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Being legally blind couldn't stop a man from running 3,000 miles across the U.S.

7:58am January 06, 2023

Jason Romero suffers from a rare eye condition that is causing him to go blind. He came to StoryCorps with his daughter Sofia to talk about how he made it through some depressing days.

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In this photo taken Friday, April 21, 2017 a United States flag patch adorns the uniform of a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team during a training exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C.

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Members of the military will now get 12 weeks of parental leave

5:13am January 05, 2023

by Ayana Archie

The new guidance is for birthing and non-birthing parents, including parents who recently adopted a child and parents who used a surrogate.

2 centenarians celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary

5:52am January 03, 2023

A big congratulations to Robert and Edith Mae Schaum. The pair, both 102, met in high school in Donora, Pa. Their secret to a long-lasting marriage? Don't go to bed mad.

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Consider This: They say you can't choose your family, but some people do

4:39pm January 02, 2023

You've heard the saying, "Blood is thicker than water," but for many people, family is not just about blood or DNA — it's about deep connections.

Time is fleeting. Here's how to stay on track with New Year's goals

5:01am January 02, 2023

by Allison Aubrey

As we dive into another new year of resolutions, managing time is the key to success. And learning to organize our time around our goals may mean saying 'no' to activities that don't align.

Paula Naylor pushes her father, Paul Romanello, with his wheelchair on Dec. 21 in Tulsa, Okla. Romanello was recently celebrated by the Centenarians of Oklahoma when he turned 100 years old.

When someone turns 100, these volunteers are there to make sure they're honored

5:01am January 02, 2023

by Jason Breslow

For the past three decades, the Centenarians of Oklahoma volunteers have made it their mission to celebrate as many centenarians as they can. To date, they've honored more than 2,700 and counting.

Laws allow kids to be taken away from their parents if they fail to pay debts

4:29pm December 27, 2022

by Joseph Shapiro

For courts to end a parent's rights to their child, there has to be a serious reason. But NPR found laws that say it's OK to take kids away from their parents if they fail to pay certain debts.

Lennon Scott was born on the same date as both of her parents

5:46am December 26, 2022

Cassidy and Dylan Scott welcomed their daughter Lennon to the world in Huntsville, Ala., on Dec. 18. That's the same date her mother and father were born on. The odds of that are one in 133,000.

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Childhood friends. From left to right, Valeria Lemos, Daniel Molina Acosta, Paula Rueda, Paula Molina Acosta; bottom row, Carmen Molina Acosta, Veronica Lemos

Holidays are about tradition. What happens when everything starts to change?

10:49am December 25, 2022

by Carmen Molina Acosta

Carmen Molina Acosta shares a personal perspective on what the celebration of the Novena de Aguinaldos means for her Colombian community and how it has changed over the years.

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Unsheltered migrants wait for bed space to open for the evening in the gymnasium at Sacred Heart Church after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday.

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Migrants warmed by the community as freezing temperatures linger in El Paso

8:07pm December 24, 2022

by Angela Kocherga

As twinkling Christmas lights cast a warm glow in downtown El Paso, thousands of migrants' search for shelter resonates deeply in the predominantly Catholic border city.

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