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New York Town Backs Down On Fight Against Toilet Gardens
It started as a protest in 2004, Hank Robar placed several toilets filled with fake flowers on his property in Potsdam. Officials ordered him to remove them. The case went to federal court.
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A Rocky Road On The Way To Herd Immunity For COVID-19
At least 70% of people will need to be immune from the coronavirus before COVID-19 can recede through a process known as herd immunity. Vaccines can play a role. But reaching the goal won't be easy.
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Tallahassee Journalist Steps In To Help People Get Vaccine Appointments
NPR's Noel King speaks with CD Davidson-Hiers, K-12 education reporter with the Tallahassee Democrat, about helping hundreds of readers register for COVID-19 vaccine appointments.
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Will Biden's Immigration Executive Actions Satisfy Advocates?
The president signed three executive actions to rebuild the immigration system. NPR's Noel King talks to immigration experts Linda Rivas and Michelle Brané about if they go far enough for advocates.
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Industry Scrambles To Keep The Oxygen Supply Flowing
As oxygen shortages plague other countries, the U.S. has managed to avert acute shortages — in part, because the industry has figured out new ways of sharing and mobilizing.
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Centenarian Who Inspired The U.K. With His Fundraising Walks Has Died
British World War II veteran Capt. Tom Moore, who raised more than $40 million to help Britain's National Health Service fight the coronavirus, has died from COVID-19 at the age of 100.
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Here Are The Immigration Actions President Biden Plans To Sign
President Biden has been working to unwind many of the executive actions taken by former President Donald Trump. But the administration has warned that the changes will take time.
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Pretrial Impeachment Brief Holds Trump Responsible For Jan. 6 Attack
The House impeachment managers filed a pretrial brief arguing former President Trump should be convicted and barred from holding future federal office after inciting an insurrection.
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Actor Hal Holbrook, Who Played Mark Twain Longer Than Twain Himself, Dies At 95
Holbrook played the Southern humorist for more than six decades in his one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight. He's also known for playing Deep Throat in All the President's Men.
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Fan Finally Cuts His Hair After Cleveland Browns' Winning Season
Browns' season ticket holder Jeff Panovich will donate his epic ponytail to a nonprofit that makes wigs for kids, according to the Port Clinton News Herald.
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Göteborg Film Festival Will Go On With Strict Social Distancing
The biggest film festival in Scandinavia usually draws tens of thousands of people. This year it will take place on a remote island with one audience member. Twelve thousand people entered to win.
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Jailed Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Appears For Court Hearing
Putin critic Alexei Navalny was back in court on Tuesday, as protesters demand he be released. NPR's Noel King talks to international affairs professor Nina Khrushcheva, who is in Moscow.