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Simone Popperl is an editor for NPR's Morning Edition and Up First. She joined the network in March 2019, and since then has pitched and edited stories on everything from the legacy of burn pits in Iraq, to never-ending "infrastructure week," to California towns grappling with climate change, to American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin's ascendance to the top of her sport. She led Noel King's reporting on the early days of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Steve Inskeep's reporting from swing states in the lead up to the 2020 Presidential Election, and Leila Fadel's field reporting from Kentucky on the end of Roe v. Wade.

Two bounty hunters and the fugitive from Minnesota that they were tracking were killed Tuesday night in a shootout at an auto dealership in Greenville, Texas, authorities say.

Some operas inspire reverence beyond who gets kissed and who gets killed. Francis Poulenc’s The Dialogues of the Carmelites is chief among them.This is…

Ohio is one of several states where Republicans are working to make it harder for citizens to amend the state constitution, in large part to derail another proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution.

The seventh Democratic debate was marked by nuanced explanations from Hillary Clinton and declarative statements from Bernie Sanders.

The Supreme Court yesterday heard oral arguments in a case that could decide the next big step in the erosion of abortion rights in America. We’ll talk about the case and more national politics with journalist Ken Rudin.

In the Columbus City Schools, Ohio's largest school district, 62% of students have the required technology to learn online.The district is not alone.…

A new play showing in Columbus puts the history of an LGBT couple center stage. “The Turkey Men,” follows a gay couple from the Civil War era who live on…

Even with just a few notes, the harpsichord’s distinctive twang can take you back to the days when J.S. Bach was jamming out on the instrument like a rock…

Ohio State's playoff hopes and shot at a Big Ten championship took a major hit last weekend. This week the Buckeyes move on to face Michigan to close out…