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Dr. Sonia Angell's resignation came shortly after the revelation that a technical issue caused an undercount of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks. The state is putting a new team in place.
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The prime minister announced the resignations Monday after last week's deadly warehouse explosion in Beirut that killed scores of people. A warehouse filled with combustible chemicals blew up.
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Nearly 100,00 U.S. children tested positive for COVID-19 during last two weeks of July. Lebanon's government resigns. And, hundreds of young people go on a looting spree in downtown Chicago.
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NPR's Noel King talk to Kimberly Karol, president of the Iowa Postal Workers Union, about changes Postmaster General DeJoy is implementing. Karol, a postal clerk, says mail is piling up in her office.
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The French are not giving up their August vacations. Instead, they're packing into local resorts with colorful face coverings 鈥� just a part of the summertime vacation scene.
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Patients knew Jos茅 Gabriel L贸pez-Plascencia as "the doctor that served the poor." He spent over 60 years caring for low-income families left out of the healthcare system in Phoenix. -
In an attempt to prevent more violence in Chicago's downtown, authorities blocked highway exits and raised bridges. Looting began after police shot a man who opened fire on officers Sunday.
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The video of Madu Mmesoma Anthony, 11, shows him making elegant ballet moves barefoot on rough pavement amid a downpour. He's been offered a scholarship from the American Ballet Theatre.
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The Trump administration announced an investment in Kodak with much fanfare. But just weeks later, the deal is under scrutiny, and the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Kodak.
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Visits to Yellowstone National Park are higher than last year as Americans look to escape their pandemic confines. Their business is welcome relief, despite worries they'll also bring coronavirus.
