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Gymnast Rebeca Andrade Won Gold For Brazil, And Became A National Hero

Brazilians are desperate for heroes right now, and it looks like they have found one: Rebeca Andrade is the first Brazilian woman to win an Olympic medal for gymnastics.

August 01, 2021
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  • Philip Reeves
Billie Eilish's second album, <em>Happier than Ever</em>, is out now.

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Billie Eilish Can't Wait To See The Future

With lyrics poking at the ways young women are scrutinized and exploited, Happier than Ever finds Eilish in some dark corners — but the pop supernova tells NPR she's got lots to feel hopeful about.

August 01, 2021
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  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro,
  • Andrew Craig,
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Writer Anthony Veasna So's debut short story collection, <em>Afterparties</em>, is being published after his death last December.

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A Young Literary Star Makes His Posthumous Debut With 'Afterparties'

Writer Anthony Veasna So was a rising figure in the literary scene until he died in December. His stories captured the fullness of queer, Cambodian American life.

August 01, 2021
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  • Andrew Limbong
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Thirteen Million People In The U.S. Have Two Weeks To Apply For Free Health Insurance

About 13 million uninsured people in the U.S. are eligible for free health insurance plans. They have two weeks left to apply.

August 01, 2021
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
GPB News NPR

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Timing At The Olympics Is An Art And A Science

Track and field is set to dominate the last week of the Olympics, and so is the art and science of timing. Who are the people, and what are the machines behind official timing? We find out.

August 01, 2021
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  • Tom Goldman
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Federal Health Advisors Weigh COVID Booster Shots For The Immunocompromised

A key CDC advisory panel presented evidence that an additional shot could boost the chances that people with weakened immune systems will get a protective response. Right now, such use isn't allowed.

July 25, 2021
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  • Maria Godoy
People ride in the front of a wheel loader to cross a flooded street following heavy rains which caused flooding and claimed the lives of at least 63 people in the city of Zhengzhou in China's Henan province on July 23.

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Record-Breaking Flooding In China Has Left Over One Million People Displaced

Flooding continues to devastate the city of Zhengzhou in the central Chinese province of Henan, where thousands remain stranded without power or food.

July 25, 2021
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  • Emily Feng
Soccer on the sand of Lumley Beach is a big Sunday pastime in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Pick-up games run up and down the shoreline.

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Sunday On The Beach With Sierra Leonean Soccer Players

"Our beach is a God-given thing," exclaims one Sierra Leonean. "We have to make use of it!" That means walking, working out ... and lots of soccer in the sand.

July 25, 2021
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  • Jason Beaubien
In the podcast <em>Finding D.W.</em>, host and former D.W. voice actor Jason Szwimer interviews other male actors who played Arthur's kid sister.

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A New Podcast Explores Why 'Arthur' The Aardvark's Sister D.W. Was Voiced By Boys

Jason Szwimer once voiced the sassy sister on the long-running kids show Arthur. He's now hosting the podcast Finding D.W. and reaching out to others who voiced the character when they were boys.

July 19, 2021
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  • Emma Bowman and
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
James F. Holmes, the first-ever person of color to oversee the U.S. head count, stands inside his office at the Census Bureau's former headquarters in Suitland, Md., in 1998, when Holmes served as acting director for about nine months.

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U.S. Census Directors Were All White Until James F. Holmes Stepped In

For more than 200 years, the census was overseen by white leaders. Holmes' 1998 stint as acting director blazed a trail for Biden's pick, who may become the count's first permanent director of color.

July 18, 2021
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
Mexican fishermen tend to their nets on Bagdad Beach, just south of the Texas-Mexico border. Red snapper poaching along the Gulf is a multi-million dollar black market.

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A Battle On The Gulf Pits The Coast Guard Against Mexican Red Snapper Poachers

Mexican fishermen are illegally plundering tons of red snapper from the lower Texas Gulf, raising the ire of the U.S. Coast Guard, Texas fishermen, marine biologists and the federal government.

July 18, 2021
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  • John Burnett
Jack Reall, left, and Ryan Hogsten are members of the Ohio Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team. They were deployed to Surfside, Fla., after the condo collapse.

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Rescue And Recovery Teams At Florida Condo Collapse Navigate Stress Of The Tragedy

In Surfside, Fla., rescue and recovery crews are among those struggling with tremendous grief over the condo building's collapse. Some who do such work repeatedly have found ways to cope.

July 12, 2021
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  • Joe Hernandez
Marcellus Cadd signing his name in Round Rock, Texas, after finding a cache in all 254 counties in the state.

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Geocaching While Black: Outdoor Pastime Reveals Racism And Bias

One Black geocacher writes about harrowing encounters, such as being called "boy" and finding a cache hidden inside a flagpole flying the Confederate flag.

July 11, 2021
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  • Sarah Kate Kramer
Health conditions exacerbated by obesity include heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer, according to the CDC. Researchers say the newly approved drug Wegovy could help many who struggle with obesity lose weight.

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Obesity Drug's Promise Now Hinges On Insurance Coverage

Clinical trials show Wegovy triples the average weight loss seen with other drugs. Whether it will reach many patients largely depends on whether insurers decide to cover it.

July 06, 2021
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
GPB News NPR

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  • National

After Condo Collapse, Florida Officials Scramble To Find Other Unsafe Buildings

The collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium has led officials across Florida to search for other buildings that could be structurally unsafe. On Friday, a 156-unit building was evacuated.

July 04, 2021
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  • Adrian Florido
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