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Vending Machines Help Germans With Late-Night Sausage Cravings
The German Press Agency says sausage vending has gotten popular, especially in places where butcher shops close early. The country has more than a half million machines selling things like bratwurst.
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Reba's Big Adventure: Hen Hops Into Instacart Shopper's Car Trunk
Reba rode with the delivery person to Costco, where he discovered her and assumed he'd been pranked. He left Reba wandering the parking lot. Reba's owners were notified by social media.
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On Her New Song 'Horsemen,' Angelica Garcia Imagines The Apocalypse
For the Morning Edition Song Project in which musicians catalog life in the era of COVID-19, Angelica Garcia conjures the four horsemen of the apocalypse in a disquieting piano ballad.
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We Are Repeating Discrimination Experiment Every Day, Educator Says
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jane Elliott, who created the blue-eyes/brown-eyes classroom experiment in 1968 to teach students about racism. It was so enlightening, she repeated it for decades.
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Trump's Niece Pens Tell-All. Offers Scathing Portrait Of The President
Parts of an incendiary book by President Trump's niece are beginning to come to light. Excerpts surfaced publicly on Tuesday, ahead of the expected release of Mary Trump's book next week.
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Florida Mayor Tries To Counter Rise In New Coronavirus Cases
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez about the county ordering gyms to close again after a new surge in COVID-19 cases. Restaurants must also close their dining rooms.
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2 Divers Discover 16th-Century Shipwreck Off The Coast Of Italy
A confirmation of the ship's identity will make it the first Renaissance-era ship with its hull timbers intact. It was one of the largest Italian merchant vessels of its time when it went down.
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Turkish Man Transforms Into A Couch Potato Paraglider
Hasan Kaval rigged up a flying living room set — sofa, lamp, TV and all — and soared far above the city of Oludeniz. The daredevil wasn't even strapped in — at one point he changes into slippers.
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Is Brazil's President Among The Country's People Infected With COVID-19?
Brazil's president has been outspoken in his rejection of special measures to mitigate the coronavirus. The results of his latest COVID-19 test will be released Tuesday.
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Native American Activists Victorious After Judge Orders Pipeline Shut Down
NPR's David Greene talks to Mark Trahant, editor of Indian Country Today, about what the Dakota Access Pipeline shutdown means for activists, and where the court battle goes from here.
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In Show Of Force, U.S. Navy Sends Aircraft Carriers To South China Sea
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Greg Poling of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the deployment of two U.S. aircraft carriers to conduct exercises in the disputed South China Sea.
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West Point Graduates' Letter Calls For Academy To Address Racism
Retired Capt. Mary Tobin, a West Point graduate, is mentor to some recent alumni who wrote an open letter to academy leaders. They're part of a long legacy of Black cadets addressing systemic racism.