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U.N. Official: Biden Plan To Boost Refugee Resettlement 'Sends Important Signal'
U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly Clements says she's pleased the U.S. plans to raise the cap on refugees to 125,000 per year. Work is already underway at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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How Canada Post Is Encouraging Folks To Reach Out And Write With Free Postcards
Canada Post is distributing prepaid postcards to 13.5 households in an effort to encourage people to connect with others through a handwritten note in its #WriteHereWriteNow campaign.
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Should Have Stayed Mum: Interview With Queen Of Talk Lands Royals In Hairy Situation
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Elizabeth Holmes, writer and longtime royal watcher, about the fallout from Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's interview with Oprah Winfrey.
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Myanmar Military Used Live Ammunition To Quell Protests
Myanmar's military has used live ammunition to quell ongoing protests, which are trying to restore democratic rule, killing scores of protesters in recent days.
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A Writer's Memoir About Her Clerical Job Becomes The Movie 'My Salinger Year'
A young writer gets a clerical job with the book agent representing J.D. Salinger in My Salinger Year, a movie based on the memoir by Joanna Rakoff.
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Being Vaccinated Doesn't Mean It's Safe To Take Off The Mask
What newfound freedoms can people who have been vaccinated feel safe about? With only about 20% of U.S. adults vaccinated against COVID-19, experts explain why some restrictions remain in place.
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'Reclaimers' Broke Into Empty Houses And Got To Stay — But Others Haven't Since
In March of 2020, a group of homeless and housing-insecure people broke into empty government-owned homes in a neighborhood of Los Angeles, and occupied them. They called themselves "Reclaimers."
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With 'Write Here Write Now' Campaign, Canadians Lose An Excuse To Write To Grandma
To help people connect with those they've lost touch with during the pandemic, Canada Post, the primary postal operator in the country, has sent every household a postage-paid postcard for free.
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'Now Is Not The Time To Stop Wearing A Mask,' Says CDC Director Rochelle Walensky
With new cases teetering at about 60,000 to 70,000 per day, new hyper-transmissible variants and state rollbacks of coronavirus restrictions, the CDC chief urges Americans to remain vigilant.
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How Two Skiers Conquered Half Dome
Last month, Jason Torlano and Zach Milligan skied and rappelled down Yosemite National Park's iconic Half Dome in a death-defying journey of nearly 5,000 feet from summit to valley floor.
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A Question Of Ethics As The Resale Sneaker Industry Grows
How much money is too much money to spend on a pair of sneakers? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michael Sykes, staff writer with For The Win from USA TODAY Sports, on sneakerhead culture wars.
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How California Is Trying — And Struggling — To Reach Vaccination Equity
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Dr. Paul Adamson, a physician and a fellow in infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA on why vaccine equity has been hard to reach in California.