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Italian villa with the world's only Caravaggio ceiling mural is up for sale
The villa in Rome will be auctioned at a starting price of $547 million in January. Inside the villa is the world's only ceiling mural by the Italian painter Caravaggio.
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Morning news brief
Biden is about to leave on a five-day trip to Europe. Data is expected to show the U.S. economy has slowed. Parole in Washington, D.C. is adjudicated by a federal commission and that's created issues.
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Former NHL player sues Blackhawks and speaks out about sexual abuse
Former Chicago Blackhawks player Kyle Beach has come forward as the person who filed a lawsuit against the hockey team after his sexual assault allegations were mishandled a decade ago.
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Faceoff: Gainsborough's 'Blue Boy' and Wiley's 'Portrait of a Young Gentleman'
Thomas Gainsborough's 18th century painting Blue Boy inspired 21st century painter Kehinde Wiley, and they're being shown across from each other at the Huntington Art Museum near Los Angeles.
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Dr. Fauci answers questions about children and COVID-19 vaccines
NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, about the implications of an FDA advisory panel recommending COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5-11.
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An advisory panel to the FDA recommends Pfizer's vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11
Data found the vaccine to be 91% effective in preventing symptomatic infections for children in this age group.The FDA needs to sign-off on the recommendation.
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Ahead of Halloween, a survey shows more Americans believe in ghosts
A survey from analytics company YouGov says two in five Americans believe ghosts exist — and the findings only get spookier from there. One in five Americans thinks they've actually seen a ghost.
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Tokyo's city government announced it will stop using floppy disks
It has become too expensive to maintain the machines that read the old floppies. Even Sony, which used to make the disks, stopped manufacturing them a decade ago.
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Morning news brief
COVID-19 vaccine doses for kids are a step closer to a final OK. Senate Democrats have a plan to pay for Biden's social spending agenda. Some charged in the Capitol riot will be their own attorneys.
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Quinones' book 'The Least of Us' sheds light on the dangers of fentanyl
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Sam Quinones, whose book The Least of Us, details how much more plentiful meth and fentanyl have become in the wake of the country's opioid crisis.
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Cambodia's ties with China helped it achieve a high COVID vaccination rate
Cambodia is one of the most fully COVID-19 vaccinated countries in the world. Besides help from China, the success is also due to systems already in place to combat malaria and other illnesses.
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Uganda activist fears climate talks aren't doing enough for the Global South
Climate change is hitting many developing countries hard. In Uganda, one climate activist worries that the upcoming international climate talks won't protect her home.