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How Many LEGOs Does It Take To Build A Miniature Version Of Beijing's Forbidden City?
Li Zhining did it with 700,000 LEGOs. He spent a year building the 13-foot-long model. There are more than 70 palaces, the moat and the turrets of the ancient, walled district in China's capital.
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Morning News Brief
Rescuers remain on the site of a collapsed Florida building. An infrastructure deal is on track after the president walked back an apparent veto threat. Scientists report a gene editing advancement.
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A Dangerous Heat Wave Grips The Pacific Northwest
The heat wave is breaking temperature records. It is expected to get worse on Monday — in an area where many people don't have air conditioners. Cooling centers have been set up across the state.
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Harris Criticized For Not Visiting The Southern Border Sooner
Vice President Kamala Harris visited the southern U.S. border on Friday. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Republican Rep. Tony Gonzalez of Texas about the trip and the criticism against Harris.
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1 Dead In Miami-Area Condo Collapse
Rescue teams are searching for survivors after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed overnight in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, Florida.
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Twitter Helps Photographer Find Couple She Took Unexpected Engagement Photos For
A photographer happened to snap some photos of a couple who got engaged in California. After posting the photos to Twitter for help, the couple was found.
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Olympic Runner Scores Cheesy Sponsors After Sending A Tweet
Rebecca Mehr loves cheese, and joked to her boyfriend that she wanted a cheese company to sponsor her. He sent some tweets on her behalf, and now she's inundated with cheesy sponsorship requests.
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Mayor Of Surfside, Florida Discusses Florida Building Collapse
NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Charles Burkett, mayor of Surfside, Fla., where a 12-story condo building collapsed on Thursday. At least one person is confirmed dead and at least 99 unaccounted for.
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Biden Announced A Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal. What Happens Now?
President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators now have an infrastructure deal. But there's a long road ahead: Lawmakers must also pass other parts of his economic agenda.
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A Black-White Housing Gap Persists, But One D.C. Woman Persevered And Won
The housing gap between Black and white homeowners has been consistent for decades, and so far it continues to widen.
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U.S. Prepares For Another Round Of Indirect Nuclear Deal Negotiations With Iran
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. Special Envoy to Iran Robert Malley about the negotiations regarding the JCPOA.
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For This Transgender 18-Year-Old, Queerness Is Synonymous With Happiness
Kaysen Ford and their mom, Jennifer Sumner, reflect on milestones and struggles since their 2015 StoryCorps conversation. "Being happy is not in spite of being queer," Ford says. "It is a part of it."