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5-Story-Tall Treehouse Burns Down In East Tennessee
Constructed around seven trees, it rose to about 100 feet — with a steeple soaring even higher. It had classrooms, bedrooms, a kitchen — stairs that snaked around the whole thing.
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Trump To Lift Sanctions After Turkey Agrees To Truce In Syria
President Trump is removing sanctions on Turkey after it agreed to a permanent cease-fire in northern Syria, ending Turkey's military offensive that began when the U.S. pulled troops from the area.
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39 Bodies Found In Trucking Container In UK
British police have launched a murder investigation after 39 bodies were discovered in a truck in an apparent human smuggling operation.
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Russian President Putin Is Looking For Weak Spots, Ex-Ambassador Says
NPR's David Greene talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer about how Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to gain influence and is making strategic moves to accomplish that goal.
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White House Labels Taylor's Testimony As More Triple Hearsay
The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor told lawmakers he came to believe there was a shadow foreign policy operation in the Trump administration, and that aid was withheld for political gain.
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Indonesian Woman Breaks Speed Climbing World Record
Aries Susanti Rahayu, 24, who's know as Spiderwoman, claimed the new title. The Guardian reports the event is like running a race while doing pull-ups. And, Rahayu did it with an injured hand.
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Wisconsin School Breaks Up Lunchtime Cliques With Assigned Seating
A school in Wisconsin is trying to take anxiety out of the lunch-time experience. It has assigned seating with a teacher at each table. Officials say it improves school culture. Others aren't so sure.
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Scientists Taught Rats How To Drive Tiny Cars
Researchers at the University of Richmond taught rats steering maneuvers, and then gave them Froot Loops as a reward. It worked. The rats are brilliant drivers.
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News Brief: Trump Impeachment Probe, Northern Syria
Ambassador William Taylor says Trump tied Ukraine aid to political probes. Two Soviet-born businessmen are connected to the impeachment probe. Turkey and Russia reach a deal to control northern Syria.
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How Lev Parnas And Igor Fruman Connect To The Impeachment Probe
Two men who worked closely with President Trump's private lawyer Rudy Giuliani will appear in federal court Wednesday. The criminal case against them intersects with the House impeachment inquiry.
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How Does Turkey's Offensive In Syria Fit Into Its Broader Agenda?
NPR's Noel King talks to Douglas Silliman, former deputy chief of mission in Turkey, about Turkey's strategy against Kurdish forces in northern Syria. NPR's Tom Bowman weighs in on the issue.
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World's Loudest Bird Could Cause Hearing Damage To Humans
According to a new study in Current Biology, the male white bellbird when singing its mating call produces the loudest bird song. The bird lives in the mountains of the Amazon rainforest.