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An Apple II Manual Sells At Auction For $787,484
The manual was signed and personally inscribed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1980. The auction house said the winning bidder was Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts.
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Morning News Brief
There's been a fire-fight at one of the airport gates in the Afghan capital Kabul (KAH-buhl). President Biden insists evacuations are picking up speed. New COVID-19 cases hit a high on Friday.
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Gov. Cuomo Was Brought Down By Scandal And Threat Of Impeachment
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo marks his final day in office on Monday. Cuomo resigned after a sexual harassment scandal and will be replaced by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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Don Everly, Half Of The Duo The Everly Brothers, Dies At 84
Don Everly, half of one of rock and roll's pioneering groups, The Everly Brothers, has died. The musician was known for singing close harmonies with his brother.
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Texas Voting Rights Stalemate Ends. GOP Will Push To Overhaul Elections
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Chris Turner about the decision of several Democratic lawmakers to break rank and return to the state capitol.
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Mike Richards Resigns As Host Of Jeopardy!
Richards has been scrutinized over earlier allegations of a hostile work environment, as well as inappropriate comments he allegedly made about women on a podcast that he once hosted.
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Afghan Interpreter Was So Close To Fleeing Afghanistan And Then Kabul Fell
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Khan, an Afghan national who worked as an interpreter for the U.S. military for four years, about the safety situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.
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Taliban Officials Encounter Challenges In Their Attempt To Govern
Protests against the Taliban takeover have spread to more provinces in Afghanistan. With a humanitarian crisis rising, thousands gather at the Kabul airport in an attempt to flee the country.
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10-Foot-Long Python Found In Australian Store's Spice Aisle
The nonvenomous Diamond Python was hiding behind the cumin. One shopper just happened to be a trained snake catcher. She captured the python and let it slink away into nearby woods.
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8th Grade Class In Massachusetts Fights To Clear Woman Of Witchcraft Conviction
In 1693, Elizabeth Johnson was convicted at the height of the Salem witch trials. Her execution was never carried out, but she was never exonerated. A civics class wants the legislature to clear her.
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A Texas Lab Performs Crucial Testing For Pfizer's COVID Vaccine
The lab has access to a high-security facility that Pfizer needed to prove its COVID-19 vaccine was working. Now the scientists there are testing the vaccine's effectiveness against viral variants.
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'I'm Walking Out With You Alone': A StoryCorps Love Story
Brooklynites Danny, an OTB clerk, and Annie, a nurse, have been chronicling their life together since the early days of StoryCorps — from their first date to Danny's final days with terminal cancer.