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A new exhibition at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate in Charlottesville, Va., displays artifacts from Sally Hemings, in her living quarters. Jefferson fathered six of her children.

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Jefferson's Monticello Makes Room For Sally Hemings

6:08am June 17, 2018

As part of a restoration initiative to interweave Monticello's dynamic history, a new exhibit at Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate gives humanity to an enslaved woman who bore six of his children.

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Cairo, Ill. lies at the heart of one of the fastest depopulating regions in America. On some streets, old mansions are abandoned and nature is taking over whole city blocks.

'Nobody Cares About Cairo': Residents of Shrinking River Town Fight To Bring It Back

5:00am June 16, 2018

by Kirk Siegler

For Cairo, Ill., a former river port and manufacturing hub, economic troubles began with the decline in river trade. Now two more public housing buildings are scheduled to close.

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Jackson Bird: How Can We Demystify Trans Identity?

9:36am June 15, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Jackson Bird was born female, but identified as male and transitioned in his twenties. He says compassion can help us become more comfortable talking about issues that affect transgender people.

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As the Mule Train crossed the first state line into Alabama, participants celebrated having made it through Mississippi safely.

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In 1968, Poor Americans Came to D.C. To Protest. Some By Mule

5:00am June 15, 2018

by Walter Ray Watson

The photographer and folklorist documented a caravan of mule-driven wagons that left Mississippi to march on Washington 50 years ago to draw attention to poverty.

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Dallas Wavers On Confederate Memorial

5:47am June 14, 2018

by Wade Goodwyn

In Dallas the effort to take down the city's Confederate memorials hit an unexpected snag after three of the four African-American city council members voted to keep the main memorial up.

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World News

Listeners Ask About The U.S. Relationship With North And South Korea

6:59am June 13, 2018

David Greene talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about the history of U.S.-North Korea relations.

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Looking Back On History-Making Summits Between U.S. Presidents And Foreign Leaders

11:01pm June 12, 2018

by Ron Elving

President Trump's meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is not the first history-making presidential summit with a foreign leader. There have been several, beginning with President John F. Kennedy's meeting with Soviet statesman Nikita Khrushchev in 1961.

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Macedonia will now be named Republic of North Macedonia after its prime minister reached an agreement with his Greek counterpart. A monument to Alexander the Great is seen in the center of Skopje on Sunday.

Macedonia Gets New Name, Ending 27-Year Dispute With Greece

9:06pm June 12, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Both countries claim the name "Macedonia" as their own. After decades of thorny negotiations, the former Yugoslav republic will become the Republic of North Macedonia.

A casket team carries the remains of U.S. Army Cpl. Robert E. Meyers, a Korean War soldier, at Arlington National Cemetery in 2015. Meyers' remains were identified decades after his unit was involved in combat operations near Sonchu, North Korea.

Trump Wins Pledge From Kim To Return Remains Of Americans From Korean War

4:24pm June 12, 2018

by Quil Lawrence

One of the four key points agreed between President Trump and Kim Jong Un is to help repatriate the remains of Americans killed in action during the Korean War.

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Once An Icon Of Detroit Decay, Historic Train Station Has New Owner: Ford

11:28pm June 11, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Michigan Central Station's crumbling halls have been the subject of much "ruin porn." Now the depot is likely to become home for the automaker's self-driving and electric car divisions.