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'One Small Step America' aims to bridge divides during a contentious election year

7:45am July 04, 2024

by Kerrie Hillman

The former Republican party chair in Columbus, Ga., chats with the former head of the local NAACP chapter for “One Small Step” -- a StoryCorps effort to bring together people with different political beliefs.

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Morning Edition is celebrating a summer of love

7:00am July 04, 2024

This summer, Morning Edition will bring you love stories — from what the future of marriage looks like to what love songs say about us.

Morning Edition is celebrating a summer of love

7:00am July 04, 2024

This summer, Morning Edition will bring you love stories — from what the future of marriage looks like to what love songs say about us.

Medicare explores a new way to support caregivers of dementia patients

6:10am July 04, 2024

The government is launching an experimental program to ease the burden on caregivers of people with Alzheimer's. The idea is to keep patients healthier without exhausting their families.

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Fourth Of July Celebrated In D.C. With Annual Fireworks Show

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The explosive history of fireworks, from ancient China to Revolutionary America

6:01am July 04, 2024

by Joe Hernandez

Pyrotechnic amusements from sparklers to Roman candles have long been a staple of celebrations in the U.S. and beyond, helping to mark national holidays, sporting events and more.

Americans Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

After controversial court rulings, a Voting Rights Act lawsuit takes an unusual turn

5:01am July 04, 2024

by Hansi Lo Wang

Civil rights groups decided not to ask the Supreme Court to review a court ruling that could help end a key way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act, raising questions about the landmark law’s future.

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Removing the highway is the easy part. Reconnecting the community is harder.

5:01am July 04, 2024

by Laurel Wamsley

In Detroit, a one-mile freeway is slated for removal, where a Black neighborhood once stood. It's part of an effort to reimagine divisive infrastructure — but the plan itself has been contentious.

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In a moment of stage fright, the most unlikely person helped her to shine

5:01am July 04, 2024

In 2020, when Angela Zhao was just 10, she played in her first piano competition. As she waited to go onstage, a competitor did something small that gave her courage.

To save spotted owls, officials plan to kill a half-million of another owl species

2:21am July 04, 2024

by The Associated Press

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strategy is meant to prop up declining spotted owl populations in Oregon, Washington and California by killing barred owls that have encroached into their territory.

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2 Union soldiers awarded Medal of Honor for Confederate train hijacking

1:28am July 04, 2024

by The Associated Press

President Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive in Confederate territory and drove it north while destroying railroad tracks and telegraph lines.