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A Nation Engaged

Rising Tensions? Yes, But The U.S. And Chinese Navies Are Training Together

Even as China presses ahead with a military buildup in the South China Sea, the U.S. invited it to take part in the world's largest naval exercise at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

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Rising Tensions? Yes, But The U.S. And Chinese Navies Are Training Together

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This year the U.S. Forest Service is only issuing personal-use permits in Montana's national forests. Nicky Ouellet for NPR hide caption

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Banned From National Forest, For-Profit Mushroom Pickers Go Underground

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The cover of Marvel's Civil War II features Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a boxing ring. Artwork by Ramon Perez/Courtesy of Marvel hide caption

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Can A Canadian Prime Minister Be An Action Hero? Marvel Comics Thinks So

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Monica Besra, 35, poses with a portrait of Mother Teresa at her home in Nakor village, 280 miles north of Kolkata, in December 2002. Besra claimed that prayers to Mother Teresa resulted in her recovery from abdominal cancer, something documented by the Vatican as a miracle. Rana Chakraborty/AP hide caption

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How The Catholic Church Documented Mother Teresa's 2 Miracles

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These Central Valley sheep are happily munching on sprouted barley grown indoors. Farmer Mario Daccarett says the barley, grown in shipping containers, is sweet and keeps his sheep full longer. Ezra David Romero/Valley Public Radio hide caption

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With Water In Short Supply, One California Farmer Grows Feed Indoors

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