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Morning Edition Returns: Where's Hizzoner?

NPR

Published February 7, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

The disappearance of a mayor affiliated with Brazil's Workers Party alarms officials who feared a kidnapping. But it turned out to be a job for the vice squad.

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WESA Voter Guide

Your guide to the 2025 primary, including races for Pittsburgh mayor, PPS and more
WESA Voter Guide

Pittsburgh Mayor: Gainey, O'Connor, Moreno, West
WESA Voter Guide

Pittsburgh ballot question #1: local governance and prohibition of discrimination
WESA Voter Guide

Pittsburgh ballot question #2: privatizing the city's water and system
WESA Voter Guide

Pittsburgh ballot question #3: 'lawful scope of the city's authority'
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Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas judicial candidates
WESA Voter Guide

Allegheny County Council 1st District: Madonna-Emmerling v. Villella
WESA Voter Guide

Allegheny County Council 9th District: Adams v. Altemara v. Frketic

Michael Jordan joins NBC as the network revives its NBA coverage

Ayana Archie

It has been over 20 years since NBC had rights to broadcast NBA games. Its last run was during the 90s, which coincided with Michael Jordan's reign over basketball.
National & International News

Museum opens in Czech Republic at site where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews

The Associated Press

The former textile factory in the town of Brněnec was stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owners in 1938 and turned into a concentration camp. This weekend it welcomed the first visitors to the Museum of Survivors.
Trump tried to fire Corporation for Public Broadcasting board members. Then came DOGE

Stephen Fowler

DOGE staffers tried to assign a team to the independent Corporation for Public Broadcasting after President Trump's purported firing of three board members last month.