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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.
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2 Books Checked Out 48 Years Ago Returned To U.K. Library
Someone returned the books by mail, with an apologetic noted signed Andy. He could have owed a $10,000 fine, but there's a moratorium on late fees due to the pandemic.
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You Too Can Visit Hell, Mich., And Be A Mock Dignitary
The community is so small that it doesn't have a mayor. An Airbnb host turned his rental into a lair that he's calling Hell on Earth. Guests who stay there in October get the title: Mayor of Hell.
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The Election And A Fresh Obamacare Challenge Loom Over New Supreme Court Term
The new term, which begins Monday, will see eight justices, not the usual nine. And because of COVID-19, once again the justices will gather by telephone hookup to hear the arguments.
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Morning News Brief
The president is at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center with COVID-19. He's being treated with a steroid and an experimental drug. Plus, the Supreme Court begins a new term on Monday.
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As COVID-19 Cases Rise, NYC's Mayor Aims To Rollback Reopening
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is proposing to shut down schools and non-essential businesses in nine zip codes in Brooklyn and Queens, which have had high positivity rates in recent days.