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News Articles: Weekend Edition Saturday

French police arrested suspected Lego thieves. And last month, a man in Oregon was arrested after local police suspected he stole $7,500 worth of Lego toy sets.

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  • World

People Are Stealing Legos. Here's Why

Lego theft may be on the rise, with French police investigating an international ring of alleged Lego thieves. Lego expert Gerben van IJken says there could be a Lego black market.

April 03, 2021
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By:
  • Farah Eltohamy and
  • Peter Breslow
Tina Turner and her children, photographed in 1967.

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  • TV Reviews

Tina Turner's Life Explored In New Documentary

HBO's documentary on Tina Turner is presented as the 81-year-old singer's final word on her expansive life and career — a history she finds difficult to talk about.

March 29, 2021
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Johnny Thornton says there was a growing conflict between Barry Fleming's work as a lawmaker and for Hancock County.

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  • Politics

In Georgia County, Elections Bills Have Consequences

Hancock County cut ties with a lawmaker over Georgia's new voting bill. Residents in the majority-Black area said Barry Fleming's work as county attorney was incompatible with the bills he supported.

March 28, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
GPB  NPR

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  • Space

Satellite Launched On Mission To Remove Space Trash

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Jason Forshaw, an aerospace engineer at Astroscale, about ELSA-d, a machine used to clean up junk in space.

March 27, 2021
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Politics

Biden Says 'Nothing Has Changed' But Child Migrants Crossing Border At Higher Pace

As Biden stated, crossings often rise during the early months of the year as the weather improves. But the number of unaccompanied children arriving are considerably higher than in the recent years.

March 27, 2021
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Satchel Paige is shown during a World Series game against the Boston Braves in Boston on Oct. 6, 1948. Paige and Larry Doby were two Black players who helped Cleveland's baseball team win the World Series.

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  • Sports

How Black Players Propelled Cleveland's Baseball Team To Win The 1948 World Series

In 1948, Cleveland's baseball team won the World Series. It wouldn't have made it without the team's first two Black players, and the team owner's willingness to hire them, says author Luke Epplin.

March 27, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Eddie Izzard co-wrote the script for <em>Six Minutes to Midnight</em>, and stars as half German, half British teacher Thomas Miller.

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  • Movie Interviews

Eddie Izzard: 'Hopefully Hitler Is Revolving In Some Trench'

Izzard is the co-writer and director of a new movie, Six Minutes to Midnight, based on the real story of a 1930s British finishing school for the daughters of high-ranking Nazis.

March 27, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Tactical police units respond to the scene of a King Soopers grocery store after a shooting on March 22, 2021 in Boulder, Colorado.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The Gun Violence All Around Us

Scott Simon recounts some of the lives lost to gun violence in the past weeks, in and out of the spotlight.

March 27, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Horseradish will be on many Seder tables Friday night. It's a symbol of the bitterness of slavery and also the harshness of life today.

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  • National

The Sting That Cuts Through Numbness: Horseradish On Pandemic Passover Tables

The horseradish at Friday night's Seder may be more poignant on this second pandemic Passover. It symbolizes the bitterness of slavery. Hardships change and so do the rituals that mark them.

March 27, 2021
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By:
  • Deena Prichep
Deb Haaland, who made history this week by becoming the first indigenous interior secretary, promised to begin repairing a legacy of abuses committed by the federal government toward tribes.

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  • Environment

The Celebration Over, Deb Haaland Now Faces A Long To-Do List At Interior

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has a long and seemingly insurmountable to-do list, including a pledge to begin repairing a legacy of broken treaties and other abuses against tribes.

March 21, 2021
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
GPB  NPR

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  • Sports

Saturday Sports: March Madness Continues Inside And Outside Basketball

Athletes in the women's NCAA tournament say their workout facilities are far from equal to those afforded the athletes in the men's NCAA tournament.

March 20, 2021
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Politics

Week In Politics: With Vaccines 'Done,' Biden Now Turns To Surge At Southern Border

The Biden administration is taking a victory lap on vaccinations but is being challenged by the surge of unaccompanied minors at the southern border.

March 20, 2021
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By:
  • Ron Elving
GPB  NPR

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  • Health

COVID-19 Patient Recovers From Double Lung Transplant

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Andrew Capen, who received a double lung transplant after becoming severely ill with COVID-19.

March 20, 2021
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Education

3 Feet Apart: New CDC Guidance For Students May Allow For More Schools To Reopen

There are new COVID-19 guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that reduce the distance students should be spaced from 6 feet to 3 in most school settings.

March 20, 2021
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By:
  • Cory Turner
Dr. Hansel Tookes made sure his first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami on Dec. 15. was televised, as a way to combat hesitancy.

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  • Health

More Black And Latinx Americans Are Embracing COVID-19 Vaccination

Surveys show that support for COVID-19 vaccines is rising among Black and Latinx populations, now that tens of millions of Americans have safely received the shots.

March 20, 2021
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
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