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EPA creates new office to advance environmental justice initiatives

7:34am October 04, 2022

by Leoneda Inge

Forty years after Warren County, N.C., residents marched to a landfill to try to stop dump trucks, the EPA is creating an office for advancing environmental justice. (Aired on ATC on Oct. 3, 2022.)

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Herschel Walker denies a report that he paid for girlfriend's 2009 abortion

7:18am October 04, 2022

The Georgia GOP senate nominee denies the story which first appeared in The Daily Beast. NPR has not confirmed the story. On the campaign trail, Walker has advocated for a complete abortion ban.

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Steve Silberberg has been collecting unused air sickness bags since 1982

7:18am October 04, 2022

Silverberg hosts a museum with more than 3,000 bags on display. It's virtual, so you can't collect a bag while traveling there. He's part of a community of people who call themselves "baggists."

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Biden went to Puerto Rico to see what the island needed after Hurricane Fiona

6:43am October 04, 2022

President Biden on Monday traveled to Puerto Rico to get an update on the recovery efforts after Hurricane Fiona hit the island a little over two weeks ago.

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A ceremony to dedicate a monument to journalist, educator, and civil rights leader, Ida B. Wells is held on June 30, 2021 in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago.

How the 'Black Metropolis' made a comeback

6:30am October 04, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

Bronzeville, a neighborhood of Chicago, was the epicenter of a Black renaissance before it fell on hard times. Now, it's booming again. Here's the story of its incredible turnaround.

Bagels, quiche, fish platters, honey cake and sweet kugel are just a few of the dishes people indulge in after completing their Yom Kippur fast.

Food experts have some surprising suggestions for dishes to break the Yom Kippur fast

5:01am October 04, 2022

by Dustin Jones

From bagels to honey cake, these are a few suggestions from cooks and food enthusiasts for breaking the fast after the most solemn Jewish holiday. Also, read tips for preparing for the fast.

One of the Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle hatchlings bred at the San Diego Zoo.

After years of waiting, rare turtles have bred 41 hatchlings at the San Diego Zoo

5:01am October 04, 2022

by James Doubek

The Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle is considered endangered. The zoo is the first accredited organization in North America to hatch and raise the species that's native to South Asia.

This is one of several leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines running between Russia and Germany. Methane from the leaks could have a powerful warming effect on the Earth's atmosphere.

The Nord Stream pipelines have stopped leaking. But the methane emitted broke records

5:00am October 04, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

The Nord Stream pipeline leak might be the single largest release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Experts say it pales in comparison to ongoing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.

Kim Jong Un leader delivers a speech during a parliament in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sept. 8. North Korea has fired a missile over Japan, Japanese authorities said.

North Korea fires a ballistic missile over Japan

9:04pm October 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Japanese prime minister's office said at least one missile fired from North Korea flew over Japan and was believed to have landed in the Pacific Ocean.

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What cities can do better to protect themselves from hurricanes and other floods

6:35pm October 03, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with civil engineering professor Brett Sanders about what's needed in terms of infrastructure planning to make communities more resilient to serious floods and storms.

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