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A kick takes on a life of its own in the kids' book, 'When Tad Kicked Vlad"
11+ hour, 9+ min ago (467+ words) Author Julian Gough was giving a talk to children one day when they gave him the best gift an author can get: an idea. "I was telling them how you make up stories and how you invent stories," Gough remembers....
From holiday sunshine to dangerous surf: staying safe this Memorial Day Weekend
17+ min ago (152+ words) South Carolina Public Radio From holiday sunshine to dangerous surf: staying safe this Memorial Day Weekend For South Carolina's holiday weekend, the biggest weather story may be at the beach " even if the sky looks fine. The National Weather Service…...
How funding cuts to USAID are impacting the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
10+ hour, 33+ min ago (31+ words) NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Dennis Carroll, Ph D. about the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and how funding cuts to USAID have affected the response....
DR Congo Ebola cases rise amid distrust, armed conflict zone
6+ hour, 9+ min ago (543+ words) Africa races to contain a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak threatening 10 countries as infections spill from eastern Congo into Uganda....
What we know about the status of a U. S. -Iran deal
11+ hour, 9+ min ago (30+ words) NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Ariane Tabatabaithe, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about where things stand on a potential deal between the U. S. and Iran on ending the war....
Sunday Puzzle: Two words, one anagram
10+ hour, 59+ min ago (246+ words) I'm going to give you some made up two-word phrases in which each word has five letters. Rearrange the letters in one of these words to complete a familiar two-word phrase. Which word to anagram is for you to discover....
Torn by war, Israelis and Palestinians tie their fortunes together
14+ hour, 27+ min ago (1530+ words) BOSTON - Salah Hussein was 11 years old when he was woken up in the middle of the night by Israeli soldiers in his family home in Nablus in the West Bank. It left him traumatized and terrified for years. It was…...
Trump says a deal with Iran and opening of Strait of Hormuz are 'largely negotiated"
1+ day, 28+ min ago (840+ words) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan " President Donald Trump said Saturday that a deal with Iran on the war, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, has been "largely negotiated" after calls with Israel and other allies in the region. "Final aspects and details of…...
Kyle Busch died after severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, his family says
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (416+ words) CONCORD, N. C. " Kyle Busch died after severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming associated complications, according to a statement released by his family. Dakota Hunter, vice president of Kyle Busch Companies, said in a news release the family…...
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's 'Fjord' wins top prize at Cannes
23+ hour, 14+ min ago (311+ words) Romanian director Cristian Mungiu took home the top prize at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his culture-war drama Fjord. Fjord, which centers on an immigrant family living in Norway, received the Palme D'Or for best film during the…...