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The rocket plane carrying Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson and other crew members takes off from Spaceport America near Truth or Consequences, N.M. Sunday, July 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
Andres Leighton/APRichard Branson and a crew of three others grazed the edge of space Sunday morning in a rocket built by the British billionaire's company, Virgin Galactic.
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Officials in Surfside, Fla., on Sunday said that four more bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of the Champlain Towers South building. Some 31 people remain listed as missing.
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PHOTOS: What Item Is Giving You Joy In A Pandemic? Your Beautiful And Quirky Answers National News
We asked NPR readers to share photos of the objects they can't live without during the pandemic. Their responses are funny, surprising — and some might make you tear up.
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A Federal Probe Into Indian Boarding School Gravesites Seeks To Bring Healing National News
The U.S. is about to undertake a national investigation into hundreds of American Indian boarding schools that operated for more than a century and served to "kill the Indian to save the man."
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Bezos Vs. Branson: The Billionaire Space Race Lifts Off National News
Richard Branson started Virgin Galactic 17 years ago to make space travel possible for his generation. This weekend he'll be on its first fully crewed test flight to space, beating Jeff Bezos by days.
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Ethiopia's Ruling Party Wins National Election In Landslide National News
The results assure a second five-year term for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
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The hottest place on Earth is as hot as it's ever been, at least in terms of recorded temperatures in modern times.
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Auschwitz Survivor Who Fought Racism With Music Dies At 96 National News
Esther Bejarano, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp who used the power of music to fight antisemitism and racism in post-war Germany, has died at 96.
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