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Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves are back as everyone's favorite dim-witted would-be rock stars, Bill S. Preston, Esq., and Ted "Theodore" Logan.

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Not Heinous At All: Bill And Ted Are Back To 'Face The Music'

Thirty years after they befriended Napoleon and beat the Grim Reaper in a game of Battleship, Bill S. Preston (Esq.) and Ted "Theodore" Logan are back — older, but not necessarily any wiser.

August 25, 2020
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  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

More People Of Color Needed In COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Renee Mahaffey Harris, president of the Center for Closing the Health Gap, about why Blacks and Latinos are not well represented in clinical vaccine trials.

August 23, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Education

College Road Trip: UNC Students Move Out After COVID-19 Outbreak

College reopenings have been difficult, especially in the South, where coronavirus cases are surging? At UNC, students were asked to move out two weeks after the school year started.

August 23, 2020
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  • Elissa Nadworny
Joe Biden is making a big appeal to the older white voters who helped elect Donald Trump in 2016 with ads like "Donna" that focus on fears about the pandemic.

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  • National

Older White Voters Who Helped Trump Win May Be In Play

Polls suggest movement in this key demographic toward Joe Biden, but some white seniors in battleground states tell NPR they're sticking with the president.

August 23, 2020
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  • Brian Mann
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

Families Of Inmates Fear Postal Service Cuts Will Make Communicating Harder

The pandemic has made it hard for prisoners to keep in touch with their families. Loved ones now worry that recent changes to the Postal Service could make staying in touch even harder

August 23, 2020
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
GPB News NPR

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  • Asia

Who Is Jimmy Lai? Prominent Hong Kong Publisher Faces New National Security Law

We take a look the life of media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who escaped Mainland China for Hong Kong in the hole of a fishing boat to become one of the territory's richest men.

August 23, 2020
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  • Julie McCarthy
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Ohio Delegate Prepares For Republican National Convention

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks delegate Dimitrious Stanley of Columbus, Ohio, what he's expecting from the Republican National Convention.

August 23, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Environment

California Wildfires Continue To Burn As Weather, COVID-19 Complicate Response

Weather continued to complicate firefighting efforts for several California wildfires that have burned hundreds of thousands of acres.

August 23, 2020
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  • Sara Hossaini
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

Some COVID-19 Patients Taken Off Ventilators Remain In Persistent Comas, Doctors Find

Doctors are studying a troubling development in some COVID-19 patients: They survive the ventilator, but don't wake up. The persistent, coma-like state can last for weeks.

August 23, 2020
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  • Martha Bebinger
"I've always <em>loved</em> music," says Lauren Eylise. "It's my second language." Her song "Peaks and Valleys" caught the attention of NPR Music's judges for the 2020 Tiny Desk Contest

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  • Music Interviews

Meet Lauren Eylise, A Standout Performer From The 2020 Tiny Desk Contest

Every year, the Tiny Desk Contest attracts thousands of unsigned musicians. Lauren Eylise impressed the judges with "Peaks and Valleys," her song about toughing it out through hard times.

August 23, 2020
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  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro and
  • Ned Wharton
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

What To Expect At The Upcoming Republican National Convention

A look at what's in store as Republicans gather in person and virtually this week to hear from President Trump and other party officials making the case for a second term.

August 23, 2020
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  • Ayesha Rascoe

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  • Author Interviews

A Boy Avenges His Murdered Father, With The Help Of A Magical 'Ikenga'

Nnedi Okorafor found her superpower — storytelling — when she was a teenager. She draws on her own past and her connection to Nigeria in her latest novel, about a 12-year-old finding his own powers.

August 23, 2020
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  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Politics Chat: Republicans Gear Up For National Convention

We look ahead to the Republican National Convention to see how the party will respond to last week's Democratic National Convention and what its vision for the future will look like.

August 23, 2020
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  • Mara Liasson
GPB News NPR

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  • Health

Georgia To Hold Virtual Peachtree 10K Race

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Rich Kenah, of the Atlantic Track Club about changes to the 50-year-old Peachtree Road Race. The event will be held virtually this November.

August 23, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Science

Study Finds Painting Eyes On Cows' Butts Can Save Their Lives

Researchers in Botswana have found that painting large eyes on the rear ends of cows wards off predators. They hope that fewer attacks will reduce livestock losses.

August 23, 2020
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