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A day before the christening of the USS John F. Kennedy, welders Hector Valencia (left) and Hamilton Haynes (right) with Newport News Shipbuilding smoothed recently welded metal railings near the edge of where thousands will gather to celebrate the event.

A Day For Shipbuilders: Caroline Kennedy Christens The USS John F. Kennedy

The ship's high-profile christening marks a day of recognition for the thousands of workers that have participated in the project over more than five years.

Students in Alice Henshaw's Wilderness Medical Associates CPR training courses can practice on a Womanikin, designed to help trainees understand that compressions should be performed the same way on women's bodies as men's.

Meet The Womanikin, The Breasted Vest Working To Close The CPR Gender Gap

Studies show women are less likely to receive CPR in public than men. A manikin sleeve with silicone breasts might be part of the solution.

Conni and Craig French own C Lazy J Ranch in northeastern Montana. Conni is concerned about the American Prairie Reserve buying up ranchland to turn it into a wildlife sanctuary.

Big Money Is Building A New Kind Of National Park In The Great Plains

In Montana, a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur wants to create a massive, privately funded public park. Some ranchers oppose the American Prairie Reserve and say they can better conserve the land.

A deserted beach in Gorgona National Park, an island 21 miles off Colombia's Pacific coast.

Colombia's Former Prison Island Gorgona Is Open For Tourists — And Snakes

Nature has taken over this onetime penal colony turned national park, surrounded by waters popular with divers for their sharks, rays and whales. A resort manager calls it a "mini-Galápagos."

A fire that swept through a factory where laborers were sleeping on Sunday morning, killing at least 43 people. Relatives of the victims gathered outside a hospital mortuary in the city on Sunday.

43 Dead In 'Extremely Horrific' Fire At New Delhi Factory

Many of the victims were asleep in beds in the factory when the fire began. Streets in the area were so crowded that firetrucks couldn't reach the site, and had to shoot water from 100 yards away.

Three sailors were killed and eight injured in a shooting at the Pensacola Naval Air Station on Friday in Florida. The FBI is investigating the attack as an act of terrorism.

FBI Is Investigating Pensacola Shooting As Terrorism

The shooter was an officer in Saudi Air Force who was a student at the Naval Air Station Pensacola. The FBI said the Saudi government has pledged its cooperation.

Puppeteer Caroll Spinney who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on <em>Sesame Street</em>, died Sunday at age 85.

Caroll Spinney, Who Played Big Bird And Oscar On 'Sesame Street,' Dies At 85

The actor and puppeteer performed on the popular TV show from its very first episode in 1969 until his retirement last year.

Juice WRLD, seen here performing in Oakland, Calif., in September, reportedly died on Sunday in Chicago at age 21.

Rapper Juice WRLD Has Died At Age 21

The fast-rising rapper collapsed at Chicago's Midway Airport in the early hours of Sunday. The Cook County medical examiner confirmed his death to NPR.

The waters and mountains of the Inian Islands, near Glacier Bay, Alaska.

In Alaska's Wilderness, A New Vision Of Higher Learning

The Arete Project in Southeast Alaska brings very different students from around the world together to learn from nature and each other, and earn college credit along the way.

Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With Joe Biden

Morning Edition host Rachel Martin interviews former Vice President Joe Biden aboard his campaign bus about his bid for the Democratic nomination and the impeachment inquiry against President Trump.

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