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The American Military cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands, where David McGhee's grandfather, Sgt. Willie F. Williams, is buried. Marcel Van Hoorn/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Mysterious Suitcase Helps Connecticut Man Discover His Grandfather's WWII Service

After decades, a Connecticut man found his grandfather's grave in the Netherlands, and the Dutch family members that were the grave's volunteer caretakers.

Protestors holding pictures of people who died from use of paint removers, including Drew Wynne, protest outside a Portland, Maine, Lowe's store on May 10, 2018. They were trying to persuade the retailer to stop selling paint strippers containing methylene chloride. Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images hide caption

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Retailers Plan To Clear Deadly Paint Removers From Shelves, As EPA Delays Ban

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Kalida Akytkhan, pictured with her son Parkhat Rakhymbergen, has two sons and two daughter-in-laws who have been detained in re-education camps in Xinjiang. She brought photos of her family to the offices of rights organization Atazhurt in Almaty. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption

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Families Of The Disappeared: A Search For Loved Ones Held In China's Xinjiang Region

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Mysterious Suitcase Helps Connecticut Man Discover His Grandfather's WWII Service

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Author Kwame Alexander will create a new poem after the responses are in to this question: What about America are you thankful for? Katherine Du/NPR hide caption

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What About America Are You Thankful For? Tell Us

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