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Health

Ahead Of 1 Year Mark, Remembering 1st U.S. Confirmed Case Of COVID-19

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That first U.S. case was in a city north of Seattle. A nurse and her hospital reflect on that early experience in the pandemic, and how their approach has changed in the last year.

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Tuesday

National

Washington Nursing Homes Still Waiting For Promised COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

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Assisted living facilities and nursing homes in Washington state have not received as many COVID-19 vaccine doses as promised. Frustrated residents and staff are looking for answers.

Washington Nursing Homes Still Waiting For Promised COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

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Thursday

Opioid Support Group Grows From Christian Book Club

Harrison Schapelhouman (left) with his service dog outside True Hope Community Church in Issaquah, Wash., on Dec. 8. Schapelhouman's service dog, who he's had since he lived on the streets, has helped him throughout his recovery from addiction. Jovelle Tamayo for Finding Fixes hide caption

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National

Opioid Support Group Grows From Christian Book Club

A group of women gathered at a coffee shop outside Seattle to discuss a book about Christian living, but soon discovered that they shared something else: addiction in their families.

Opioid Support Group Grows From Christian Book Club

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Tuesday

National

Christian Book Club Morphs Into Opioid Support Group

Some Christian women outside Seattle started a book club that transformed into a support group for parents of addicted children. Their approach ran contrary to their community's conventional wisdom.

Christian Book Club Morphs Into Opioid Support Group

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Sunday

Tired Of Being 'Dope Sick,' A Drug User Gets Help From Police To Get Sober

Shannon McCarty in her new apartment in Everett, Wash. Shannon was a meth and heroin user, but is in recovery with the help of a police program that connects people who use drugs with services. Dana McGlocklin for NPR hide caption

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National

Tired Of Being 'Dope Sick,' A Drug User Gets Help From Police To Get Sober

"Just continually putting people in jail, that's not doing anything for them," says an Everett, Wash. police officer who connected with one drug user, Shannon McCarty, and helped her get off drugs.

Tired Of Being 'Dope Sick,' A Drug User Gets Help From Police To Get Sober

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Sunday

A Rural Community Decided To Treat Its Opioid Problem Like A Natural Disaster

Social worker Lauren Rainbow (right) meets a man illegally camped in the woods in Snohomish County. A new program in the county helps people with addiction, instead of arresting them. Leah Nash for Finding Fixes podcast hide caption

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Shots - Health News

A Rural Community Decided To Treat Its Opioid Problem Like A Natural Disaster

A rural county in Washington declared the opioid epidemic a life-threatening emergency. It uses a multiagency coordination group straight out of FEMA's playbook to respond to the crisis.

A Rural Community Decided To Treat Its Opioid Problem Like A Natural Disaster

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Thursday

Seattle Defends Its New High-Earner Income Tax In Court

A view of the Port of Seattle and the city's stadium district nearing dusk. On Friday, a trial court judge is scheduled to hear legal challenges to the city's new income tax on the wealthy. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch for NPR hide caption

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National

Seattle Defends Its New High-Earner Income Tax In Court

The first legal steps challenging a Seattle income tax pit the city's progressive policy against long-standing resistance to taxing income in Washington state.

Seattle Defends Its New High-Earner Income Tax In Court

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Saturday

This Boy Scout Welcomes Girls To His Troop

Boy Scout Charlie Underdown of Seattle says that welcoming girls into the group fits with the Scout Law, which says to be "trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent." Courtesy Perry Underdown hide caption

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National

This Boy Scout Welcomes Girls To His Troop

The Boy Scouts of America announced that starting next year, it will welcome girls into some of its programs. At least one Scout believes that welcoming girls is friendly, courteous and kind.

This Boy Scout Welcomes Girls To His Troop

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Saturday

Billionaire Spent Millions In Charity, But Avoided Mine Fines

Jim Justice owns Southern Coal Corp., which has 71 mines that have racked up thousands of violations and millions of dollars in fines. Scott Halleran/Getty Images hide caption

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Delinquent Mines

Billionaire Spent Millions In Charity, But Avoided Mine Fines

Jim Justice, a West Virginia philanthropist and mine owner, gave away and invested more than $200 million while his mines failed to pay $2 million in delinquent mine safety penalties.

Billionaire Spent Millions In Charity, But Avoided Mine Fines

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Thursday

Top Delinquent Mine Has Deadly Legacy

Outside the D&C Mining Corp. mine near Cranks, Ky. The company owes more than $4 million in unpaid safety penalties. Howard Berkes/NPR hide caption

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Delinquent Mines

Top Delinquent Mine Has Deadly Legacy

In the eight years regulators didn't collect penalty fines from D&C Mining, it was cited 1,500 times for safety violations — including many that federal inspectors say put miners at serious risk.

Top Delinquent Mine Has Deadly Legacy

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Wednesday

Coal Mines Keep Operating Despite Injuries, Violations And Millions In Fines

This photo of Roy Middleton working underground at the Kentucky Darby mine now sits on the mantel in the Middleton home in Harlan County, Ky. He was killed after an explosion in 2006. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch/NPR/Original photo courtesy of the Middleton family hide caption

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Delinquent Mines

Coal Mines Keep Operating Despite Injuries, Violations And Millions In Fines

An NPR investigation found thousands of American mine owners fail to pay penalties for safety violations, even as they continue to manage dangerous — and sometimes deadly — operations.

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Wednesday

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Saturday

Explosion On Ky. Natural Gas Pipeline Under Investigation

Burned-out vehicles sit among the ruins following a natural gas pipeline explosion in Kentucky on Thursday. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption

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National

Explosion On Ky. Natural Gas Pipeline Under Investigation

The recent incident in rural Kentucky left a crater 60 feet deep along a pipeline that has failed before. NPR combed through the records to see how such lines are inspected in the U.S.

Explosion On Ky. Natural Gas Pipeline Under Investigation

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Saturday

'Mockingbird' Eases Hard Times In Lee's Hometown

Author Harper Lee poses in the Monroeville, Ala., courthouse in 1961, the year To Kill a Mockingbird was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The courthouse is now a museum. Donald Uhrbrock/Getty Images hide caption

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National

'Mockingbird' Eases Hard Times In Lee's Hometown

Though Harper Lee has always said her book, To Kill a Mockingbird, and its setting are fictional, that won't stop thousands from visiting her hometown of Monroeville, Ala., for the novel's 50th anniversary. It's welcome attention for a town struggling through the recession.

'Mockingbird' Eases Hard Times In Lee's Hometown

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Tuesday

Opinion

Pre-Wedding Battle Of Wits In Rwanda

In Rwanda, marriage involves negotiations — sometimes an hours-long battle of wits before a wedding is approved. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch went to Kigali, Rwanda, for the wedding of two friends and sent this audio postcard

Pre-Wedding Battle Of Wits In Rwanda

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