.

Blasts Hit Three Hotels in Jordan, Kill Scores

Bombs rock three hotels in the downtown area of Jordan's capital, Amman. More than 50 deaths have been reported and more than 100 have been wounded after the near-simultaneous blasts at the Grand Hyatt, the Radisson SAS Hotel and the Days Inn.

Blast Kills 17 in Iraq; Three Turks Kidnapped

At least 17 Iraqis die and more than 40 are injured in a bombing in Hilla, 60 miles south of Baghdad. And three Turks are the latest victims of insurgent attacks on foreign civilians in Iraq. The Arab TV network Al-Jazeera reports that a suspected militant group is threatening to behead the captives within 72 hours unless Turkey ends support for U.S.-led operations in Iraq. NPR News reports.

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