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Electric Truck Startup Steps In Where Other Automakers Left Off

Sales begin in 2020 for Rivian's R1T pickup truck and a companion SUV. Both will be made in central Illinois. Ben Moon/Courtesy of Rivian hide caption

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Electric Truck Startup Steps In Where Other Automakers Left Off

Rivian plans to make battery-powered trucks and SUVs in a former auto plant in central Illinois. But it will face some challenges as Americans have been slow to adopt electric vehicles.

Congress Returns To Washington As Shutdown Continues With No New Talks

by Kelsey Snell

Congress Returns To Washington As Shutdown Continues With No New Talks

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Los Angeles Teachers Union To Vote On Tentative Agreement To End Strike

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Tony Mendez, The 'Argo' Spy Who Rescued Americans In Iran, Dies At 78

Tony Mendez, the former CIA officer who rescued six American diplomats from revolutionary Iran in 1980, died Saturday. He's shown here in 2012 in Washington, D.C., at the premiere of Argo, a film based on his operation in Iran. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption

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Obituaries

Tony Mendez, The 'Argo' Spy Who Rescued Americans In Iran, Dies At 78

by Greg Myre

Tony Mendez, The 'Argo' Spy Who Rescued Americans In Iran, Dies At 78

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Jynweythek Ylow Aphex Twin

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Independence Day Chris Thile, Brad Mehldau

Investigations

Coal Miners Grapple With Black Lung And Their Futures After Decades On The Job

by Howard Berkes

Coal Miners Grapple With Black Lung And Their Futures After Decades On The Job

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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

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Wild Sage The Mountain Goats

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National Security

U.S. Army War College Says 'Iran Was The Only Winner' In Study Of Iraq War

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Media

How The Media Covered The Standoff Between High School Student, Native American Man

by David Folkenflik

How The Media Covered The Standoff Between High School Student, Native American Man

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Jay Dee 49 - Instrumental J Dilla

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National

Electric Truck Startup Steps In Where Other Automakers Left Off

by Ryan Denham

Electric Truck Startup Steps In Where Other Automakers Left Off

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Count Your Blessings Hint

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Debate Exposes Doubt Death Cab for Cutie

National

Federal Employees Share How The Shutdown Is Affecting Them As It Goes On

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Dead Against Smoking Admiral Fallow

Movies

'Roma' And 'The Favourite' Lead The Pack In Oscar Nominations

by Linda Holmes , Bob Mondello

'Roma' And 'The Favourite' Lead The Pack In Oscar Nominations

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Charlie Brown's Wake-Up Vince Guaraldi

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Brasília É Luísa Ruspo

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Law

Supreme Court Temporarily Clears Way For Ban On Transgender Military Personnel

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National Security

FBI Agents Association Says Without Funding Important Investigations Are Stalled

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Harris Wofford, Former Senator, Civil Rights Activist, Dies At 92

President John F. Kennedy and members of the Civil Rights Commission pose during a White House conference in Washington in 1961. Wofford is seated to Kennedy's left. Byron Rollins/AP hide caption

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Politics

Harris Wofford, Former Senator, Civil Rights Activist, Dies At 92

by Brian Naylor

Harris Wofford, Former Senator, Civil Rights Activist, Dies At 92

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Just Born Dan Romer

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Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second STRFKR

World

Venezuela Prepares For Nationwide Protests Opposing President Maduro

by Philip Reeves

Venezuela Prepares For Nationwide Protests Opposing President Maduro

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This Strange Effect The Shacks

Beyond 'Shallow': A Look At The Oscars Picks For Best Original Song

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Music News

Beyond 'Shallow': A Look At The Oscars Picks For Best Original Song

by Mary Louise Kelly , Marc Rivers

Beyond 'Shallow': A Look At The Oscars Picks For Best Original Song

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Oyahytt [feat. LaKeith Stanfield] The Coup

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Mirror, Mirror Dr. Dog

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Politics

Will He Or Won't He? The State Of This Year's State Of The Union Address

by Ron Elving

Will He Or Won't He? The State Of This Year's State Of The Union Address

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Politics

Harris Enters 2020 Race With Political Baggage From Time As Calif. Attorney General

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Tomorrow Delicate Steve

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Middle East

Iranian Women Are Still Trying To Make Their Voices Heard In #MeToo Movement

by Peter Kenyon

Iranian Women Are Still Trying To Make Their Voices Heard In #MeToo Movement

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Action Tape 1 [Aim Madscope Mix] Search

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Want Something Done (Instrumental) Oddisee

Africa

Zimbabwe Government Cracks Down After People Protest Gasoline Prices

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Environment

Biologists Test Promising Treatments For Bats Threatened By Fungal Disease

by Jacqueline Froelich

Biologists Test Promising Treatments For Bats Threatened By Fungal Disease

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Belly of the Cavern Typhoon

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People Everywhere (Still Alive) Khruangbin

Killings Of Guatemala's Indigenous Activists Raise Specter Of Human Rights Crisis

Mayan indigenous people protest against the government of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales on the day he gives an address to Congress in Guatemala City, Monday. Santiago Billy/AP hide caption

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Latin America

Killings Of Guatemala's Indigenous Activists Raise Specter Of Human Rights Crisis

by Maria Martin

Killings Of Guatemala's Indigenous Activists Raise Specter Of Human Rights Crisis

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