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With omicron surging, it may be another year to put away your New Years party heels
COVID cases are hitting record highs with about 240,000 people testing positive a day. But the omicron variant behind the surge may lead to milder illness, especially in vaccinated and boosted people.
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NPR's Bobby Carter on why a 2020 song should be included on 2021's best music lists
One of the biggest songs of 2021 was technically released in 2020 — so it can't be included on lists of the year's best music. NPR's Bobby Carter shouts out the song "Essence" by Wizkid.
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Midwest farmers are split on whether to use farmland for big solar plans
Midwest farmers both embrace and reject large solar power developments on farmland. Some make far more money leasing land than growing crops. Others worry about taking good land out of production.
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Thousands are displaced in Brazil after weeks of flooding in Bahia state
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Gram Slattery, Brazil correspondent for Reuters, about the deadly flooding currently happening in the northeastern state of Bahia, Brazil.
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'Life Kit': How to say sorry
We know you want to be the best you in 2022, so we're offering a curated selection of excerpts from 2021 Life Kit episodes to help you do just that. Here's how to say "sorry" — like you mean it.
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President Biden promised to reform immigration policy. How has that been going?
President Biden had an ambitious agenda to overhaul the nation's border policies. But as the end of the year approaches, many of those proposals have been blocked, reversed or simply abandoned.
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Some of the best TV shows of 2021, you may not have even heard of
NPR TV critic Eric Deggans shares what shows he loved in 2021 and what TV should have gotten more attention.
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What public health experts say about the about the CDC's new quarantine guidelines
Many public health experts are pushing for stronger measures than the Biden administration and governors are willing to take to reduce impacts from the growing omicron wave. Why the disconnect?
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'The guy from Searchlight': Former Senate leader Harry Reid is dead at 82
Born into poverty in Searchlight, Nev., the one-time amateur boxer served in Congress for 34 years — first in the House and, later, for three decades in the Senate.
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John Madden, NFL Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster, has died at age 85
Legendary NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden has died, according to the league. He was 85.
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Companies are working on technology to get cars to detect and prevent drunk driving
The new infrastructure law includes a requirement for a new safety feature in vehicles: Some sort of technology to detect and prevent drunk driving. But how would that actually work?
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It's unclear if Boris Johnson can bounce back from low approval ratings and scandals
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is going through the worst period of his premiership so far — but he's bounced back before. Can he do it again?