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A field near harvest time at Meyers Farm in Bethel, Alaska, can now grow crops like cabbage outside in the ground, due to rising temperatures. Daysha Eaton/KYUK hide caption

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Rising Temperatures Kick-Start Sub-Arctic Farming In Alaska

Producers and consumers in southwestern Alaska see one upside to climate change. It's now possible to farm in parts of the tundra where agriculture was unheard of just a few years ago.

The facade of the church San Gregorio Ai Quattro Capi, with an inscription in Hebrew and Latin. The quote comes from the Old Testament Book of Isaiah, complaining about the obstinacy of Jews. By placing that quote there, Catholics distorted the meaning and used it to scold Jews for not converting to Christianity Sylvia Poggioli/NPR hide caption

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'Nostra Aetate' Opened Up Catholic, Jewish Relations 50 Years Ago

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Bill Cosby performs during a November 2014 show at the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, Fla. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP hide caption

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Bill Cosby Allegations At Center Of Pennsylvania DA Race

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Lea Hatouni is a Christian living in the predominantly Muslim Middle East. Like so many other Lebanese, she expects to have to leave Lebanon to start her career after college. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption

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Why Lea Of Lebanon Wants To Leave Home: #15Girls

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This life-sized porcelain image of the Virgin Mary was brought over from Italy in 1884. Danielle Oteri hide caption

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The Madonna Of 115th Street Gets A Long-Awaited Makeover

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Paige and Bjorn Bellenbaum pose while on a skiing trip with their two kids, Max, 9, and Ella, 7. After Paige sought help for what she learned was postpartum depression, the Bellenbaums say they feel stronger now. Courtesy of the Bellenbaum family hide caption

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Know The Signs: For Some, Post-Pregnancy Is Anything But Magical

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A field near harvest time at Meyers Farm in Bethel, Alaska, can now grow crops like cabbage outside in the ground, due to rising temperatures. Daysha Eaton/KYUK hide caption

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Rising Temperatures Kick-Start Subarctic Farming In Alaska

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Annaleigh Ashford plays the title character — a poodle mix — in Sylvia, at the Cort Theatre in Broadway. Matthew Broderick plays the man who finds Sylvia in Central Park. Joan Marcus/Jeffrey Richards Associates hide caption

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Annaleigh Ashford Barks Up The Right Tree On Broadway

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As Hot Sugar, Nick Koenig makes what he calls "associative music" out of sounds plucked from everyday life. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Hot Sugar Makes Music Out Of Anything And Everything

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