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Ford engineer helps Michigan girl be Cruella de Vil for Halloween
The six-year-old girl has myotonic dystrophy and can't walk. The Detroit Free Press reports a family friend, an engineer at Ford, built her a tiny car modeled on De Ville's distinctive Panther.
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Huge pumpkin is disqualified from competition over a small crack
Mike Schmit from Markesan, Wis., grew a pumpkin weighing over 2,500 pounds. But the pumpkin, which was the biggest one in the running, was disqualified because of a fingernail-sized crack.
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Citizen's arrest law could take center stage in trial over Ahmaud Arbery's killing
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Rashawn Ray about the nuances and problems associated with citizen's arrest laws.
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How debt can affect our decision making
In the Netflix hit series Squid Game, cash-strapped players compete in deadly children's games for money. NPR's podcast, The Indicator, looks at what the show reveals about debt and decision making.
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Morning news brief
Democrats say they have a path forward on social spending. Facebook's new corporate name is Meta, but the app is still Facebook. Ex-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo faces a misdemeanor sex charge.
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For their first trick-or-treating, their parents magically became a neighborhood
Every day is like Halloween when you're the children of costumed circus performers. Siblings Fritzi and Bobby Huber recount the time that their parents made their first Halloween extraordinary.
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Inspector general report is issued on the collapse of the Afghan government
NPR's Noel King talks to John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction, whose report claims corruption and a lack of oversight were factors in the collapse.
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Biden makes his case to House Democrats for a $1.75 trillion spending framework
It does not include progressive priorities like paid family leave or measures to lower the costs of prescription drugs. Still, President Biden thinks it would pass both chambers.
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Chicago passes guaranteed income program with funds from American Rescue Plan
The Chicago City Council voted Wednesday on a budget that includes a guaranteed income program. The one-year pilot will distribute $500 monthly cash payments to 5,000 low-income Chicagoans.
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As Biden preps for U.N. summit, how much credibility does he have on climate?
NPR's A Martínez talks to Carroll Muffett, president and CEO of the Center for International Environmental Law, about President Biden's involvement in next week's COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
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Biden will attend summits in Europe as he struggles to get agreements at home
President Biden leaves Washington to attend the G-20 in Rome and the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow. But will he have progress to show at home on his priorities, as Democrats try to hash out a deal?
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Japanese airline uses vending machines to sell mystery flights
There's a catch: Domestic travelers don't get to choose where they go — the routes are random. They include cities like Okinawa and Sapporo. More than 3,000 flights have been sold since August.