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National Zoo steps in after Amur tiger pair prove to be 'just friends' and won't mate

5:41pm March 27, 2023

by Jacob Fenston

When their rare Siberian tigers proved to be "just friends," the National Zoo turned to artificial insemination in hopes of creating a next generation.

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The new incentive for Americans to get heat pumps as a key climate solution

5:41pm March 27, 2023

by Julia Simon

U.S. sales of heat pumps overtook sales of gas furnaces in 2022. But what is a heat pump? And why do some call it a key climate solution?

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Parts of California to have Care Court for those with untreated severe mental illness

5:41pm March 27, 2023

by Eric Westervelt

Eight California counties are creating "Care Courts" for people with untreated severe mental illness. A judge may order treatment that counties must fund. Civil liberties groups have sued to stop it.

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Visa fees may be hiked for performing artists traveling to the U.S.

5:41pm March 27, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Travel to the U.S. for performing artists could get more expensive after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has proposed doubling the cost of visa applications.

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Jupiter, the brightest spot near the middle of this image, will be a standout this week.

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a pretty neat planetary viewing!

5:29pm March 27, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Over the next couple of nights, five planets are expected to align in the sky. And you won't even need a telescope to see them (although binoculars will help).

Parishioners are salvaging what they can from their 100-year-old church after tornado

5:17pm March 27, 2023

by Maya Miller

A 100-year-old church in Rolling Fork, Miss., was decimated by tornados. Parishioners are already in the process of rebuilding their congregation.

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See 5 planets align in the sky the next few nights

5:17pm March 27, 2023

The next few nights, five planets will line up in the sky: Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars.

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Six are dead following a shooting a school in Nashville

4:58pm March 27, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Three children and three adults are dead following a shooting this morning at a school in Nashville, Tennessee. Authorities say the shooter was killed by police.

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Most Americans call Trump investigations 'fair,' according to poll

4:58pm March 27, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that the majority of Americans think the investigations into former President Trump are "fair," as 60% say they don't want him to be president again.

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Staten Island assesses future of paved-over cemetery holding formerly enslaved people

4:58pm March 27, 2023

by Arun Venugopal

What should happen to the remains of Black bodies of a cemetery paved over and forgotten on Staten Island? This graveyard has the remains of Benjamin Prine, an enslaved man who later became a patriot.

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