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In 'Our Short History,' A Dying Single Mom Pens A Letter To Her Son
Lauren Grodstein's new novel follows a political consultant who's determined to use what time she has left to share as much as she can with her 6-year-old son, including the identity of his father.
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For This Released Inmate, Freedom Tastes Like Pizza For Breakfast
Dana Bowerman is one of about 6,100 prisoners just released as part of a change in the way the U.S. punishes people convicted of federal drug crimes. "It still feels weird, different," she told NPR.
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'Not a buyout': Attorneys and unions urge federal workers not to resign
Unions and attorneys who represent federal employees are telling workers not to take the offer from the Trump administration to resign from their jobs by Feb. 6 and still be paid through September.
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Asheville to stop using FEMA water system, plans for $100M pre-treatment system underway
The system, which costs around $6 million per month, will be decommissioned after the end of hurricane season.
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A kid found an unusual rock. It turned out to be a rare ax made by Neanderthals
Ben Witten found an unusual rock on an English beach when he was 6. It turned out to be an exceedingly rare hand ax made by Neanderthals, tens of thousands of years ago.
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The economics of America's aging oil wells
More than three-quarters of U.S. oil wells, collectively, make just 6% of the country's oil. They're called marginal wells because of how small their output is. But they're a big deal.
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VP Harris lays out the differences between herself and ex-President Trump
Vice President Harris gave her closing argument from the spot, the ellipse in front of the White House, that her GOP opponent spoke from on Jan. 6, 2021.
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How much would you pay for COVID testing? Christine paid $434
People are paying hundreds of dollars for COVID testing because at-home antigen kits and free appointments that offer timely results are scarce.
Who cooked up butter chicken? A court seeks the answer. Plus: Madhur Jaffrey's recipe
Two families are battling for bragging rights as the inventor of the wildly popular dish. Will the truth come out? Or it could be there's another origin story involving ... British tastebuds?
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Here's the Thing Concludes This Week
Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin concludes this week with interviews with Debbie Reynolds and Turner Classic Movie's Robert Osborne.The program airs…
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