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Artist Bryce Cobbs stands next to the drawing he created of Henrietta Lacks, which was unveiled in Roanoke, Va., on Monday. The drawing will be used in the design process of a larger-than-life bronze statue.

Henrietta Lacks' hometown will build statue of her to replace Robert E. Lee monument

7:23am December 22, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

A statue of the woman, whose cells were taken without her consent and became integral in several major medical breakthroughs, will be built in Roanoke, Va.

This handout photo provided by Peru's Ministry of Culture-Nasca-Palpa shows a feline figure on a hillside in Nazca, Peru, on Oct. 9, 2020.

Researchers find 168 more ancient images at Peru's Nazca Lines

5:03am December 21, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The new findings add to the 190 previously discovered geoglyphs at the UNESCO World Heritage site. The discoveries are thought to date to between 100 B.C. and A.D. 300.

American nuclear physicist and father of the atom bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer is pictured in the 1940s.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance was wrongly revoked, energy secretary says

6:28pm December 17, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, lost his security clearance "through a flawed process that violated the Commission's own regulations," according to the Department of Energy.

The National Cryptology Museum opened in Fort Meade, Md., and features encryptic devices used by the National Security Agency.

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The revamped NSA museum opens with displays of former nuke secrets, spy artifacts

5:00am December 17, 2022

by Jenna McLaughlin

The overhaul of the aging museum in Fort Meade, Md., was unveiled just weeks before NSA's 70^th anniversary in November. The museum is located near the top-secret spy agency.

Ukraine last month marked the 90th anniversary of a 1932-33 famine that the country blames on Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. In this photo, visitors to the National Museum of the Holodomor Genocide in Kyiv look though a book with some of the names of the 4 million or more Ukrainians who died in the famine. In the background is a photo of one of the victims of that period.

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A century and counting: Ukraine's ongoing fight to free itself from Russia

2:55am December 17, 2022

by Greg Myre

This month marks 100 years since Ukraine joined the Soviet Union. It did so after Ukraine lost in a bid for independence. Ukraine once again finds itself in another life-and-death battle with Moscow.

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A marble bust of Chief Justice Roger Taney is displayed in the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the U.S. Capitol on March 9, 2020.

Congress votes to remove a bust of the Dred Scott decision's author from the Capitol

1:51pm December 15, 2022

by Ashley Ahn

The bill calls for replacing the bust of former Chief Justice Roger Taney, who wrote the decision upholding slavery, with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black person to serve on the high court.

Rachel Maddow uncovers a WWII-era plot against America in 'Ultra'

1:31pm December 15, 2022

by Terry Gross

Maddow's podcast uncovers the widespread anti-Semitic, pro-German sympathies active among major religious and political leaders in the U.S. in the lead-up to U.S. entering WWII.

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The last city-owned Confederate monument is being removed in Richmond, Va.

8:03am December 13, 2022

by Jahd Khalil

The city is almost done relocating dozens of statues of Confederate monuments in a campaign that began two years ago. The last statue to be moved is that of Confederate Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill.

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Fingerstyle guitarist, singer and music producer Stefan Grossman.

Rev. Gary Davis was a prolific guitar player. A protégé aims to keep his legacy alive

1:23pm December 12, 2022

by Jon Kalish

"I want to pass on the joy of playing this music to others, just as Rev. Davis passed it on to me."

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A Palestinian excavation team works in a newly discovered Roman-era cemetery in the Gaza Strip on Sunday. Authorities in Gaza announced the discovery of over 60 tombs in the ancient burial site.

More than 60 ancient Roman-era graves were discovered in Gaza

7:22pm December 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip announced the discovery of over 60 tombs in an ancient burial site dating back to the Roman era.