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Wisconsin Voters Say Both Sides Must Move Past Contentious Election
Wisconsin saw one of the nation's tightest presidential contests. How do voters there deal with their state's sharp political and social divisions and move forward?
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NFL Fans Donate Money In Honor Of Buffalo QB Josh Allen's Grandmother
Before the Bills-Seahawks game on Sunday, Josh Allen had learned that his grandmother had died. In her honor, fans made donations to a children's hospital in increments of $17 — Allen's number.
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Zoo In Helsinki, Finland, Wants Its Monkeys To Be Comforatable
Researchers let the monkeys pick what sounds would play in their enclosure: zen music, falling rain, other nature sounds or traffic. It turns out the white-faced sakis most often picked traffic.
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COVID-19 Hospitalizations Are Surging. Where Are Hospitals Reaching Capacity?
The pandemic is once again putting tens of thousands of people in the hospital in the U.S. Is it more than the health care system can handle? Find out which states are getting close to their limit.
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Morning News Brief
DOJ authorizes federal prosecutors to probe voting fraud claims. President Trump fires Defense Secretary Esper. And, the Supreme Court on Tuesday hears another challenge to the Affordable Care Act.
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Russia Steps In To End War Between 2 Former Soviet Republics
Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan reached a pact to end the fighting in the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh. It's within the borders of Azerbaijan, but the population is predominantly Armenian.
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The National Security Implications Of Trump's Firing Of Esper
President Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday — replacing him with Christopher C. Miller, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center. What does the timing of this mean?
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Biden Win Is A Blow To Britain's Johnson, Encouraging Sign To Labour Party
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been pushing a new U.S. trade deal as a benefit of the U.K. leaving the European Union but President-elect Biden might have a different idea.
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America's Founding Fathers Expected Current Political Circumstances
NPR'S Steve Inskeep speaks with author Tom Ricks about his book: First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country.
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Each Story In Danielle Evans' New Collection Is About Getting To The Truth
NPR's Noel King speaks with Danielle Evans about her book of short stories — The Office of Historical Corrections — which is out Tuesday.
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As Coronavirus Cases Spike, Hopeful News On The Vaccine Front
Pfizer and partner BioNTech say that their COVID-19 vaccine was 90% effective in a group of 94 volunteers. The companies say it could be submitted for FDA approval this month or next.
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Joe Biden Has Plans To Reverse Many Of Trump's Immigration Policies
Candidate Biden heartened asylum-seekers stranded at the border with calls for a more humane policy. But a President Biden will be tested by the continued arrival of migrants from Central America.