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Richard 'Crazy Legs' Colón Returns To Puerto Rico With A Clean Drinking Water Mission

Richard Colón, better known by his stage name Crazy Legs at his home in Isabela, Puerto Rico, shows the before-and-after of the water filtration system he's helping deliver to people in remote areas. Mandalit Del Barco/NPR hide caption

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Richard 'Crazy Legs' Colón Returns To Puerto Rico With A Clean Drinking Water Mission

With many Puerto Ricans still without drinking water after Hurricane Maria, the legendary New York break dancer teamed up with the nonprofit Waves For Water to help distribute portable water filters.

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Update From Puerto Rico's Representative In Congress

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After Hurricane's Wrath, Puerto Rico's Green Forests Turn Bare Brown

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After Hurricane's Wrath, Puerto Rico's Green Forests Turn Bare Brown

by John Burnett

After Hurricane's Wrath, Puerto Rico's Green Forests Turn Bare Brown

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Latin America

Using Social Media To Get Help To Where It's Needed

by James Fredrick

Using Social Media To Get Help To Where It's Needed

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A New Dawn Followed by Ghosts

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King, My Queen Followed By Ghosts

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Fitting Memphis Into The Southern Narrative

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Sports

The Call-In: Kids' Sports

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Politics

How Redistricting Changed Wisconsin Politics

by Shawn Johnson

How Redistricting Changed Wisconsin Politics

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My Shining Hour John Coltrane

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Sunday Puzzle: Put These Stars On The Map

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Sunday Puzzle

Sunday Puzzle: Put These Stars On The Map

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Sunday Puzzle: Put These Stars On The Map

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Opinion

Marilyn Monroe Helped Hugh Hefner, But Not By Choice

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Marilyn Monroe Helped Hugh Hefner, But Not By Choice

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In 'Our Souls At Night,' Robert Redford And Jane Fonda Stage A Twilight Reunion

Fifty years after playing newlyweds in Barefoot In The Park, Robert Redford and Jane Fonda are co-starring again in the new film Our Souls At Night. Kerry Brown/Netflix hide caption

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In 'Our Souls At Night,' Robert Redford And Jane Fonda Stage A Twilight Reunion

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

In 'Our Souls At Night,' Robert Redford And Jane Fonda Stage A Twilight Reunion

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Friendship Update The Go! Team

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Europe

Spain Sends Riot Police To Stop Catalan Referendum

by Lauren Frayer

Spain Sends Riot Police To Stop Catalan Referendum

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Economy

How The Tax Code Affects Minorities

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Politics

Democrats, Republicans Promote Their Own DACA Fixes

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Democrats, Republicans Promote Their Own DACA Fixes

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Sun Will Set Zoe Keating

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Tetrishead Zoe Keating

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Middle East

The Fight For Raqqa

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Battered By Irma, Florida Fishermen Pin Their Hopes On Stone Crab Season

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Battered By Irma, Florida Fishermen Pin Their Hopes On Stone Crab Season

by Frank Morris

Battered By Irma, Florida Fishermen Pin Their Hopes On Stone Crab Season

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Jeffrey Eugenides Calls Short Stories 'Maddening' — And Now He Has A Collection

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Jeffrey Eugenides Calls Short Stories 'Maddening' — And Now He Has A Collection

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Jeffrey Eugenides Calls Short Stories 'Maddening' — And Now He Has A Collection

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Space

Elon Musk Lays Out His Mars Colony Plans

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Elon Musk Lays Out His Mars Colony Plans

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Richard 'Crazy Legs' Colón Returns To Puerto Rico With A Clean Drinking Water Mission

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Richard 'Crazy Legs' Colón Returns To Puerto Rico With A Clean Drinking Water Mission

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Yosemite Officials Worried About Safety After Rock Slides

by Ezra David Romero

Yosemite Officials Worried About Safety After Rock Slides

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Author Interviews

Pussy Riot's Masha Alyokhina Recounts Time In Prison In 'Riot Days'

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Shania Twain On Starting Over In 'Now'

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