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News brief: Malcolm X convictions, Ga. murder trial testimony, 3 amigos summit

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Two men convicted of killing Malcolm X are set to be exonerated. Travis McMichael testifies on his own behalf in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. President Biden hosts the leaders of Mexico and Canada.

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The availability of new COVID-19 treatments will help low-income countries

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Merck have agreed to allow generic manufacturers to make inexpensive versions of their anti-viral pills to treat COVID-19.

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Democrats launch a nationwide drive to sell the public on President Biden's plans

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

President Biden and congressional Democrats are trying to show voters the benefits of the infrastructure bill that's now law, and the Build Back Better plan they are trying to pass.

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News brief: Pfizer booster, Democrats promote Biden's plans, Blinken's Africa trip

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

All vaccinated adults could soon be eligible for a Pfizer COVID-19 booster. Democrats begin a nationwide drive to try to sell President Biden's agenda. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Africa.

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In an attempt to ease tensions, Biden and China's Xi meet virtually

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

President Biden held a virtual summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to go over some of the thorniest issues between the two countries. They gave no hint of Trump-era tariffs being dropped.

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News brief: Biden-Xi summit, Steve Bannon, Cuba thwarts protests

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

President Biden and his Chinese counterpart held a virtual meeting. Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon threatens vengeance after surrendering on criminal contempt charges. Cuba is crushing protest plans.

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Myanmar has released a U.S. journalist it has held since May

Monday, November 15, 2021

Danny Fenster was sentenced last week to 11 years in jail. The announcement of his release came from ex-U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson, who had gone to Myanmar to negotiate his release.

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Biden prepares for Monday's high-stakes virtual summit with Xi Jinping

Monday, November 15, 2021

When President Biden and China's president talk, the White House wants to discuss U.S. concern over human rights, trade and Taiwan — plus how they can cooperate including on climate.

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News brief: Biden-Xi meeting, climate summit, Catholic communion debate

Monday, November 15, 2021

President Biden meets virtually with China's president. Poor nations are disappointed by the climate summit. Catholic bishops consider whether abortion rights supporters should be denied communion.

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As COVID-19 cases surge, Austria orders a lockdown of the unvaccinated

Monday, November 15, 2021

Austria is moving to put millions of unvaccinated citizens under lockdown as European countries take measures to try to control a new surge in COVID-19 infections.

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Scientists are learning more about the lingering symptoms of COVID-19

Monday, November 15, 2021

Some people with COVID-19 have symptoms that last for months - it's known as long COVID. Scientists now think long COVID is likely three different syndromes lumped into one.

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China's Communist Party ends its closely watched sixth plenum

Friday, November 12, 2021

China's ruling Communist Party has released what it calls a resolution on history — a banal sounding document that could decide China's political future.

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Britney Spears could soon be free from the controlling conservatorship

Friday, November 12, 2021

Pop star Britney Spears has a big hearing in court Friday. It could decide whether to end the conservatorship that's controlled her life for the past 13 years.

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News brief: climate summit, China's historical resolution, Britney Spears

Friday, November 12, 2021

Climate negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, are down to the wire. China's Communist Party ends its closely watched sixth plenum. Friday's hearing could end Britney Spears' conservatorship.

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Poor countries push for compensation over damage caused by climate change

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Some of the world's most vulnerable countries at the U.N. climate conference in Scotland are demanding compensation, and it's becoming a major sticking point in the negotiations.

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EU leaders consider sanctions on Belarus for migrant crisis at Poland's border

Thursday, November 11, 2021

There's been sharp criticism by European leaders of attempts by the regime in Belarus to push migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere over its borders with European Union countries.

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News brief: infrastructure bill, Texas mask rules, Rittenhouse trial

Thursday, November 11, 2021

President Biden addresses inflation and infrastructure bill. Texas schools can set their own face mask rules again following a judge's ruling. Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand in his own defense.

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Aimee Mann's Album, 'Queens of the Summer Hotel,' is inspired by 'Girl, Interrupted'

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

NPR's A Martínez talks to songwriter Aimee Mann about her album: Queens of the Summer Hotel. It's based on the book, Girl, Interrupted, which chronicles the author's stay in a mental institution.

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Colorado's Dolores River should be raging through canyons — instead it's nearly dry

Tuesday, November 02, 2021

Drought conditions exacerbated by climate change is forcing tough choices for the water-starved regions of southwest Colorado, where farmers count on irrigated lands for farming and industry.

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Biden continues the tradition of U.S. presidents meeting with the pope

Friday, October 29, 2021

President Biden is beginning his European trip by meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican. These two leaders know each other quite well, and share many of the same concerns.

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