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Commerce Department Appeals Ruling To Keep Census Going Until Oct. 31
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and NPR's Hansi Lo Wang about the 2020 census. Ross wants counting to end early. A judge ruled counting will continue through October.
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ICU Doctor Responds To Trump Comment: Don't Be Afraid Of COVID-19
In a video, President Trump said that people shouldn't let COVID-19 dominate their lives. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Jamil Madi at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Texas about the comment.
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Trump Makes A Theatrical Return To The White House
President Trump spent the weekend in the hospital being treated for COVID-19. It's not clear if he's beaten the illness. He's back in a building where many people work and others have tested positive.
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British Censorship Board Watched Hours Of Paint Drying
Charlie Lyne submitted a film to the British Board of Film Classification called Paint Drying. It shows 10 hours of paint drying on a brick wall. The censorship board watched every minute of it.
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Bill DeBlasio, Random Dude From Long Island, Is Sick Of Your Griping
That Bill DeBlasio is not New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio. MEL magazine reports the non-mayor has gotten thousands of mostly angry emails from would-be constituents over the years.
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Thousands Of Women, Children To Be Released From ISIS Detention Camps
ISIS fell more than a year and a half ago, but tens of thousands of women and children still languish in detention camps in Syria. Kurdish officials said they will start releasing thousands of them.
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Documentary On HBO Provides A Look Into The Miranda Family
A documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival features the life of Luis Miranda, father of Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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Released Decades Later: 'The Lost Berlin Tapes' By Ella Fitzgerald
In 1962, jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald gave a concert in Berlin, which was recorded but the tapes were lost. The previously unheard concert recording has been released.
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Black Lives Matter Protesters Sue Omaha Over Suppressed Rights
The ACLU is suing the Nebraska city and its police over the mass arrest of nearly 130 protesters in July. It's representing a Black grassroots organization and several protesters who were arrested.
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Why Has The White House Not Conducted Contact Tracing?
NPR's Noel King talks to contact tracing expert Susie Welty of the University of California, San Francisco about how the White House should prevent a further spread of COVID-19 within its ranks.
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President Trump Has Been Given Several Medications To Treat COVID-19
The president has been receiving a steroid, an antiviral medication and an experimental drug cocktail. He's also received supplemental oxygen.
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Trump Medical Team Says President Continues To Improve
President Trump remains at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment. Answers about his care have often led to more questions.