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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.
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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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People carry a cooler while strolling at the boardwalk on their way to a beach spot at the New Jersey shore, Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, in Seaside Heights, N.J. (Julio Cortez / AP Photo)
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Homeowners down the shore stand to lose millions from sea level rise

Knowledge of sea level rise has not stopped building in vulnerable areas along the New Jersey and Delaware coasts.

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Messages are shown on a bulletin board at The Neighborhood Church in Chico, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Numerous postings fill the message board as evacuees, family and friends search for people missing from the northern California wildfire. (Gillian Flaccus/AP)
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Wildfire death toll rises as search for missing continues

Authorities on Tuesday reported six more fatalities from the Northern California blaze, bringing the total number of dead so far to 48.

8 years ago

A sign still stands at a McDonald's restaurant burned in the Camp Fire, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, in the northern California town of Paradise. (John Locher/AP)
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Holding out slim hope as crews search for more fire dead

"I'm staying hopeful," she said. "Until the final word comes, you keep fighting against it."

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As the Camp Fire burns nearby, a scorched car rests by gas pumps near Pulga, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Devastation as deadly California blaze tallies grim stats

31 people have died so far in wildfires in both Northern and Southern California.

8 years ago

Keystone XL pipeline sections sit on a train near Glendive, Mont. (Nate Hegyi/Yellowstone Public Radio)
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As construction of Keystone XL is paused, tribes brace for what’s next

This week a federal judge in Montana temporarily blocked TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry oil over 1,000 miles from the Alberta tar sands to Nebraska.

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The walls of a scorched antique shop stand on Skyway after a wildfire burned through Paradise, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Deadly fire leveled a California town in less than a day

Not a single resident of Paradise can be seen anywhere in town after most of them fled the burning Northern California community that may be lost forever.

8 years ago

Mariner East 2 pipeline construction along Zinns Mill Road in Lebanon County August 24, 2018. (StateImpact Pennsylvania)
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StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco expects hybrid Mariner East 2 to start operating by year’s end

Construction and hydrotesting are ‘100 percent’ done, officials tell financial analysts.

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Shawnee Rae, age 8, among a group of Native American activists from the Sisseton-Wahpeton tribe protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline in Watertown, S.D. in 2015.
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In a setback for Trump, judge blocks Keystone Pipeline construction

A U.S. district judge has issued an order blocking construction of the controversial transnational Keystone XL Pipeline until the State Department conducts further study

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Monarch butterfly counts decrease in Cape May

Officials say they counted fewer numbers of monarch butterflies during their annual migration through Cape May in New Jersey this year.

8 years ago

One of the BillerudKorsnäs packaging redesign projects replaced the plastic casing around camping gear with cardboard. (Cassandra Profita/OPB)
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Science

Beyond plastic bans: Creating products to replace it

The growing number of campaigns to ban plastic waste are putting pressure on companies to find alternatives – not just for straws, but for all kinds of plastic packaging.

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Two young people speak at a rally Monday in Seattle. The Supreme Court said it would not stop the lawsuit that inspired this rally, along with others in Portland and Eugene, Ore.
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Young activists can sue government over climate change, Supreme Court says

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Agreement reached over Delaware poultry company wastewater violations

State environmental officials have reached an agreement with a southern Delaware poultry processing company over wastewater violations. ...

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Three workers were burned, one critically, in an accident at the Delaware City oil refinery. (WHYY, file)
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3 workers suffer burns in latest accident at Delaware City refinery

One worker is in critical condition after the “release of a heated product under pressure.”

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A year after Hurricane Maria touched down in September 2017, the island is still recovering. On Tuesday lawyers for the government admitted they had not yet overhauled the island's emergency response plans for the next major hurricane. (Angel Valentin/Getty Images)
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Government lawyer says Puerto Rico’s hurricane response plan ‘does not exist’

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