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Kansas City Mayor Discusses The Effect Of Federal Officers' Presence In His City
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas about President Trump's plan to send more federal law enforcement officers to Missouri and the rise in murders in the city.
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New York Hospital Finds Hidden Trove Of Artwork In Storeroom
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital needed more space to store ventilators during the pandemic. While clearing space, staff found artwork that could be worth thousands of dollars.
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Animals At BioPark Zoo In Albuqurque Sell Art During Lockdown
Biopark Zoo closed because of the pandemic. Employees there decided to raise money through The Art Gone Wild project, where people can buy "knock-off" artwork painted by the animals.
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How A Kid's Game Became A Netflix Hit
The Netflix game show Floor is Lava is based on a children's playtime staple and quickly became a pop-culture sensation when it debuted last month.
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News Brief: Federal Agents In Chicago, Virus Relief Bill, COVID-19 In California
President Trump announced he will send federal agents to Chicago. The Senate and White House have agreed on key parts of the latest coronavirus relief bill. And, California sets a COVID-19 record.
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New Orleans Musician Raises Money, Provides Instruments To Kids In Exchange For Guns
A fatal shooting inspired New Orleans musician Shamarr Allen to offer youth trumpets and music books in exchange for guns. He has raised more than $10,000.
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Dr. Tran Saw COVID-19 Devastate New York. Now, He's Doing It Again In California
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Dr. Louis Tran, an emergency physician in San Bernardino County, California. He spent much of May helping out in New York City ICUs grappling with COVID-19 patients.
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Georgia Governor Wants Schools To Reopen. Gwinnett County Will Be Online
Due to rising COVID-19 infection rates, public schools in Gwinnett County will start the year fully online. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to the school district's superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks.
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That's A Lot Of Cake: Record Set For World's Largest Lamington
A lamington is a spongy cake with chocolate and coconut. A New Zealand charity set a Guinness World Record after baking a roughly 6,000 pound cake. Beating the previous winner by nearly 1,000 pounds.
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U.S. Orders China's Houston Consulate To Close
The State Department, in a statement early Wednesday morning, said the move is "in order to protect American intellectual property and American's (sic) private information."
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Novice Witches Hexed The Moon, Upsetting Others On WitchTok
WitchTok is a niche corner of the Internet for self described witches who lean into astrology and worship different kinds of deities. There was concern the hex would hurt the world's cosmic energy.
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Colleges Spent Months Planning For Fall, But A COVID-19 Surge Is Changing Everything
More colleges are rolling back their optimistic proclamations of an in-person or hybrid fall. Plans are now more likely to include hefty virtual options, be mostly remote or even entirely online.