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What Happened During The First Weekend Of The Sundance Film Festival

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Today the American Library Association announced the top awards in children's books, and the big winner was "The Undefeated," with three honors, including the Caldecott Medal for best picture book. Kadir Nelson illustrated "The Undefeated." His work often explores what it's like to be black in America today and throughout history. The book's words are by poet Kwame Alexander.

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Newly Democratic Virginia Legislature Hopes To Repeal Jim Crow-Era Laws

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Today the American Library Association announced the top awards in children's books, and the big winner was "The Undefeated," with three honors, including the Caldecott Medal for best picture book. Kadir Nelson illustrated "The Undefeated." His work often explores what it's like to be black in America today and throughout history. The book's words are by poet Kwame Alexander.

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Encore: 'The Undefeated,' A New Picture Book, Celebrates Black Brilliance

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Today the American Library Association announced the top awards in children's books, and the big winner was "The Undefeated," with three honors, including the Caldecott Medal for best picture book. Kadir Nelson illustrated "The Undefeated." His work often explores what it's like to be black in America today and throughout history. The book's words are by poet Kwame Alexander.

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Journalist Joshua Yaffa On New Book, 'Between Two Fires'

By editor • Jan 26, 2020

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Why Elections Officials Aren't Taking A Simple Security Step

By • Jan 26, 2020

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There's a new book that provides a deeply reported account of what it's like to live in Putin's Russia, but it's not about Twitter bots or influencing foreign elections or even Vladimir Putin himself. It's called "Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, And Compromise In Putin's Russia." It's by Joshua Yaffa. He's The New Yorker's Moscow correspondent.

Climate Change Threatens Future Of Sports

By editor • Jan 26, 2020

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Culture Reporter Talks Netflix's 'The Circle'

By editor • Jan 25, 2020

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How To Relax On Busy Weekends

By • Jan 25, 2020

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Pressure Mounts To Improve Mississippi Prison Conditions

By • Jan 25, 2020

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Sketch Artist Captures 'Something Unusual' At Senate Trial

By & • Jan 24, 2020

The public's view of President Trump's impeachment trial is limited. In an era of ubiquitous cameras, no photographs are allowed in the Senate chamber. The only video comes from a set of cameras operated by government employees that's used by the television networks. There aren't many camera angles.

To give the public a closer view, news outlets are employing a low-tech solution.

Pompeo Won't Say Whether He Owes Yovanovitch An Apology. 'I've Done What's Right'

By • Jan 24, 2020

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With the State Department facing continued questions over the treatment of Marie Yovanovitch before she was recalled as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would not say on Friday whether he owed the career diplomat an apology.

"I've defended every single person on this team," Pompeo said in an interview with NPR. "I've done what's right for every single person on this team."

How Public Health Officials Use 'Contact Tracing' To Track An Epidemic's Spread

By editor • Jan 24, 2020

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Medicaid Expansion Costs Hit New York — And Other States Are Watching

By editor • Jan 24, 2020

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China Halts Transportation Out Of Wuhan To Contain Coronavirus. Could It Backfire?

By • Jan 23, 2020

Just a few months ago, Tom Inglesby helped gather top officials from governments, businesses and health organizations around the world to play a kind of war game.

"It was a scenario looking at global consequences of a major new epidemic," says Inglesby, who directs the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University.

Democratic Impeachment Managers Continue Their Oral Arguments To Remove Trump

By editor • Jan 23, 2020

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And now to politics - the impeachment trial of President Trump continues today in Washington.

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JOHN ROBERTS: The Senate will convene as a court of impeachment.

Tourists To The U.S. Capitol Have A Particularly Close Vantage To Impeachment

By • Jan 23, 2020

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The Surprising Legacy Of Occupy Wall Street In 2020

By • Jan 23, 2020

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Trump EPA Dramatically Reduces Amount Of Waterways Under Federal Protection

By • Jan 23, 2020

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Amtrak Reverses Course On $25,000 Bill

By • Jan 22, 2020

Amtrak will dump a policy that led to two people who use wheelchairs being told they'd have to pay $25,000 for a train ticket that usually costs just $16, the rail service announced Wednesday.

"After further review, Amtrak has determined to suspend the policy in question," said Amtrak spokesperson Marc Magliari. "It was never meant to be applied to this situation. And we apologize for the mistake."

He spoke shortly after a group of people with disabilities demonstrated outside an Amtrak station in Illinois, chanting: "We will ride."

Why Milk And Water Are The Only Drinks Allowed On The Senate Floor

By & • Jan 22, 2020

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As the U.S. Senate solemnly considers the fate of a president, Twitter has been somewhat less solemn, considering another question. Can you drink milk on the Senate floor?

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On 'Seeking Thrills,' Georgia Channels A Lifetime On The Dance Floor

By & Dave Blanchard • Jan 22, 2020

Music is a kind of family inheritance for Georgia Barnes. The stories she tells of her relatives usually come back to music or dancing some way or another. Her dad used to play in an electronic group called Leftfield.

"My bedroom was actually Leftfield's studio," she says. "It was keyboards, drum machines, wires, bits of percussion, microphones."

President Trump, Climate Change And 1 Trillion Trees

By editor • Jan 22, 2020

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We're going to talk now about one project where the U.S. got on board. It's an initiative to plant a trillion trees over the next decade. Here's what Trump said at Davos.

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Impeachment Trial May Be Crucial For Reelecting Senators Like Martha McSally

By Jimmy Jenkins • Jan 22, 2020

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Amtrak has announced that it will change a policy that brought it a lot of criticism. It's dumping a new rule that led to two people who use wheelchairs being told they would have to pay $25,000 for a train ticket that usually costs just 16. NPR broke this story last week. Here's Joseph Shapiro from the NPR Investigations Unit with an update.

JOSEPH SHAPIRO, BYLINE: A spokesman, Marc Magliari, said Amtrak will end the policy that led to that big bill.

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A Newfound Importance For A Longstanding Senate Tradition — The Candy Drawer

By & • Jan 21, 2020

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Twenty-four hours over three days - that's how long each side gets to make its case in the Senate impeachment trial.

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Dozens Of Indians, Mostly Muslims, Have Been Killed By Police During Recent Protests

By • Jan 21, 2020

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Recapping Day 1 Of The Trump Impeachment Trial

By • Jan 21, 2020

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The Senate impeachment trial kicked off today with arguments about the rules for the hours of arguments and debate to come in the days ahead. Today we got our first preview of President Trump's defense from White House counsel Pat Cipollone.

What Day 1 Of Impeachment Sounded Like

By & • Jan 21, 2020

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Shortly after noon on this cold and bright Tuesday in Washington, President Trump's impeachment trial began. First, some tradition and ceremony - Senate Chaplain Barry Black opened the trial with a prayer.

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NASA Taps Snowstorm-Chasing Team To Improve Forecasting

By editor • Jan 20, 2020

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Women And The Legal Bounds Of Self-Defense

By editor • Jan 20, 2020

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New Coronavirus Infects More Than 200 In China

By • Jan 20, 2020

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