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For decades, Nitza Villapol hosted Cocina al Minuto, a popular cooking show in Cuba. In the decades after Fidel Castro took power, she adapted her cooking, teaching Cubans how to make do without certain ingredients while instructing them in how to use onc

Nitza Villapol: The Woman Who Taught Cubans To Cook With Just About Anything

8:06pm June 16, 2016

by Suzanne Cope

For over 40 years, Villapol hosted a popular cooking show in Cuba, her recipes shifting to reflect the realities of life under the revolution. No meat? No problem — she fried plantain peels instead.

Inside one of Mastronardi Produce Sunset Grown's greenhouses, tomato vines hang on lines that can be adjusted so that the tomatoes are always at a height that's convenient for harvesting.

How Canada Became A Greenhouse Superpower

7:05pm June 16, 2016

by Dan Charles

Canada, despite its cold weather, ships more fresh tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers to the U.S. than we send the other way. How? With the continent's largest cluster of greenhouses.

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Russia Deploys World's Largest, Most Powerful Icebreaker

7:04pm June 16, 2016

by Mary Louise Kelly

In St. Petersburg on Thursday morning, Russia will float the world's biggest and most powerful icebreaker. The Arktika is the length of two football fields, can break through ice 13 feet deep, features not one but two nuclear reactors, and is an unmistakable signal of Russia's intent to challenge America's global military dominance.

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British Labour Party Politician Remembers Jo Cox

6:54pm June 16, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Caroline Flint, who served in British Parliament alongside Jo Cox. Cox was killed on Thursday.

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Flight deck crew members position F/A-18 jet fighters for a launch from the USS Truman aircraft carrier stationed in the eastern Mediterranean. The crew members wear different colored jerseys to identify their tasks.

Even As It Heads Home, Aircraft Carrier Plays Key Role Fighting ISIS

5:49pm June 16, 2016

by Sylvia Poggioli

Part of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is seaborne. The Navy's USS Truman has been in the Persian Gulf but now is in the Mediterranean, on its way home to Virginia.

Jisha's face peers out from posters across the state demanding "Justice for Jisha."

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Brutal Murder In India's Kerala State Spotlights Underlying Maladies

4:45pm June 16, 2016

by Julie McCarthy

The Indian state of Kerala has been a model for the country, with near universal literacy and long life expectancy. But hiding underneath are problems, highlighted by the murder of a law student.

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China At A Crossroads: Nation Faces Challenges In New Age Of Anxiety

4:33pm June 16, 2016

by Frank Langfitt

NPR's Frank Langfitt describes the massive change he's witnessed in China over nearly two decades and the crossroads the nation now faces.

Police cordon off the scene at the suspect's home after Jo Cox, 41, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, was killed by an attacker Thursday in Birstall, England.

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British Member Of Parliament Shot And Killed; Suspect Arrested

3:14pm June 16, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Jo Cox, a Labour MP, has died after being shot in the village of Birstall, part of the district she represents. U.K. politicians have now suspended campaigns related to the upcoming EU referendum.

A marine biologist is engulfed by a school of barracuda and jacks as she conducts reef surveys in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.

Study Finds 15 'Bright Spots' Where Coral Reefs Aren't Dying As Fast As Expected

2:23pm June 16, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Around the world, warm oceans and human interference are still causing massive reef "bleaching." A newly released study looks at what's different about these healthier-than-expected reefs.

The Arktika is the world's largest, most powerful icebreaker.

Russia Launches World's Biggest, Most Powerful Icebreaker

11:35am June 16, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The 568-foot-long Arktika is powered by two nuclear reactors and capable of breaking through ice 13 feet deep. Russia's interest in the Arctic is rising along with global temperatures.