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Bus Driver Helps Reunite Lost Dogs With Owners
In Milwaukee, bus driver Jamie Grabowski found two lost dogs and took them onto her bus.
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U.S. Recalls Ambassador To Zambia
The State Department has recalled the U.S. ambassador to Zambia, who faced a backlash from the host government after defending LGBT rights.
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Neighbors Learn Sign Language To Reach Out To 3-Year-Old
A community in Massachusetts is learning American Sign Language to communicate with their 3-year-old deaf neighbor.
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Same-Sex Marriage Comes To Northern Ireland
Same-sex couples in Northern Ireland will be able to marry in 2020, six years after the rest of the U.K.
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Democrats Court Latino Voters
NPR's David Greene speaks with Mindy Romero from the University of Southern California about how the Democrats running for president are courting Latino voters and endorsements.
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A Traffic Cone Becomes A 'Pothole Christmas Tree'
The Rev. Leon Hitchens of Webb Chapel Church in Liberty wrote "Pothole Christmas Tree" on a traffic cone in a pothole.
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How A County Turns Into A Country
Prichard, Ala., distributed 10,000 trash cans to residents. The bins are supposed to read "Mobile County," where Prichard is located. Instead they're marked as property of "Mobile Country."
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News Brief: North Korea Threat, Notre Dame Closed For Christmas
President Trump downplayed North Korea's threat of a "Christmas present" if the U.S. doesn't roll back economic sanctions by the end of the year. Also, Notre Dame won't hold a Christmas mass.
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Review: '1917'
At the height of World War I, two British soldiers are given a seemingly impossible mission. LA Times film critic Kenneth Turan talks with NPR's David Greene about the movie 1917.
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Trump Downplays Threat Of 'Gift' From North Korea
North Korea threatened the U.S. with a "Christmas gift" should Washington not ease sanctions by the end of the year. The cryptic threat opened the door for speculation.
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Seattle Man Plans To Memorize And Perform Joyce's 'Finnegans Wake'
Neal Kosaly-Meyer is memorizing and reciting a chapter a year of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. He plans to finish by 2030. It took Joyce 17 years to write the book.
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Boeing Picks New CEO To 'Restore Confidence, Repair Relationships'
NPR's David Greene talks to aerospace analyst Richard Aboulafia about David Calhoun, who takes over as Boeing's CEO after the company suspended production of its 737 Max planes.