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British cellist Jacob Shaw started a music school in the Danish countryside. His neighbors raise Hereford cows, and together they came up with the plan to pamper the cows with live recitals.
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The NFL Draft is in person again, and after last year's virtual event, the league wants it to represent a return to normal. But there will be plenty of reminders of a still present pandemic.
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Three white men in Georgia face federal hate crime charges in last year's death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was jogging when the suspects pursued him, confronted him and shot him.
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Collins flew on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission in 1969. As command module pilot, he didn't step on the moon but orbited 60 miles above as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
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Many kids in foster care are entitled to Social Security benefits. An investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project found some states take the checks, and use private consultants to find the money.
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The president is set to address a joint session of Congress Wednesday night, a speech that takes stock of what he's done in his first 100 days in office, and a look ahead to what he hopes to do next.
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The sisters attached their lists to balloons and released them outside. About 500 miles away, Alvin Bamburg spotted a balloon in a tree. The Washington Post reports he got the girls what they wanted.
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An article in Science Magazine says gangs are part of dolphin culture. Male dolphins band together to fight rivals, and capture females in heat. They learn signature whistles of fellow gang members.
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Until recently, Marib was under Saudi control. The U.S. has ended support for the Saudi Arabian military intervention in Yemen — which contributed to civilian casualties, famine and displacement.
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NPR's Noel King talks to Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York about the reforms she's proposing with GOP Sen. Joni Ernst about the way the military justice system handles sexual assault.