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State Department Files Show Giuliani, Pompeo Contact Before Ukraine Ambassador's Exit

New documents show Secretary of State State Mike Pompeo had contact with President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani weeks before the U.S. Ambassador in Ukraine was recalled. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized For 'Chills And Fever'

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a discussion at Georgetown University Law Center on July 2, 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Amid Protests, Colombia's Capital Placed Under Curfew

Anti-government protesters rally on Friday in Bogotá, the second day of their protests against Colombia's president. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption

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Tom Hanks Plays Mister Rogers: Sharing Joy Is 'The Natural State Of Things'

Tom Hanks stars as Fred Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Hanks watched a lot of Mister Rogers to research the role and found as an adult, you don't really "get it": "Why is it taking so long? What's the big deal? What are these fish?" Lacey Terrell/CTMG, Inc. hide caption

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Vice President Pence Makes Surprise Visit To Iraq

Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speak to reporters in Ankara, Turkey after a hastily-arranged meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Oct. 17, 2019 over Turkey's offensive in Syria. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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A Cancer Care Approach Tailored To The Elderly May Have Better Results

Geriatric oncologist Supriya Gupta Mohile meets with patient Jim Mulcahy at Highland Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. Mike Bradley for NPR hide caption

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Some Pacific Island Nations Are Turning To China. Climate Change Is A Factor

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Solomon Islands' Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele after the signing of a joint communique in Beijing establishing diplomatic relations between China and the Solomon Islands. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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'It's Going To Get Worse': How U.S. Countertop Workers Started Getting Sick

Samples of Silestone, a countertop material made of quartz. Cutting the material releases dangerous silica dust that can damage people's lungs if the exposure to the dust is not properly controlled. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption

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'It's Going To Get Worse': How U.S. Countertop Workers Started Getting Sick

Big Companies Bet On Cleaner Power From Pig Poop Ponds

Ryan Childress (left), Dominion Energy's director of gas business development, and Kraig Westerbeek, an executive at pork producer Smithfield Foods, stand on a plastic-covered manure pond in North Carolina. Dan Charles/NPR hide caption

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Japanese American Former Basketball Star Inspired On And Off The Court

Wat Misaka, far left, appears in a scramble for the ball during the National Invitation Tournament in New York's Madison Square Garden, March 24, 1947. Matty Zimmerman/Associated Press hide caption

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'Atlantics' Is A Haunting Refugee Story — Of The Women Left Behind In Senegal

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'Atlantics' Is A Haunting Refugee Story — Of The Women Left Behind In Senegal

Why Money (Usually) Can't Buy You A Successful Campaign

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is weighing a 2020 presidential run. He'd join two other wealthy, self-funding Democrats in the primary: John Delaney and Tom Steyer. Monica Schipper/Getty Images hide caption

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Barr Announces Plan To Address Crisis Of Missing And Murdered Native Americans

Attorney General William Barr speaks with Myrna DuMontier (left) and Charmel Gillin (right), councilwomen with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes on Friday on the Flathead Reservation in Pablo, Mont. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption

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In The Fight For Money For The Opioid Crisis, Will The Youngest Victims Be Left Out?

An infant is monitored for opioid withdrawal in a neonatal intensive care unit at the CAMC Women and Children's Hospital in Charleston, W.Va., in June. Infants exposed to opioids in utero often experience symptoms of withdrawal. Salwan Georges/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption

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In The Fight For Money For The Opioid Crisis, Will The Youngest Victims Be Left Out?

Wardrobe Update: Clothing Exchange Caters To Transgender Youth

Tristan Vaught (left) and Nancy Dawson are the co-founders of clothing exchange Transform. Seventeen-year-old client Elliot Reed (far right) was the first customer when the space opened. Ann Thompson/WVXU hide caption

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Wardrobe Update: Clothing Exchange Caters To Transgender Youth

On A Tom Waits Covers Album, Women Transform A Classic Catalog

Allison Moorer, Phoebe Bridgers and more cover the music of Tom Waits in a new album. Frazer Harrison/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

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On A Tom Waits Covers Album, Women Transform A Classic Catalog

Opinion: Why You Should Think About Uighurs The Next Time You Put On Shoes

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Opinion: Why You Should Think About Uighurs The Next Time You Put On Shoes

Mama Stamberg Takes Her Cranberry Relish Recipe To Ocean Spray's CEO

A worker stirs Ocean Spray cranberries in a free-standing bog set up in front of Rockefeller Center in October 2008. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Mama Stamberg Takes Her Cranberry Relish Recipe To Ocean Spray's CEO

Antarctic Research Takes The Cake In These Science-Inspired Confections

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A Literary And Theatrical Legacy On Display In 'The Inheritance'

Jordan Barbour, Darryl Gene Daughtry Jr., Kyle Soller, Arturo Luís Soria and Kyle Harris in The Inheritance. Matthew Murphy/MurphyMade hide caption

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