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Pandemic Fuels Debate: Trump's America First Or U.S. Global Leadership
President Trump rejects the notion that the U.S. should lead the global response in a crisis. This has upped the debate about whether the foreign policy strategy of American exceptionalism is dead.
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How Sports Talk Radio Navigates The Coronavirus Pandemic
What are sports talk radio hosts talking about now that there are no sports being played? The same thing as everyone else: Coronavirus. Turns out, it's a pretty good fit for the format.
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NCAA Moves To Allow College Athletes To Profit
A key NCAA panel has cleared the way for college athletes to be paid. Once approved, athletes could get sponsorship and endorsement deals but would not get money from their universities or colleges.
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Coronavirus Takes Unprecended Toll On American Livelihoods
The U.S. economy is expected to post its first negative quarter after a record expansion. A new NPR poll finds 50% say they or someone in their household has lost hours or a job due to the pandemic.
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ABC News Reporter Appears On TV In A Blazer And No Pants
Will Reeve, working solo, framed his camera shot a little wide. The shot showed his bare leg on live TV. The reporter says he's mortified, and adds that he was wearing shorts.
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U.K. Experts Say Hedgehogs Receive More Notice Because Of Lockdowns
Naturalist Michael Walker tells the BBC that he's gotten lots of videos of hedgehogs causing a commotion in people's yards. Males noisily pursuing females. Or huffing loudly as they fight.
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Amid Pandemic, Brazil's Jair Bolsonar Faces Political Crisis
As Brazil's president down plays the coronavirus threat — despite a sharp uptick in death — he's facing a political crisis. The crisis is affecting the government's handling of the pandemic.
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Athletes, Fans Find Creative Ways To Get Their Sports Fix
The coronavirus pandemic has sidelined every sports. Athletes scramble to find competition elsewhere, and fans struggle to find their fix.
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Milk Delivery Business Booms As People Avoid Grocery Stores
A dairy farm in Maryland is overwhelmed with home delivery customers for its milk. South Mountain Creamery now delivers milk to 9,500 people weekly — double the number before the pandemic began.
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Doctors Find Some Younger COVID-19 Patients Suffer Serious Strokes
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to the director of Mount Sinai's Cerebrovascular Center, J. Mocco, about the association between strokes and coronavirus in patients in their 30s and 40s.
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U.S. Military Aims To Speed Up Slow Coronavirus Test Rate
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, about supply chain issues hindering the military from increasing coronavirus testing capacity.
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Airbnb Rental Model Becomes A Victim Of The Coronavirus
This year was supposed to be Airbnb's big year. The company planned to go public, but COVID-19 has all but destroyed their business model. Airbnb's CEO explains how they hope to survive the pandemic.