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Restaurant Gives Employees 'Day Of Kindness' After Customers' Made Them Cry
Customers at Apt Cape Cod were not being kind. They berated the staff and even made some cry. So the restaurant closed its doors one morning.
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How The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Affects Pakistan
As Washington completes its military withdrawal from Afghanistan, NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Asad Khan, Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S., about diplomatic developments in the region.
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Morning News Brief
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wants Congress to make the new child tax credit permanent. Haitian police hold the former head of President Moise's security. And, South Africa sees a violent week.
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How A Group Of Dedicated Volunteers Are Keeping California's Wildfires At Bay
The Los Angeles Fire Department depends on help from amateur radio volunteers when fire threatens communications infrastructure. NPR looks at how ham radio operators are keeping residents safe.
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Some Democratic Senators Express Concern About The Budget Resolution
Democrats have essentially no wiggle room if they want to pass their newly unveiled $3.5 trillion budget plan along party lines. And already some Democrats are voicing concerns.
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The FBI Warned An Iranian American Woman That She Might Be Kidnapped
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American journalist, who was named by federal prosecutors as the target of an alleged Iranian kidnapping plot.
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A Truck Carrying 20,000 Pounds Of Ramen Crashes In An Arkansas Lake
One Facebook user jokingly put the total loss at $26. Another person joked that since the temperature hit 93 degrees that day, all you needed was a fork and butter for a ready meal.
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New Jersey Man Mistakenly Cleans The Wrong House
Louis Angelino III cleans people's homes for extra money. A friend hired him and left they key under the mat of his New Jersey townhouse. Angelino found the key but it was the wrong address.
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Morning News Brief
Democratic leaders aim to sell their $3.5 trillion budget plan. DOJ watchdog says the FBI failed to properly respond to gymnasts' sex abuse allegations. The EU has a plan to tackle climate change.
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Judge: Britney Spears Can Choose Her Own Lawyer In Conservatorship Case
A Superior Court judge has cleared Britney Spears to hire her own lawyer in the battle over her conservatorship. She picked a prominent Hollywood lawyer and ex-federal prosecutor to take up her case.
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Drug Overdoses In The U.S. Jumped Nearly 30% Last Year
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kaiser Health News correspondent Aneri Pattani about health officials' findings that there were more than 93,000 deaths from drug overdoses in 2020.
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European Officials Unveil A Sweeping Plan To Tackle Climate Change
The European Commission has proposed that new gas and diesel cars be phased out by 2035. If enacted, this could push the global auto industry to switch toward electric vehicles even faster.