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President Trump Makes Unannounced Trip To Afghanistan
A small group of reporters, including NPR's White House correspondent, traveled with the president to Afghanistan. Plans for the trip were keep secret and all phones were confiscated.
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Impeachment Probe Resumes After A Break For Thanksgiving
The House judiciary committee will hold a public hearing on impeachment later this week. President Trump will not be in Washington then, he will be in London for a NATO meeting.
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The Subject Of A Coast Guard Search Wasn't Missing After All
On Thanksgiving Day, people in New Jersey reported a kite surfer being carried out to sea. The Coast Guard looked for 16 hours. The surfer, who didn't know he was missing, called to say he was safe.
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Founder Of Apostrophe Protection Society Disbands Group
John Richards, 96, founded the society 18 years ago to fight the "much abused" punctuation mark. He's ending the group because he says folks these days don't care about using apostrophes correctly.
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1st Supreme Court Gun-Rights Battle In 10 Years May Transform Legal Landscape
With Justice Brett Kavanaugh replacing Anthony Kennedy, a clear conservative majority could make regulating guns very difficult.
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Why Malta Is In Turmoil Over The Unsolved Murder Of A Journalist
The prime minister of Malta is resigning next month after nearly two weeks of protests over his top aide's alleged complicity in the 2017 murder of a prominent journalist.
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Civilians Confronted Attacker Armed With A Knife On London Bridge
London suffered another deadly terror attack Friday. The attacker was a home-grown Islamist terrorist. Normal people, armed with whatever they could find, took down the attacker until police arrived.
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Mozilla's Latest 'Privacy Not Included' Buyer's Guide
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ashley Boyd of the Mozilla Foundation about its third annual "Privacy Not Included" buyer's guide, which will help consumers shop for safe and secure connected products.
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Writer And Producer Damon Lindelof's Pick For Best Of The Decade
As part of Morning Edition's Best of the Decade series — in which artists and writers talk about their favorite books, music and movies of the 2010's — we hear from Damon Lindelof.
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Maybe Leave The Hook In That Catch
A Grand Rapids, Mich., man went magnet fishing and landed something unexpected: A hand grenade. A German one. From World War I.
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A Mother And Daughter On Homelessness, Humility And A $6-A-Week Grocery Budget
When Sandy Baker left her marriage, she and her daughter moved into a hotel. They were homeless for over 2 years, and that, they said, left them with what mattered: Those who loved them the most.
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News Brief: The President In Afghanistan, U.S. Hong Kong Policy
The president had Thanksgiving with troops in Afghanistan, and also signed a law that could sanction China for human rights violations in the Hong Kong protests. And an ICE sting leads to 250 arrests.