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Purple Heart medal turns up at a Florida garage sale

6:03am November 15, 2021

The Purple Heart is a priceless honor — which is why it was weird for Jamie Bath to find one for $2. It belonged to Gus Albritton, a Vietnam War vet who had it stolen from him 38 years ago.

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The national reckoning over race and history is playing out in the world of birds

6:03am November 15, 2021

by Melissa Block

The Audubon Naturalist Society is dropping the name Audubon. John James Audubon was a famous ornithologist, who was also an enslaver and a grave robber who seized the skulls of Native Americans.

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Veronica Vargas helps her children get ready for bed. The boys sleep in the back of the car while Veronica and Alex work the overnight shift.

When a Hyundai is also the family home

7:05pm November 14, 2021

by Chloe Nouvelle | WLVR

To keep their three kids in a sought-after public school district, one family sleeps in a car in the parking lot of a Pennsylvania Walmart while the parents work the overnight shift at the store.

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The factors driving 'Striketober'

4:55pm November 14, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jasmine Kerrissey, professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, about the recent wave of strikes and what it says about labor in America.

In drought-plagued New Mexico, farmer places high hopes in infrastructure bill

4:55pm November 14, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Greg Daviet, a pecan farmer in Las Cruces, N.M., about how the infrastructure plan passed by Congress may affect his business.

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Pope Francis meets with President Biden during an audience at the Apostolic Palace on Oct. 29 in Vatican City. The pope is urging action against climate change.

Pope Francis again calls for climate action. U.S. bishops have been all but silent

4:49pm November 14, 2021

by Eric McDaniel

The pope has been insistent about the importance and urgency of climate action. But a new study finds Catholic bishops in the U.S. have generally been mum or misleading about climate change.

Unclaimed baggage wells up between carousels for passengers arriving on Southwest Airlines flights at Denver International Airport late Sunday, Oct. 10, in Denver.

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Flying for Thanksgiving? Expect packed planes, unruly passengers and cancellations

10:02am November 14, 2021

by David Schaper

Millions of Americans are returning to the skies this holiday season. Crowded airports, staffing shortages, bad weather and disruptive passengers all could make the experience miserable.

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Navajo Nation bans indoor smoking in public places, including casinos

8:25am November 14, 2021

Danielle Kurtzleben talks to Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson, expert on tobacco prevention in Native American communities, about the Navajo Nation's new ban on indoor smoking in public places.

This year, the garden produced more than 8,000 pounds of produce, while the panels above generate enough power for 300 local homes.

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This Colorado 'solar garden' is literally a farm under solar panels

5:00am November 14, 2021

by Kirk Siegler

The newly passed infrastructure bill could lead to a boom in solar production requiring a lot more land, including farmland. But research is showing solar panels might actually help grow some crops.

The FBI acknowledges that fake emails came from FBI email addresses.

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Hackers sent spam emails from FBI accounts, agency confirms

9:20pm November 13, 2021

by Catherine Whelan

The FBI says it is aware that unauthorized emails were coming from legitimate FBI email addresses.