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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Honored As The First Woman To Lie In State

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Afghan Woman Earns Top Marks In University Exam After Militants Attack Her Academy

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Civil Rights Lawyer Ben Crump Discusses Breonna Taylor Case, Grand Jury Indictment

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COVID-19 Pandemic Threatens Homeless Veterans

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The pandemic appears to be reversing years of progress in getting homeless American veterans off the streets. Over the past decade, homelessness among veterans dropped by about half through the work of the VA and community organizations as well as massive funding from the government. Now what happens? NPR's Quil Lawrence reports.

QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans had its annual conference this week...

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Despite White House Statement, Trump Casts Doubt On Election Again

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MTA Discovers Secret 'Man Cave' Employees Made At Grand Central Terminal

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Chris Rock Stars In Newest Season Of 'Fargo'

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For Colorado Voters, The Economy And Pandemic Are Issues At The Forefront

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Group Of Black Doctors Want To Vet Any New COVID-19 Vaccines

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The pandemic appears to be reversing years of progress in getting homeless American veterans off the streets. Over the past decade, homelessness among veterans dropped by about half through the work of the VA and community organizations as well as massive funding from the government. Now what happens? NPR's Quil Lawrence reports.

QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans had its annual conference this week...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

KATHRYN MONET: All right, you guys. Welcome to today's session...

When A Tornado Hits A Toy Store: Photo Shows Reality Of Working From Home With Kids

By • Sep 24, 2020

To paraphrase The Wizard of Oz, pay no attention to what's behind the curtain.

Gretchen Goldman, a scientist and mother, recently pulled back the curtain on her own life — and a lot of people paid a lot of attention.

CNN interviewed Goldman, a research director at the Union of Concerned Scientists, to discuss President Trump's choice of David Legates to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

It's what CNN viewers could not see on television that created a sensation.

Trump Shouldn't Barrel Ahead With High Court Nominee, Sen. Coons Says

By editor • Sep 24, 2020

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Teacher Who Died Of COVID-19 Was Loved By His Students

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Rene Chavez is one of the 200,000 Americans who have died of COVID-19. He taught high school English in El Paso, Texas, for 16 years. His wife, Annette Chavez, says his students loved him.

'Justice Failed Us,' Ky. State Rep. Booker Says Of Breonna Taylor Decision

By editor • Sep 24, 2020

Democratic Kentucky State Representative Charles Booker says "justice failed us" when only one of the three officers who were involved in the killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville was charged.

Pa. Woman Is 1st Person In Her Bowling Alley To Roll Perfect Score

By editor • Sep 24, 2020

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Trump Won't Promise Peaceful Transfer Of Power After Election

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Outside The Focus Of Major Parties, Black Pittsburghers Vow To Get Out The Vote

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Tanisha Long expects to be busy in the run up to the 2020 election.

For the next six weeks, Long, who founded an unofficial Black Lives Matter chapter for Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania, plans to make get-out-the vote videos, host mail-in voting webinars and work to enfranchise eligible incarcerated people in order to turn out voters she says "no one's talking to anymore."

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Be Honored At The Supreme Court

By editor • Sep 23, 2020

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Swastika, New York, Is Keeping Its Name

By Julia Ritchey • Sep 23, 2020

Michael Alcamo lives in New York City but loves cycling through the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York, with their tiny towns and hamlets and historical cemeteries.

He was on a trip like this, winding through a remote stretch this summer, when he noticed something else, a small brown street sign with the name "Swastika."

At a time when symbols and place names with links to white supremacy are being debated across the U.S., Alcamo found the name of the unincorporated hamlet he had crossed into unsettling.

NPR Poll: Black, Latino Households Struggle To Pay Rent, Mortgages

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Odds Tilt In Coney Barrett's Favor To Replace Ginsburg, Says Sen. Braun

By editor • Sep 23, 2020

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Springsteen Credits Fan's Gift For The Existence Of His New Album

By editor • Sep 23, 2020

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Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Bruce Springsteen says his new album might not have existed except for a fan.

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: (Singing) ...My letter to you.

Charles Krebbs Is Among The More Than 200,000 People Who Died Of COVID-19

By editor • Sep 23, 2020

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Charles Henry Krebbs is one of more than 200,000 Americans who've died from COVID-19. He was a real estate broker and an appraiser in Maricopa County, Ariz. His daughter Tara Krebbs shared memories.

How A Florida Elections Official Is Leaning On Creativity During A Complicated Year

By editor • Sep 23, 2020

Chris Anderson, supervisor of elections in Seminole County, Florida, had a stylus problem.

He says it would have cost more than a quarter of a million dollars to purchase enough pens and styluses needed for the county's 328,000 voters. So, his department got creative.

As U.S. Revokes Chinese Students' Visas, Concerns Rise About Loss Of Research Talent

By editor • Sep 23, 2020

Updated on Sept. 24 at 8:45 a.m. ET.

Aaron, a Beijing native, spent the last seven years in the United States, first as a high school student and now as a rising college senior in sociology — until he received an email from the U.S. State Department earlier this month.

Sen. Mitt Romney To Support A Vote On A SCOTUS Nominee

By editor • Sep 22, 2020

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Effects Of Climate Change On Transportation Are Not Always Obvious, Immediate

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Republicans Will Attempt To Push Through A Supreme Court Nominee

By editor • Sep 22, 2020

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For 38 Years, Dungeon Master Has Been Continually Playing 'D&D' Game

By editor • Sep 22, 2020

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Examining The Ethics Involved When Distributing A COVID-19 Vaccine

By • Sep 22, 2020

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Indianapolis Colts Linebacker Accidently Gives Away His Wedding Ring

By editor • Sep 22, 2020

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