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Public Health Officials Express Concern As The Coronavirus Keeps Mutating
NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Ali Mokdad of the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics about what the spread of COVID-19 variants in different parts of the world means for the U.S.
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Italian Artist Sells Invisible Sculpture For Real Money
Salvatore Garau has sold his latest invisible sculpture. The work, titled "I Am," doesn't exist except in the artist's imagination. The buyer gets a stamped certificate in exchange for $18,000.
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Chris Linden Proposes To His Girlfriend With A Diamond He Mind Himself
Since middle school, Linden has wanted to make an engagement ring with a gem he mined. In May he drove to Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas and found a 2 carat yellow diamond. She said yes.
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Biden Administration Wants Agriculture Subsidies To Help Fight Climate Change
The White House wants to pay farmers for carbon in their soil. Sequestering carbon on farms is straightforward, but benefits are hard to measure. Some worry about creating another subsidy.
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Texas Governor Vows Action After Democrats Walk Out Over Voting Bill
Texas Republican State Representative Travis Clardy talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about where things stand with the state's restrictive voting bill after a Democratic walkout quashed the measure.
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Osaka Withdraws From French Open After Dispute Over Media Appearances
NPR's Noel King talks to USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan about tennis star Naomi Osaka walking away from the French Open after a standoff with top officials over her media appearances.
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As China's Birth Rate Drops, Couples May Now Have 3 Children
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to David Rennie of The Economist about China's Communist Party announcing it will ease birth limits to allow couples to have three children. That's up from two.
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The Effort To Reform The U.S. Military's Justice System Faces A New Fight
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has enough bipartisan support to approve legislation to transform how major criminal cases are handled for servicemembers. But hurdles remain.
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Artist's Black Wall Street Project Is About Tulsa 100 Years Ago — And Today
Paul Rucker's multimedia work tackles mass incarceration, lynching, police brutality and the ways America has been shaped by slavery. His latest marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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In An Attempt To Ease Sanctions, Venezuela's Maduro Reaches Out To U.S.
U.S. sanctions for Venezuela's crackdown on democracy are making the country's economic crisis worse. Authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro is seeking sanctions relief from the Biden administration.
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Returning To Normal: 135,000 People Attended This Year's Indy 500
No fans attended last year's race because of the pandemic. On Sunday, Helio Catroneves won his fourth Indianapolis 500. And for the first time, the race included a majority female team.
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Watching For Change After Activist Hedge Fund Wins 2 Seats On ExxonMobil Board
NPR's Noel King talks with shareholder adviser Nell Minow about the implications of a small, activist hedge fund winning two seats on ExxonMobil's board in a push to reshape the company.