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These are the top stories NPR's correspondents around the world recommend from 2021
We asked the network's international journalists to pick one story from the year you should check out. Here are their selections.
In 1 day, a 6th-grader gave a classmate the Heimlich and saved a woman from a fire
An 11-year-old boy from Oklahoma is being honored for his heroism. Davyon Johnson was named an honorary member of both the sheriff's office and the police force.
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News brief: Revised COVID guidelines, pandemic school year, Winter Olympics
The CDC cuts the recommended isolation time for COVID infections. Schools will usher in another new year defined by the pandemic. Winter Olympic officials put stringent COVID measures in place.
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WHO envoy says omicron needs to be taken seriously, but there's reason for optimism
NPR's A Martinez speaks to the David Nabarro, a special envoy for the World Health Organization, about the direction the pandemic might take in 2022.
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Schools will usher in another new year defined by the pandemic
School leaders say the pressures of the pandemic had already made this school year the most challenging of their lives. Then came the omicron variant.
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Home prices are up. For Black families, is selling Grandma's house the right choice?
Fast-rising home prices are creating opportunities for some longtime Black homeowners. Those high valuations can also raise big questions about the best way to tap into that wealth.
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Logic's song '1-800-273-8255' may have led to hundreds of fewer suicides, study finds
In 2017, the rapper Logic named a song after the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number. A new study has found it may have had a remarkable impact.
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LAPD releases video of store shooting in which officer's bullet killed teen bystander
The department posted an edited video package that included 911 calls, radio transmissions, body camera footage and surveillance video from the shooting at a store crowded with holiday shoppers.
CDC cuts the recommended isolation and quarantine periods for coronavirus infections
People who test positive need to isolate themselves for 5 days if they don't show symptoms. The change reflects "what we know about the spread of the virus" and vaccine protection, the CDC chief says.
Winter weather makes travel nearly impossible in parts of California, Nevada
Roads remains closed in many areas of the Sierra, as dozens of flights have been canceled. It's been the snowiest month in the Sierra in more than 50 years.
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