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World Anti-Doping Agency Bans Russia From Global Sports For Next 4 Years
The World Anti-Doping Agency has banned Russia from competing in global sports for the next four years, including the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
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43 People Die In Factory Fire In Old Quarter Of New Delhi
Firefighters finally managed to put out the flames after a fire broke out Sunday in a handbag factory in the city's old quarter. Many of those killed were migrant workers from all over India.
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Shooter At Naval Air Station Pensacola Was A Saudi National
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Greg Allen and former homeland security official Juliette Kayyem about the shooting and the complicated relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.
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Kansas City Chiefs Scramble To Get Gear Before New England Game
The container, which included helmets and footballs, was sent to New Jersey not Foxborough, Mass. It had to be delivered before kickoff or they'd have to forfeit. The Chiefs beat the Patriots 23-16.
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Performance Artist Eats Banana Which Was Part Of Exhibit
The exhibit garnered attention for its absurdity. A banana duct-taped to a white wall at Miami's Art Basel sold for $120,000. The piece did not come with instructions for replacing the fruit.
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Kennedy Center Celebrates 2019 Honorees
Among the artists receiving Kennedy Center Honors Sunday night in Washington, D.C., were Linda Ronstadt, Earth, Wind & Fire and actress Sally Field.
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Myanmar's De Facto Leader To Appear At The Hague
Aung San Suu Kyi aims to convince an international court that charges of genocide against the Muslim minority Rohingya are false. About 700,000 refugees fled a brutal crackdown in 2017.
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House Judiciary Committee Takes An Important Step Toward Impeachment
The House Judiciary Committee will formally receive evidence from the impeachment inquiry of President Trump. The House could vote on impeachment before Christmas.
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Big Bird And Oscar Puppeteer On 'Sesame Street' Dies At 85
Caroll Spinney, the Sesame Street puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch has died. Spinney started with the PBS children's TV program at its launch in 1969, retiring in 2018.
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Ukraine's President To Meet Russian Counterpart For Peace Talks
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time in Paris on Monday to discuss ways to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine.
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Shooting At Naval Air Station Pensacola
Early Friday morning, authorities responded to an active shooter at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. Four people were killed — including the gunman.
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China Reacts To Uighur Bill
China has reacted with fury and defiance to the U.S. House of Representatives passing the Uighur Human Rights Policy Act this week. The bill condemns the mass detention of ethnic minorities in China.