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The New England Aquarium in Boston called a press conference Thursday to dispel an urban legend that a 12-year-old boy with autism had abducted one of its penguins. The aquarium's spokesman Tony LaCasse says no such abduction took place and all the aquarium's penguins are present and accounted for.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Ezra producer Alex Plank and screenwriter Tony Spiridakis -- who said the story comes from his own life with his son -- about portraying autistic people in their film.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Ezra associate producer Alex Plank and screenwriter Tony Spiridakis — who said the story comes from life with his son — about portraying autistic people in their film.

The new rules would make it easier to bring bills and nominations to the floor for debate. There was a time when a senator would have to sustain a filibuster by holding the floor and talking non-stop for hours on end, just as Jimmy Stewart did in the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

For a party that's running up big margins with younger voters, Democrats are awfully gray at the top.

Fitz and the Tantrums' members clicked instantly, and won a famous fan early. But their rise also required an enormous amount of work — what the bandleader calls "success by a thousand paper cuts."

In very different ways, immigration and Islam were highlights at both the Conservative Political Action Conference and the vote for a new Democratic National Committee chairman.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting the success of his policy providing COVID-19 vaccines to everyone 65 years and older in the state. But critics say the vaccine distribution favors some groups over others.

How do we discuss sexual assault and consent with teenage boys? A Jewish organization based near Philadelphia has developed a program to discuss difficult topics such as this in an all-male setting.

Transgender people are concerned how rights may change under the new president. Many are hurrying to complete the process of changing genders on government documents before Donald Trump is sworn in.