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From Trump's nickname to Commander Biden's bad behavior, can you beat the news quiz?

This week's GOP debate was overshadowed by who wasn't there, while the White House was roiled by more bad behavior from a four-legged inhabitant. Were you paying attention?

September 29, 2023
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  • Holly J. Morris
This photo, provided by the Philippine Coast Guard on Sept. 26th, shows a diver cutting rope tied to a floating barrier at the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.

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  • World

Marcos says the Philippines will defend its waters against Chinese aggression

The president says he doesn't want trouble, but says Manila will staunchly defend its waters after its coast guard removed a floating barrier China placed at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.

September 29, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
President Biden's chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in the Oval Office on May 16, 2023, is working with federal agencies to brace for a government shutdown this weekend.

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The White House chief of staff says it's on House Republicans to avert a shutdown

Jeff Zients has been getting the White House prepared for the first government shutdown of the Biden administration. Here's what the chief of staff told NPR about it.

September 29, 2023
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  • Asma Khalid
Books by Japanese scholar Chizuko Ueno at a bookstore in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. "Misogyny" and "Starting from the Limit" are at the center.

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  • Asia

As China censors homegrown feminism, a feminist scholar from Japan is a bestseller

A 75-year-old Japanese feminist scholar who's not married and does not have children is an unlikely celebrity on China's tightly censored internet.

September 29, 2023
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Actress Hattie McDaniel, left, appears with actress Fay Bainter, right, the night McDaniel won best supporting actress for her role in the 1939 film <em>Gone With the Wind</em> in Los Angeles on Feb. 29, 1940. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has created a replacement of McDaniel's Academy Award plaque that it is gifting to Howard University.

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The Academy is replacing Hattie McDaniel's Oscar that has been missing for 50 years

McDaniel, the first Black person to win an Academy Award, donated her Oscar to Howard University before her death. But the plaque mysteriously went missing, likely sometime around the 1960s or 1970s.

September 29, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Police officers look at the tree at Sycamore Gap, next to Hadrian's Wall, in Northumberland, England, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. One of the U.K.'s most photographed trees was "deliberately" felled in an apparent act of vandalism, authorities said. The 300-year-old tree was made famous when it appeared in Kevin Costner's 1991 film <em>Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves</em>.

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  • World

A 16-year-old boy was arrested in England over the felling of an iconic tree

Thousands see the tree each year as they walk along Hadrian's Wall, which guarded the Roman Empire's northwestern frontier. It appeared in Kevin Costner's 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves.

September 29, 2023
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Lebanese-Armenian protesters hold flares with the colors of the Armenian flag near the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ain Aar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.

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The fall of an enclave in Azerbaijan stuns the Armenian diaspora, shattering a dream

The swift fall of the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani troops and exodus of much of its population has stunned the large Armenian diaspora around the world.

September 29, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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She got similar chemo in two different states. Why were the bills so different?

A breast cancer patient discovered firsthand how the cost of health care can vary dramatically depending on where you live.

September 28, 2023
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  • Arielle Zionts
T.J. Mack — AKA Brian Jordan Alvarez.

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  • Pop Culture

T.J. Mack wants you to know it's OK to sit

Actor and comedian Brian Jordan Alvarez is a prolific poster online. Now, one of his latest videos has taken on a new life.

September 28, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
President Biden delivers remarks on democracy, his latest speech on an issue he says is central to his reelection campaign.

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  • Politics

Biden warns against threats to democracy and says Americans must speak out

President Biden's latest speech on democracy comes the day after the Republican debate, as a government shutdown looms and as House Republicans hold an impeachment inquiry hearing.

September 28, 2023
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  • Deepa Shivaram and
  • Asma Khalid
Actor Michael Gambon took over the role of Albus Dumbledore in <em>The Prisoner of Azkaban.</em>

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Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter,' dies at 82

Gambon was best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in most of the Harry Potter movies. The Irish-born actor got his start on stage and worked under Laurence Olivier.

September 28, 2023
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  • Andrew Limbong
GPB News NPR

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  • Family

Child care funding cliff is turning back the clock on gains for workers

September 30 marks the end of federal emergency funding for child care facilities. After several years of stability, day care centers now face difficult choices about how to operate with less.

September 28, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu
A panel speaks about gun violence prevention at the 2023 Congressional Black Caucus' annual legislative conference.

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  • News

Gun violence doesn't discriminate: Quavo and others share their stories

Almost a year after rapper, Takeoff, of the music trio Migos, was shot and killed, Quavo, his band mate and uncle, travels to Washington, D.C. to discuss gun violence prevention.

September 28, 2023
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  • Destinee Adams
People line up to vote at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter Elementary School in New Orleans in 2020.

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  • Elections

An appeals court has blocked the redrawing of Louisiana's congressional map

A federal appeals court blocked the redrawing of Louisiana's congressional map after a lower court found the redistricting plan likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters' power.

September 28, 2023
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Brian Jordan Alvarez' internet ear worm says 'you deserve to sit'

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to actor and comedian Brian Jordan Alvarez about his silly video turned viral musical sensation: Sitting

September 28, 2023
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