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A snake adds new meaning to the phrase: curling up on the sofa
A man in Clearwater, Fla., pulled back the cushions on his sofa to find a five-foot snake. The sofa was carried outside and a red-tailed boa constrictor was extracted.
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Inside London's Natural History Museum is a unique holiday sweater
The museum has an animatronic T. rex. The life-size creature is wearing a holiday sweater, which the manufacturer said took 100 hours to make.
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What has South Africa learned about the Omicron variant?
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Arifa Parker, an infectious diseases specialist in South Africa, about the latest coronavirus variant.
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Asian lady beetles are swarming parts of the Northeast and Western U.S.
Beetles that look like ladybugs are sweeping through parts of the country. But are they harmful?
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We meet a man who photographs the sun
By layering 150,000 individual images, an astrophotographer from Arizona has captured what could be the most intricately detailed photo ecaptured of the sun.
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A Man in Italy is accused of trying to get a COVID vaccine in a fake arm
He faces possible charges after trying to get the vaccine in an arm made of silicon. The nurse administering the shot said she initially thought he was an amputee and mistakenly offered the wrong arm.
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Morning news brief
Latest coronavirus variant is found in about one-third of U.S. states. Pro-Trump counties have far higher COVID death rates. The days leading up to the shooting at Oxford high school are being probed.
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Michigan's gun laws are shaping the question of accountability in school shootings
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kris Brown, president of the advocacy group Brady United, about charges filed against the parents of an accused high school shooter in Michigan.
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President Biden and the first lady attend the Kennedy Center Honors
Bette Midler, Berry Gordy, Joni Mitchell, Lorne Michaels and Justino Diaz were awarded the Kennedy Center Honors at a gala in Washington, D.C. Sunday night. The show will be televised Dec. 22. on CBS.
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Heavy snow in Denmark forced people to spend the night in IKEA
At least 25 staff and six customers were stuck — luckily there was plenty of room to spread out. So many beds to choose from. The stranded also dined on the store's food and watched television.
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The billionaire owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks buys a town
Mark Cuban last month purchased Mustang, Texas, all 77 acres, with a population of 23 people. He told the Dallas Morning News that he bought the town because "a friend needed to sell it."
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How Pfizer developed a COVID pill in record time
Pfizer researchers looking for a drug to treat SARS found clues that gave the company a head start in its quest for a pill to treat COVID-19, including the omicron variant.