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While Pro And College Athletes Fight Through A Pandemic, Kids Have A Tougher Path

Antonio Jimenez (L) and his father Antonio Garcia at their home in Portland, Ore. Jimenez, a 16-year-old high school junior, has been trying to develop his basketball skills during the pandemic by training in small groups with other players and shooting several hundred jump shots daily at home. Tom Goldman/NPR hide caption

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The Coronavirus Crisis

While Pro And College Athletes Fight Through A Pandemic, Kids Have A Tougher Path

The coronavirus pandemic has eliminated or cut short many sports opportunities for youth athletes. Parents are still looking for ways to help their kids but it's not easy.

Medical Treatments

Update On A Timeline For When A Coronavirus Vaccine Might Be Available To Americans

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Health

Pandemic Update: Coronavirus Case Numbers And Latest On A Vaccine

by Richard Harris

Pandemic Update: Coronavirus Case Numbers And Latest On A Vaccine

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Is That What Everybody Wants

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Ruthless The Marías

Ex-Defense Secretary Hagel Says GOP Hesitation On Election Is 'Hurting Our Country'

Chuck Hagel, then U.S. defense secretary, speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels in 2015. Virginia Mayo/AP hide caption

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Biden Transition Updates

Ex-Defense Secretary Hagel Says GOP Hesitation On Election Is 'Hurting Our Country'

by Mary Louise Kelly , Maureen Pao

Ex-Defense Secretary Hagel Says GOP Hesitation On Election Is 'Hurting Our Country'

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Research News

Scientists Discover A Link Between Lack Of Deep Sleep And Alzheimer's Disease

by Jon Hamilton

Scientists Discover A Link Between Lack Of Deep Sleep And Alzheimer's Disease

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Bloodless Andrew Bird

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Disparate Youth Santigold

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Politics

Record Number Of Republican Women Elected To The New Congress

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Record Number Of Republican Women Elected To The New Congress

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The Mother We Share Chvrches

Middle East

Israel Rushes To Advance A New Settlement While President Trump Is Still In Office

by Daniel Estrin

Israel Rushes To Advance A New Settlement While President Trump Is Still In Office

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Basil Soft Glas

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Mal à L'aise Vagabon

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The Coronavirus Crisis

While Pro And College Athletes Fight Through A Pandemic, Kids Have A Tougher Path

by Tom Goldman

While Pro And College Athletes Fight Through A Pandemic, Kids Have A Tougher Path

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Business

VF Corporation Acquires Supreme For $2 Billion

by Andrew Limbong

VF Corporation Acquires Supreme For $2 Billion

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Do It

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Monday, Monday Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass

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Medical Treatments

Who Should Be First In Line To Get Coronavirus Vaccine?

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Economy

Biden And Harris Address The U.S. Economy And Lay Out Their Plans For Recovery

by Asma Khalid

Biden And Harris Address The U.S. Economy And Lay Out Their Plans For Recovery

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National

Deaf Community Debates Sign For 'Joe Biden' In American Sign Language

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Truth Kamasi Washington

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Mike Mills Air

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Race

Obama On Racial Issues During His Presidency Through Lens Of His New Memoir

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Did It in a Minute Hall & Oates

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Medical Treatments

Chief Medical Officer On Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine Said To Be Nearly 95% Effective

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Education

What Colleges And Students Should Expect From A Biden Administration

by Elissa Nadworny

What Colleges And Students Should Expect From A Biden Administration

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I Can't Forget Leonard Cohen

National Security

Trump To Order Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan And Iraq, A Source Confirms

by Tom Bowman

Trump To Order Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan And Iraq, A Source Confirms

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Sunset Lover Petit Biscuit

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When I Play House of Waters

Choreographer JaQuel Knight is on a mission to copyright his dance routines. "It's to protect the creator from these huge corporations that come in and take advantage," he says. Andres Norwood/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Music Interviews

He Choreographed 'Single Ladies' And 'WAP.' Now He's Got A Bigger Mission

by Ari Shapiro , Jason Fuller , Sarah Handel

He Choreographed 'Single Ladies' And 'WAP.' Now He's Got A Bigger Mission

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Savage Megan Thee Stallion

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Home LCD Soundsystem

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