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Hurricane Ida Strikes The Gulf Coast 16 Years After Katrina
Ida has weakened to a tropical storm as it moves up Louisiana and into Mississippi. It caused great havoc and destruction, and killed at least one person on its path through southeastern Louisiana.
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TSA Issues Warning After Raw Chicken Pieces Ended Up On Airport Luggage Carousel
The incident happened at Seattle's airport. The TSA instagrammed a video of the cube-shaped mass of chicken, and asked everyone to please use sealed containers.
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Pigeons May Be Interfering With Elon Musk's Starlink Satellite Internet Service
Professor Alan Woodward of the University of Surrey in England is testing the service. He noticed outages and thinks pigeons have been roosting on the dish on his roof. The dish resembles a bird bath.
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Morning News Brief
Hurricane Ida roared ashore in southeastern Louisiana. Tuesday is the deadline for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan. President Biden honored the 13 service members killed in the Kabul airport attack.
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COVID-19 Deaths And Hospitalizations Continue To Rise In The U.S.
Vaccines remain the best way to protect against serious illness. A week after the FDA gave full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, it's not known if that's nudging more people to get the shot.
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Earthquake Deals A Powerful Blow To Haiti's Catholic Churches
The one national institution in Haiti that functions — the Catholic Church — has found itself called upon to provide both spiritual and physical aid to people affected by the earthquake.
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Threats Persist As The U.S. Plans To Continue Evacuations From Kabul
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Joseph Votel about the threats of additional attacks as the U.S. is finalizing its evacuation mission.
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As The U.S. Leaves Afghanistan, A New Cycle Of Violence May Be Starting
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Charlotte Bellis of Al Jazeera about the attack at the Kabul airport, killing at least 13 U.S. troops and 60 Afghans. An extreme group known as ISIS-K took responsibility.
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Harvard Has A New Chief Chaplain And He's An Atheist
Greg Epstein is the author of Good Without God. In his new role, he will oversee the activities of all religious communities on campus. His personal beliefs or disbelief don't seem to be an issue.
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Virginia Woman Sets Record For Most Hair Donated To A Chairty By An Individual
Zahab Kamal Khan stopped cutting her hair when she was 13 years old. And 17 years later, she's set a Guinness World Record with her locks reaching over 6 feet long.
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Wells Are Runny Dry After Southern Oregon Farms And Homes Compete For Water
Farmers in southern Oregon are pumping groundwater onto fields. They're not getting lake water for irrigation because water levels there were too low. Now, homeowners' wells are running dry.
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Groups Helping To Settle Afghan Refugees Are Have To Do More With Less Funding
As cities prepare for Afghan refugees, many will rely on local agencies, which have faced decreased funding because of the previous administration's policies and the recent surge in the refugee cap.