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Tom Hanks used some of the pandemic slowdown to write a novel titled The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption

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Tom Hanks has starred in dozens of movies. Now he's written a novel too

For Tom Hanks, movies have always been transformative. Now, after acting in dozens of them, he's written a novel based on his experiences on movie sets. He talked to NPR's A Martinez.

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Steve Kirsch, a tech entrepreneur turned anti-vaccine activist, at a conference in Atlanta for future COVID and vaccine-related litigation that he helped organize and fund. Lisa Hagen/NPR hide caption

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As the pandemic winds down, anti-vaccine activists are building a legal network

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Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will make a recommendation about whether the agency should approve the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images hide caption

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The FDA considers first birth control pill without a prescription

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Tom Hanks used some of the pandemic slowdown to write a novel titled The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption

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Tom Hanks has starred in dozens of movies. Now he's written a novel, too

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Michael Luttig, a retired federal judge who was an adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, testifies at a Jan. 6 committee hearing in June 2022. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

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He followed strict rules as a judge and wants Supreme Court justices to do the same

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Mississippi Today reporter Anna Wolfe, center, is congratulated Monday by staff sports columnist Rick Cleveland, right, after winning the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, as her mother, Bethel Wolfe, left, observes, at a celebration in Jackson, Miss. Wolfe was honored for her reporting on a $77 million welfare scandal, the largest embezzlement of federal funds in Mississippi's history. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption

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Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

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Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

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Evacuated middle school students wait on a bus after a shooting at Noblesville West Middle School on May 25, 2018, in Noblesville, Indiana. Kevin Moloney/Getty Images hide caption

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A retired FBI agent on how to protect yourself during a mass shooting

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There's growing evidence that social media use can contribute to mental health issues among teens. A new health advisory suggests ways to protect them. martin-dm/Getty Images hide caption

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Major psychologists' group warns of social media's potential harm to kids

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Major psychologists' group warns of social media's potential harm to kids

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