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Nickelodeon's megahit show SpongeBob SquarePants made its TV debut on May 1, 1999. Fans of the cartoon span generations and the animated series has become a multibillion-dollar franchise.
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In his 43 years at the L.A. Times, Louis Sahagún reported on everything from the Latino communities of east LA, to the plight of the desert tortoise. And he got his start sweeping floors.
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While some property owners try to turn a profit from the street artist's murals, others have carried the intense and costly responsibility of protecting them.
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April always brings some of the years' biggest poetry collections. So as it wraps up, we wanted to bring you two favorites — retrospective collections from Marie Howe and Jean Valentine.
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Karla Tatiana Vasquez's search for a favorite family recipe became a cookbook documenting the food and culture of El Salvador.
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Louvre Director Laurence des Cars said her institution is looking at upgrading both the visitor experience surrounding the iconic painting as well as the museum overall.
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Good sex scenes are like any other kind of good filmmaking: It comes down to execution with purpose and care, done relative to whatever the function of the scene might be.
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Renée Elise Goldsberry won a Tony and Grammy for her role in Hamilton, and currently stars in Netflix's Girls5Eva. She may Goldsberry, but what does she know about buried gold?
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Widad Kawar, 94, started collecting Palestinian dresses when she was a child in Jerusalem and founded a museum dedicated to Palestinian embroidery. She talks about what has been lost and what endures.
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A young single dad is on a mission in the film Nowhere Special. With a terminal illness and no family to turn to, he's searching for the perfect adoptive family for his four-year-old son.
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San Antonio's charreada or traditional Mexican rodeo originated among the Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century. The unique rodeo tradition has taken deep roots in the American Southwest.
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In newsrooms, there are constant debates over how journalists should use certain words. We're pulling back the curtain to provide some transparency on the words you hear — or don't hear — from NPR.