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Shortly after the COVID-19 lockdown began, Ashleigh Bell Pedersen was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. She came to desperately miss physical touch during treatment.
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Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesChuck Redd canceled his annual Christmas Eve performance to protest Trump's name being added to the complex. In June, a superior court judge dismissed the Kennedy Center's lawsuit against Redd.
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A whitewater rafting group brings people of different political persuasions together to talk and paddle.
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Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place.
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The 1976 film is about a '60s trio based loosely on The Supremes. It wasn't a big hit, but it has a devoted cult following, and critic Ken Tucker says it features some of Aretha Franklin's finest performances. -
Firstborn kids often grow up to earn more than their siblings. Germs and illness are big reasons whyOldest siblings tend to have higher educational achievement and lifetime earnings than their younger siblings. A new study shows that germs play a big role in how younger siblings fare. -
Ulf arrives late to the party and sets it ablaze. -
More than 100,000 artifacts stolen by Nazis have never been returned to their owners. Researchers are turning to artificial intelligence to help. -
The website trainjazz.com creates jazz using the live locations of New York City subway trains.
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The "Pokémon Fossil Museum," a new exhibit at Chicago's Field Museum connecting the popular video game to real-world fossils, is drawing huge crowds.
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A new gallery show in London features the paintings of Marc Padeu, playing with themes from Renaissance art and bringing them to his homeland of Cameroon. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and KQED listener Sara McNinch of Redwood City, California.
