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A priest recalls what it meant went a nun traveled 5 hours to visit his dying father
On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, when Father Jim Martin's father was dying, a nun, Sister Janice Farnham, took a 5-hour train ride to visit him.
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After getting bashed in elections, South Africa's ANC is frantic to form a coalition
South Africa is in unchartered political territory as the ruling African National Congress look to other parties to try and shore up its majority after a historic loss of votes in last weeks election.
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Gaza's sick and malnourished children die as hospitals collapse from Israel's war
Suggested web headline: Gaza's sick children are malnourished and dying as hospitals collapse from Israel's war DACS: A lethal combination of displacement, disease and malnutrition are killing Gaza's children as they wither away without healthcare
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In the Coast Guard's wargames, climate change is now a key adversary
The Coast Guard is holding it's strategic wargames at a base in Portsmouth, Va., and climate change is a key adversary.
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USAID says it will send $90 million in aid to Gaza
The U.S Agency for International Development says that it will be sending $90 million to aid Palestinians in Gaza. The announcement comes amid growing concerns of famine.
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Supplemental Security Income rules can limit the people the program is meant to help
Fifty-one years ago, Washington created a daring program to fight poverty. But instead of lifting people, it now traps them in poverty.
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Scorching temperatures prompt excessive heat warnings in southwest U.S.
Extreme heat warnings are in effect for more than 10 million people in parts of the West. Cities are mobilizing to help the homeless and the elderly while firefighters are on high alert for wildfires.
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Volunteers pick blueberries from a research farm for local food banks
A blueberry research farm in North Carolina can only donate — not sell — its berries, so volunteers help out by picking them for local food banks.
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House Democrat on why he supports Biden's executive action restricting migration
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Democratic Congressman Mike Levin, about President Biden's new executive order on immigration.
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Hubble will change how it points, but NASA says 'great science' will continue
NASA is shifting the way the Hubble Space Telescope points. The change is a work-around for a piece of hardware that's become intolerably glitchy. Officials say Hubble will continue to do 'ground breaking science,' for about another decade.
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Trump's lawyers ask judge to dismiss charges of mishandling classified documents
Lawyers for former President Trump and two co-defendants were in court in Florida asking a federal judge to dismiss charges of mishandling classified documents. The trial's start remains delayed.
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A decade-old scandal in the U.K. haunts CEO of 'Washington Post'
The Washington Post CEO's past actions are coming under severe scrutiny in a British court as he seeks to turn around the financially troubled U.S. newspaper.
