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Travel disruptions put a damper on holiday celebrations
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to David Slotnick, senior aviation business reporter at the travel website The Points Guy, about COVID-related staffing that has led to thousands of flight cancellations.
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2 people are unaccounted for after a wildfire ripped through Colorado neighborhood
Residents in Boulder are still sorting out how to move forward after a devastating wildfire destroyed hundreds of homes. For many, figuring out what to do next is the hard part.
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Ripley's Believe It Or Not has a hairy New Year's plan
At midnight, as the ball drops in New York City, Ripley's is dropping... a giant, 225 pound hairball.
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Coach gets mayonnaise dumped on his head after Duke's Mayo Bowl game
South Carolina coach Shane Beamer's team won the bowl, and ten thousand dollars went to charity after the event.
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Pandemic Prevention Institute's Dr. Rick Bright discusses our future with COVID
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Dr. Rick Bright, a former HHS official and head of the Rockefeller Foundation's Pandemic Prevention Institute, about the U.S. response to the latest COVID wave.
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A mother and daughter build a tradition around roller skating
Temica Hunt and her mother Necothia Bowens-Robbinsontalk about their love for roller skating.
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Morning News Brief
Colorado wildfires force tens of thousands out of their homes. Biden and Putin have another high stakes call. And, the Census Bureau's diversity problem.
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Winnie-the-Pooh and more works will enter the public domain tomorrow
On January 1, 2022, thousands of creative works will go into the public domain in the U.S., including famous creations like Winnie-the-Pooh, Bambi, and a trove of early sound recordings.
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What the current COVID-19 surge is doing to children
The latest COVID-19 surge is putting kids in the hospital in record numbers. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dr. Claudia Hoyen, an expert in pediatric infection in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Hundreds of poets will ring in the new year for the Poetry Project
Since 1966, the Poetry Project in New York City has hosted an annual New Year's Day poetry marathon. Last year, it featured 250 performances, seen by viewers from every continent except Antarctica.
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Omicron causes record-breaking COVID cases in the U.S. and globally
The U.S. on Wednesday counted more than 480,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day. Cases increased nearly 70% over the past week, but hospitalizations have gone up only about 12%.
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Weekly U.S. vinyl album sales break modern-era record, 'Billboard' reports
Billboard reports that last week was the best week for vinyl record sales in three decades. Adele's 30 was the top-selling vinyl album of the year. Taylor Swift's Red also broke vinyl sale records.