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Wine has its sommeliers and coffee its graders — people who taste and compare these products systematically. But until now, cacao has lacked such a process, and implementing it appears to be good for chocolate lovers and farmers alike.
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A young mother felt overwhelmed raising her three kids alone. Unable to face a sink full of dirty dishes, she threw them out. A neighbor returned them, washed and shiny, along with a message of hope.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with the debut novelist Portia Elan. Her book Homebound travels through centuries and through the imagination.
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Cold War reports of mysterious rotating saucers; recent sightings of metallic elliptical objects floating in mid-air. Those and other reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena or UAPs — the military's term for UFOs — are described in documents released Friday.
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Some schools are warning users not to log back into Canvas yet, after a ransomware group claimed credit for a data breach. Half of North America's higher education institutions use the platform.
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In Colombia, a plan to cull Pablo Escobar's invasive hippos is challenged by an Indian billionaire's offer to relocate dozens of the animals to India's wildlife reserve instead.
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More than two dozen passengers left the cruise ship before the outbreak was identified. The race is on to connect with them to monitor their health — and the health of those they've interacted with.
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As state leaders change laws to make vaccines more accessible, a coalition of doctors, public health advocates and everyday Coloradans is trying to start a public conversation about their importance.
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Blue Film is clearly designed to be unsettling. Its performances are haunting.
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Virginia voters approved redistricting that could help Democrats pick up four House seats. Democrats said it was to counter the gains that Trump and the GOP have picked up in Republican-led states.
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