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When Cancer Arrived, The Battle Was Second Nature For Uncle And Nephew Veterans

Veterans Michael Menta (left) and his uncle, Sal Leone, in West Hartford, Conn., last month. Camila Kerwin for StoryCorps hide caption

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When Cancer Arrived, The Battle Was Second Nature For Uncle And Nephew Veterans

Michael Menta, who served in the Navy, bonded with his uncle, Sal Leone, a former Marine, over their shared experience as veterans. But when Leone got cancer, Menta assumed another soldierly role.

Mexican Official Tries To Move Asylum-Seekers Stuck In Tent Camps

Drying migrants clothes in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. More than 1,500 asylum-seekers are living in the tent encampment. Veronica G. Cardenas for Texas Public Radio hide caption

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Mexican Official Tries To Move Asylum-Seekers Stuck In Tent Camps

Mexican Official Tries To Move Asylum-Seekers Stuck In Tent Camps

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Opinion: 30 Years After The Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall went up almost overnight in 1961; in November 1989, it began to crumble. Ullstein Bild via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: 30 Years After The Berlin Wall

Opinion: 30 Years After The Berlin Wall

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A 'National Challenge': Pete Buttigieg On Racial Inequity In Policing

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2020 Candidate Conversations: Off Script

A 'National Challenge': Pete Buttigieg On Racial Inequity In Policing

A 'National Challenge': Pete Buttigieg On Racial Inequity In Policing

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In 'Like Falling Through A Cloud,' Eugenia Zukerman Explores Her Changing Mind

Flutist Eugenia Zukerman sets her struggle with Alzheimer's to verse in her new memoir. Angela Jimenez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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In 'Like Falling Through A Cloud,' Eugenia Zukerman Explores Her Changing Mind

In 'Like Falling Through A Cloud,' Eugenia Zukerman Explores Her Changing Mind

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The Booker Prize Is Shared By The 12 Black Brits In 'Girl, Woman, Other'

British author Bernardine Evaristo poses with her book Girl, Woman, Other. She would later win the 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction, an honor she shared with Margaret Atwood. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The Booker Prize Is Shared By The 12 Black Brits In 'Girl, Woman, Other'

The Booker Prize Is Shared By The 12 Black Brits In 'Girl, Woman, Other'

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When Cancer Arrived, The Battle Was Second Nature For Uncle And Nephew Veterans

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When Cancer Arrived, The Battle Was Second Nature For Uncle And Nephew Veterans

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When Cancer Arrived, The Battle Was Second Nature For Uncle And Nephew Veterans

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