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Allison Stines holds a photo of her family while she eats a family-favorite cookie: Martian droppings.

How a 'Martian droppings' cookie got its out-of-this-world name

Nov 27, 2022

Friends, family and co-workers clamor for the quirky, pistachio-flavored pudding cookie treats that come out looking green.

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All Things We're Cooking

When Ellie King and her husband were married, they had Grandma Phoebe's fruitcake as their wedding cake.

All jokes aside, this fruitcake is legendary. It was even served at a wedding

Nov 27, 2022

Parents, kids, aunts and a cousin gather on Black Friday to make a big batch to mail around the country. It's shared far and wide at Christmastime and was featured on a bike ride across Iowa.

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All Things We're Cooking

Her father's fudge recipe brings back childhood memories of the Midwest

Nov 27, 2022

A young Jan Kincaid Clifford wasn't even tall enough to reach the stove. That didn't stop her from stirring the pot. And stirring. And stirring. Her dad's recipe requires patience, but it pays off.

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World

Cars leave Kherson, southern Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. Fleeing shelling, hundreds of civilians on Saturday streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier.

Civilians escape Kherson after Russian strikes on freed city

Nov 27, 2022

Civilians have streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier, after days of intensive shelling by Russian forces.

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World

U.S. soccer federation changes Iran's flag to show solidarity with protesters there

Nov 27, 2022

The organization is displaying Iran's national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, saying it supports protesters in Iran ahead of the two nations' soccer match.

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Goats and Soda

Jefferson Ncube, an illegal diamond miner from Zimbabwe, works on his latest tunnel at an abandoned De Beers mine near Kleinzee, South Africa. Ncube is a univeristy graduate, but has been unable to find employment.

Diamond diggers in South Africa's deserted mines break the law — and risk their lives

Nov 27, 2022

Photos show the desperate search for scraps left by big diamond operators. But amid rampant poverty and unemployment, zama-zamas see no other way to provide for their families.

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All Things We're Cooking

Favorite dessert recipes served with a side of savory storytelling

Nov 27, 2022

Homemade fudge, a no-alcohol fruitcake, pillowy butter mints and a quirky cookie are some of the things NPR's readers and listeners are nibbling on.

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Asia

Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader, Imran Khan, addresses to his supporters during a rally, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Saturday. Khan said Saturday his party was quitting the country's regional and national assemblies.

Imran Khan says his party will quit all assemblies in Pakistan

Nov 26, 2022

The former prime minister was ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament in April. He is now in the opposition and has been demanding early elections.