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Surgeons remove the liver and kidneys of a deceased donor, for later transplantation.

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In the quest for a liver transplant, patients are segregated by prior alcohol use

Many transplant centers require people with alcohol-related liver disease to remain sober for half a year, before becoming eligible for the waiting list for a liver. But this thinking may be changing.

October 10, 2021
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  • Aneri Pattani
President Biden speaks about his administration's Covid-19 response in Washington, D.C., on July 6, 2021. In September, Biden announced his intention to require vaccines or testing for 80 million workers.

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  • Business

A big job for small government agency. Enforce vaccine mandate for 80 million workers

OSHA, the small, chronically understaffed federal agency in charge of workplace safety, now faces a big challenge: enforcing a federal vaccine rule covering 80 million workers.

October 04, 2021
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  • Andrea Hsu
Living California's Central Valley, Keishell Brown and other expecting moms contend with increasingly intense heat waves.

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  • Climate

Heat waves are dangerous during pregnancy, but doctors don't often mention it

Heat waves are getting longer and more intense with climate change, which increases the risk of preterm birth. Pregnant women often don't hear about the dangers.

October 03, 2021
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  • Lauren Sommer
GPB News NPR

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  • Television

5 challenges 'Seinfeld' faces in connecting with viewers on Netflix

All nine seasons of the classic sitcom Seinfeld debut on Netflix this week. But some aspects of the show might not work for modern audiences.

October 03, 2021
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  • Eric Deggans
Yosmel Montejo's "La Caliente" was a standout entry to this year's Tiny Desk Contest.

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  • Music Interviews

Tiny Desk Contest entrant Yosmel Montejo has a message for his community: 'Go for it'

Every year, the Tiny Desk Contest attracts thousands of unsigned musicians from across the country. Yosmel Montejo impressed the judges with "La Caliente," a song that reflects on life in Cuba.

October 03, 2021
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  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro
American composer Carlisle Floyd, photographed at his first home, in which he composed his best known opera, <em>Susannah</em>, in Tallahassee, Fla. in 2009.

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  • Music News

Carlisle Floyd, a founding father of American opera, has died at age 95

Known primarily for his southern-flavored operas, Floyd helped create an American opera vernacular. His 1955 hit Susannah won the New York Music Critics Circle Award and helped launch his career.

October 01, 2021
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  • Tom Huizenga
Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr. will host different parts of the Tony Awards broadcast on Sept. 26: the awards ceremony and the following two-hour celebration of Broadway's return, respectively.

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  • Theater

4 Things To Know Ahead Of The 2021 Tony Awards

The 74th Annual Tony Awards will be presented on Sunday, September 26 more than 15 months after they were previously scheduled. But these pandemic Tonys are by no means business as usual.

September 27, 2021
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  • Jeff Lunden
GPB News NPR

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  • Author Interviews

New Book Answers The Questions: Where Did Big Tech Go Wrong, And What Can We Do Next?

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Stanford University's Jeremy Weinstein, Mehran Sahami and Rob Reich about their new book, "System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong And How We Can Reboot."

September 19, 2021
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  • National

Abortion-Rights Organizations Are Working Overtime In Texas As SB8 Remains In Place

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Rosann Mariapurram, executive director of Jane's Due Process, a grassroots organization in Texas that helps people under 18 access abortion care.

September 19, 2021
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The cover of Bethany C. Morrow's new book, <em>So Many Beginnings.</em>

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  • Race

Little Women Remixed, But Not Reimagined

When Bethany Morrow was asked to write a new take on the beloved classic, she agreed on one condition: The new March family would look nothing like the old.

September 12, 2021
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  • Karen Grigsby Bates
Former U.S. Rep. Bill Clay from Missouri (second from left) with members of the Congressional Black Caucus May 24, 1971 in Washington. D.C. Clay was elected in 1968 after Black state lawmakers joined with Republicans to create a congressional map that included a majority African American 1st District. Also pictured: former Reps. Shirley Chisholm, Charles Diggs, Ron Dellums and Augustus F. Hawkins.

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  • Politics

An Old Redistricting Pact Between Missouri's Black Dems And White GOP May Be Tested

Since the 1960s, an unusual alliance in redistricting has brought Black and white lawmakers together to draw Missouri's 1st District to ensure Black voters can elect Black Democrats to congress.

September 12, 2021
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  • Jason Rosenbaum
The partially redacted FBI report paints a closer relationship than had been previously known between two Saudis in particular — including one with diplomatic status — and some of the hijackers.

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  • National Security

Biden Declassifies Secret FBI Report Detailing Saudi Nationals' Connections To 9/11

The families of 9/11 victims say the FBI document validates their claim that Saudi Arabia played a role in the attacks.

September 12, 2021
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  • Laura Sullivan
At the region's biggest hospital, Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene, 97% of COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated and all of the intensive care unit beds are filled.

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  • Health Care

Idaho's Hospitals Are Overwhelmed, But Many Locals Remain Skeptical Of Vaccines

At least 10 hospitals in the state started rationing care for everyone because they're filled with COVID-19 patients. But there's deep distrust of authority.

September 12, 2021
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  • Nate Hegyi
Jo (left), Joy Banner and their parents fled to the Big House on the Whitney Plantation to ride out Hurricane Ida last Sunday. They say their enslaved ancestors helped build the house.

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  • National

Descendants Of The Enslaved Sheltered From Ida In A Historic Plantation's Big House

Joy Banner's family took shelter in a house on a plantation their ancestors helped build. "They were not able to have this kind of house for their own protection when a hurricane hit them," she says.

September 07, 2021
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  • John Burnett
An Nguyen sits for a portrait at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Nguyen had just turned four when his father died in the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon.

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  • National

They Don't Remember Their Parents Dying On 9/11. But They'll Never Forget

Many children of 9/11 victims were too young to remember their parents who died. They've grown up living with the tension between having a personal connection to the day but few, if any memories.

September 06, 2021
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