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These photos provided by NASA show images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team which confirmed Odysseus completed its landing.

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  • Space

Odysseus moon lander will cease working after sideways landing

Intuitive Machines, the company that built and flew the spacecraft, said it will continue to collect data until sunlight no longer shines on the solar panels, expected to happen Tuesday morning.

February 27, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Shane Gillis returned to host <em>Saturday Night Live</em> five years after he was fired from the show.<em> </em>Above, Gillis performs at the Stand Up For Heroes Benefit in November 2023 in New York City.

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  • Television

Shane Gillis struggles in a 'Saturday Night Live' monologue that avoids the obvious

Gillis didn't spend much time joking about the controversy that got him fired from the show. Instead, his opening monologue felt like an attempt to insulate himself from criticism and avoid backlash.

February 26, 2024
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  • Eric Deggans
Multiple law enforcement agencies arrived at the Israeli Embassy on Sunday afternoon after a man set himself on fire infront of the building.

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  • National

U.S. airman dies after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy

Police in Washington, D.C., identified the active duty member of the U.S. Air Force as 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell of San Antonio, Texas. He was rushed to the hospital Sunday with serious injuries.

February 26, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Vials of injectable penicillin in cold storage at the Metro Public Health Department in Nashville, Tenn. Injectable penicillin is the go-to treatment for syphilis and the only treatment considered safe for pregnant people with the disease.

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  • Health

Surge in syphilis cases drives some doctors to ration penicillin

The drug is the go-to treatment for syphilis and the only one recommended for pregnant people. But a shortage of the injectable drug has prompted some public health agencies to ration it.

February 26, 2024
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By:
  • Catherine Sweeney
Damon Tillman says coal will not surge back in Keyser to the way it once was.

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  • Energy

This is what happens when a wind farm comes to a coal town

Keyser in West Virginia represents a national shift in American energy production. And in a town that was defined by coal for generations, change can be difficult.

February 26, 2024
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  • Michael Levitt,
  • Tinbete Ermyas,
  • and 2 more
Abbas Alawieh, a spokesperson for the group Listen to Michigan, pictured at a coffee shop in Detroit, Mich., on Thursday.

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  • Politics

What could Biden's Israel-Gaza stand mean for his campaign? Michigan is an early test

Some Arab American, Muslim and young voters in the Detroit area plan to vote "uncommitted" in Tuesday's primary. They want to send a message to Biden: Call for a cease-fire or lose us in November.

February 26, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman,
  • Leila Fadel,
  • and 2 more
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says lessons from 2020 are informing election officials' priorities and preparations for the general election in November.

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  • National

Michigan's elections chief wants to protect voters, poll workers and democracy itself

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sat down with Morning Edition in Detroit days ahead of the state's primary to discuss her approach to election security in 2024.

February 26, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
A clock showing February 29, also known as leap day. They only happen about once every four years.

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  • Strange News

Why do we leap day? We remind you (so you can forget for another 4 years)

Why do we have leap years, and what are we supposed to do — or not do — with our rare extra day? NPR's Morning Edition spoke with experts in astronomy, history and economics to find out.

February 26, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
The company logo hangs over the door to an AT&T store Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Denver.

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  • Business

AT&T will give $5 to customers hit by cellphone network outage

The Dallas-based company said on its website that customers will get the $5 credit on their account within two billing cycles. The credit does not apply to AT&T Business, prepaid service or Cricket.

February 26, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
A photograph of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager who died one day after a fight in a high school bathroom, is projected during a candlelight service at Point A Gallery, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, in Oklahoma City.

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  • National

Vigils held nationwide for nonbinary Oklahoma teen who died following school fight

Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old who identified as nonbinary, got into an altercation with three girls in an Owasso High School bathroom who were picking on Benedict and some friends.

February 26, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaking at an election night event, Saturday, Feb. 24, in Charleston, S.C.

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  • Politics

Conservative megadonors Koch not funding Haley anymore as she continues longshot bid

The influential Koch network of conservative megadonors announced it will no longer be spending its resources on Haley's presidential bid, saying no outside group can "widen her path to victory."

February 25, 2024
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  • Sarah McCammon
National security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on Feb. 14.

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  • National Security

Jake Sullivan says U.S., Israel have agreed to 'basic contours' of a cease-fire deal

It's unclear whether Hamas would also sign on. The White House national security adviser also called on Republicans in Congress to approve more military aid to Ukraine.

February 25, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
Flaco sits in a tree in New York's Central Park on Feb. 6, 2023.

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  • Animals

'A fabulous ambassador' Flaco, the beloved New York owl, died after building collision

Flaco, who fled the Central Park Zoo, thrived in New York City on his own for about a year before his death.

February 25, 2024
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  • Juliana Kim
"It's a great day in South Carolina when I can come home," Nikki Haley delivered her signature line with a hometown twist to supporters. Republican presidential candidate and former UN Ambassador Haley steps off of her campaign bus ahead of an event on Feb. 13 in her hometown of Bamberg, S.C.

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  • Politics

They say you can't go home again. Nikki Haley can but it doesn't guarantee votes

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is struggling in her home state's Republican primary polls, but residents say she has broad support in her hometown of Bamberg.

February 24, 2024
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  • Sarah McCammon
Drug-related street crime in Portugal has dropped along with overdoses. "There's an impression in the U.S. that if you decriminalize drugs, it's a wild west," said Miguel Moniz at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon. "That hasn't been the case in Portugal."

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  • National

How Portugal eased its opioid epidemic, while U.S. drug deaths skyrocketed

Portugal cut drug deaths by 80%, using free health care and addiction treatment. The U.S., meanwhile, focused on drug busts and tough crime laws. Overdose deaths keep rising catastrophically.

February 24, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
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