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Valentine's Day Vacant Lot Sales in New Jersey Didn't Go As Planned
Five years ago, Newark, New Jersey, gave a valentine to residents: a building lot for a $1,000. It was a nice idea, but only a handful of the people awarded those lots were able to build.
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John Kelly Defends Vindman, Questions Trump's Actions On Many Issues
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Peter Bergen, author of Trump and His Generals, about public criticism of the president by John Kelly, a former White House Chief of Staff and retired Marine general.
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Officials Report Huge Jump In Coronavirus Cases In 1 Chinese Province
Health officials say the cases increased in China's Hubei province. That comes as scientists there have changed the definition of who has the disease know as COVID-19.
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Are Divisions In The Democratic Party As Problematic As They Were In 2016?
NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Jennifer Palmieri, ex-communications director for the Obama administration and for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, about the current landscape for Democrats.
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Guinness World Records Certifies New World's Oldest Living Man
Chitetsu Watanabe of Japan was born in 1907 — he's just shy of 113 years old. He raised bonsai trees in his spare time. He says his secret to old age is to always "keep a smile on your face."
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German Farmer's Marriage Proposal Shows Up On Google Maps
Steffen Schwarz wrote "Will you marry me?" in German across his cornfield and then got his fiancee to fly a drone overhead. She said "yes." A satellite captured the field, and it's on Google Maps.
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Morning News Brief
Early nominating contests fail to resolve Democratic Party's divide. The Education Department probes Harvard and Yale funds. And, why scores of Iranian-Americans were detained at a border crossing.
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How Yang's Presidential Bid May Affect Asian American Voters
NPR's David Greene talks to Christine Chen, director of the nonprofit Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote, about what Andrew Yang's presidential run meant for the Asian American community.
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List Of Companies Working With Israeli Settlements Made Public
A U.N. agency released a list of more than 100 companies — including some from the U.S. and Europe — it says are operating in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and negatively impacting Palestinians.
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White Supremacist Propaganda More Than Doubled In 2019, ADL Reports
NPR's David Greene talks to Oren Segal of the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism about the increased incidents of white supremacist propaganda.
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How Much Is Politics Influencing The Justice Department?
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to George Terwilliger, who was Attorney General William Barr's deputy in the 1990s, about whether the Justice Department has become politicized.
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Klobuchar Presidential Campaign Surges; Finishes 3rd In N.H. Primary
NPR' David Greene talks to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat and a Klobuchar supporter, about Sen. Amy Klobuchar's strong showing behind Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg.