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Tooth Fairy Reaches Out To Boy Who Lost Tooth During Beach Vacation
When Lucas Hamrick lost his tooth, he and mom wrote a letter to the tooth fairy, put it in a bottle and tossed it into the ocean. The tooth fairy, who may live in Dayton, Ohio, wrote back.
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Pa. Woman Is 1st Person In Her Bowling Alley To Roll Perfect Score
Sara Lyons, 96, set a record: A no-tap 300 means she knocked down at least nine pins with every ball. She tells KDKA-TV that she won't give up, no matter how old she gets.
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Morning News Brief
Two Louisville police are shot after charges in Breonna Taylor case spark protests. Which group is driving COVID-19 infections? And, hospitals failing to report COVID-19 data face a federal crackdown.
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Outside The Focus Of Major Parties, Black Pittsburghers Vow To Get Out The Vote
Both the Trump and Biden campaigns are competing for voters in key swing states like Pennsylvania. But is either of the major parties trying to engage Black voters in cities like Pittsburgh?
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Weeks After Disputed Election, Belarus President Is Secretly Inaugurated
The president of Belarus has been inaugurated for a sixth term in a secret ceremony, despite continuing mass protests by opposition supporters who say the recent election was rigged.
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Trump Won't Promise Peaceful Transfer Of Power After Election
In response to a reporter's question, President Trump on Wednesday suggested that he might not accept the election results if he is not declared the winner in November.
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MoMA Workers Must Decide Whether To Return To Work Amid Pandemic
Workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York are being pressured to return to work, in person. They're afraid of catching the coronavirus but equally scared of losing their jobs.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Be Honored At The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a private ceremony and then a public viewing today. Ginsburg died on Friday. She was 87,
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NPR Poll: Black, Latino Households Strugge To Pay Rent, Mortgages
The latest poll looking at the racial wealth gap during the pandemic shows that Black and Latino households are two times more likely than white households to have fallen behind on housing payments.
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Odds Tilt In Coney Barrett's Favor To Replace Ginsburg, Says Sen. Braun
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana about one of President Trump's potential choices for the Supreme Court vacancy: Amy Coney Barrett, who is also from Indiana.
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Springsteen Credits Fan's Gift For The Existence Of His New Album
Needing inspiration, Bruce Springsteen says he wandered through his house playing a guitar that a fan gave him. He tells Rolling Stone he wrote the songs for his new album on it in less than 10 days.
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Nixon, Carson Sandwiches Are Still In Former Boy Scout's Freezer
VP Richard Nixon ate half a sandwich at a campaign stop in Illinois 60 years ago. Steve Jenne took the other half. In 1988, he brought it onto The Tonight Show with a fresh one for Johnny Carson.