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Tony Carruthers, a former Memphis man convicted of kidnapping and murdering three people in 1994, had his death sentence postponed for a year on Thursday after Tennessee’s executioners could not insert an IV into his veins through which to administer the lethal drugs.
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The number of cases — and deaths — in Bangladesh is staggering. As of Sunday, 528 have died, mostly children. How did this measles outbreak begin? And how is the country responding?
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Numerous purveyors are reporting an abrupt explosion in popularity of the peak '90s toy known as the hacky sack after recent viral social media videos, triggering shortages.
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The young women make photos that look at life — how it is, how they wish it could be — under Taliban rule. The images are on display at the Photoville Festival in Brooklyn, New York. -
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Data shows that summer jobs programs for teenagers have big impacts in reducing crime. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks about it with economist Sara Heller.
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Sherill Baldwin can often be found at an overgrown cemetery in Connecticut. She found it by chance, but now she's part of a movement of "cemetery citizens"--providing some TLC to forgotten plots.
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