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• Lost Dogs Found

  Two lost dogs are lost no more. This week they're reunited with their owners — thanks to a twist of fate.

  Oct 04, 2019 at 2:24 am

• Elmo Gets A Talk Show

  Elmo is getting a talk show. Sesame Workshop and HBO Max announced a deal for a new slate of Sesame Street programming.

  Oct 04, 2019 at 2:12 am
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  Before He Animated For Disney, He Sketched Cartoons In An Internment Camp

  As a child, Willie Ito spent nearly three years in a Japanese American internment camp. At StoryCorps, he tells his son how he went from doodling on Sears catalogs to animating for Walt Disney.

  Oct 04, 2019 at 2:12 am

• MGM Resorts Reaches Settlement With Las Vegas Shooting Victims

  Victims of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting have reached a settlement with MGM Resorts. They will share as much as $800 million. Fifty-eight people died and more than 400 were injured in the massacre.

  Oct 04, 2019 at 2:12 am

• News Brief: Ukraine Investigation, Iraq Protests, James Franco Sued

  We have an update on the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry. Also, anti-government protests in Iraq continue and actor James Franco is accused of sexually exploiting female former students.

  Oct 04, 2019 at 2:12 am

• Kiss To Perform For Sharks In Australia

  Kiss is taking their show under the sea at a special concert for a few fans and sharks in Australia.

  Oct 04, 2019 at 2:12 am

• Former Ukraine Envoy Kurt Volker To Testify On Capitol Hill In Closed-Door Session

  House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Mike Quigley, a Democrat, explains what the panel expects to gain from closed-door hearings Thursday with former Ukraine envoy Kurt Volker.

  Oct 03, 2019 at 6:13 am

• Amber Guyger's Sentencing Stunned Many In The Black Community

  The former Dallas police officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for murdering Botham Jean. Guyger killed Jean in his apartment after mistaking it for her own. She faced up to 99 years in prison

  Oct 03, 2019 at 4:20 am

• Volker To Appear Before House Panels Conducting Impeachment Probes

  NPR's Noel King talks to Democratic Rep. Val Demings of Florida about what Congress hopes to find out from former envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker. NRP's Mara Liasson weighs in on the issue.

  Oct 03, 2019 at 4:19 am

• It's Time For Fat Bear Weak At Alaska's Katmai National Park

  Bears in the park have been eating constantly to build up their body fat for hibernation. The fattest bear will be picked next week — on what the park calls Fat Bear Tuesday.

  Oct 03, 2019 at 3:59 am

• Florida Bar Donates $14,000 To Bahamas' Hurricane Dorian Victims

  At the Siesta Key Oyster Bar in Sarasota, customers sign dollar bills and they're stapled to the walls and ceiling. Every couple of years, employees pull off the bills and donate the money to charity.

  Oct 03, 2019 at 3:25 am

• NASA's New Black Hole Model

  NASA has produced a computer model of a black hole in 3D. An astrophysicist with NASA says, "It looks kind of like Saturn. There's a big circle in the middle, surrounded by a very thin disk of gas."

  Oct 03, 2019 at 2:05 am