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AP
President Trump's beautification project of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become plagued with a robust algae bloom, despite a $14 million investment and a coating of "American flag blue."
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Indoor pools can have a distinct odor caused by chlorine binding to body waste. A Minnesota student invented a device to measure chloramine levels.
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Over a month after the Ebola outbreak was declared in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and aid is beginning to arrive but too slowly, as officials warn of "brutal geographic expansion" of the virus.
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Ohio's Governor says that his state should end the death penalty. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, about why he changed his mind on a practice he once supported.
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NPR's Scott Simon and sports reporter Michele Steele discuss the World Cup.
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Cabo Verde stunned soccer fans by holding Spain to a draw in the World cup. The small nation is also using the World Cup to court business investments.
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It's been a year since a gunman murdered Minnesota state Sen. Melissa Hortman, which is reflected on by another state senator who was also targeted.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Robert A. Winn about the progress the United States has made in treating cancer.
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President Trump and his vice-president pushed back against critics of the agreement to extend the ceasefire with Iran. Some Republican lawmakers have found the agreement wanting.
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President Trump did not attend the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago -- he wasn't invited. But his presence was felt in the speeches by former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with comedian and actor John Early about his debut feature film, "Maddie's Secret." Early stars as Maddie, and also wrote and directed the movie.