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Chef Bernard Guillas cooks a Thanksgiving meal at the Marine Room restaurant on Nov. 21, 2017.

Your Thanksgiving Cooking Questions Answered, Maintaining Tradition During An Unusual Year

Because of the pandemic, we’re advised not to travel, not to have large gatherings and to avoid the usual family holiday reunions. But it’s Thanksgiving, and we still have things to be thankful for.

Prince Albert II, pictured in February, will continue to work from his private offices and remain in contact with members of the government, despite his diagnosis.

Prince Albert II Of Monaco Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Palace officials said despite the diagnosis, the ruler's health is "not worrying at all." As of Thursday, only nine others in the tiny Mediterranean country had confirmed cases of the disease.

Walter DuMelle is the Donald Trump-like monarch in the rebooted virtual encore production of Bodhi Tree Concerts' "Eight Songs for a Mad King."

Bodhi Tree Concerts Stages Online Encore Of '8 Songs For A Mad King' On Friday

Show swaps out Donald Trump for King George III in avant-garde show

A statue of King Leopold II of Belgium is pictured on June 4 in Antwerp after it was set on fire the night before. Activists want statues of the colonial-era monarch removed.

Belgians Target Some Royal Monuments In Black Lives Matter Protest

Activists demand the removal of statues of King Leopold II, who oversaw the brutal colonization and exploitation of Congo. They hope the global spotlight on racial injustice will help them succeed.

A statue of King Leopold II stands defaced after protests this month in Brussels. Belgian King Philippe acknowledged "acts of violence and cruelty" in his country's colonial past in Africa.

Belgian King Conveys 'Deepest Regrets' For Brutal Colonial Past In Congo

King Philippe's ancestor, Leopold II, ruled the region as his personal property and started a notorious system that left millions dead. Now, the reigning king is expressing remorse for the first time.

A still from "Marcach Dearg (Red Rider)" by Emma Fisher-Owen of Beyond the Bark Theatre, which will screen in the Shadows Across the Globe festival, July 9-11, 2021.

Shadow Puppetry Festival Finds Beauty In The Dark

San Diego's Twisted Heart Puppetworks presents the first annual "Shadows Across the Globe" virtual, worldwide shadow puppet festival July 9-11, 2021, with free performances streaming online.

British World War II veteran Capt. Tom Moore raised more than $40 million for health care workers by walking laps in his garden in the weeks leading up to his hundredth birthday in April. He will be knighted in a private ceremony with Queen Elizabeth on Friday.

100-Year-Old Tom Moore, Who Raised Millions By Walking Laps, To Be Knighted Friday

Moore raised more than $40 million for health care workers this spring, and won hearts in the U.K. He will be knighted by Queen Elizabeth in a private ceremony at Windsor Castle.

Butterflies swarm a flowering plant at the National Butterfly Center, a 100-acre wildlife center and botanical garden in Hidalgo County, Texas.

Butterfly Preserve On The Border Threatened By Trump's Wall

The proposed barrier would cut off 70 percent of the National Butterfly Center's property, putting it in a no man's land along the Rio Grande. More than 200 species have been documented at the center.

We asked how you are finding joy in the pandemic. Here are 12 surprising ideas

It's been two long years of COVID gloom. But NPR's readers didn't let it keep them down. From cicada tracking to open-water swimming to roller-skating squads, you share how you bring the fun.

Jason Dean received six stitches and a tetanus shot after he cut his knee in May. In August, his wife, DeeAnn, feared going to the same emergency room where he was treated, delaying her diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

The ER charged him $6,589.77 for 6 stitches, a cost that led his wife to avoid the ER

With few options for health care in their rural community, a Tennessee couple's experience with one outrageous bill could have led to a deadly delay when they needed help the most.

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