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NPR News: 08-21-2026 7PM EDT

August 21, 2026·4 min·5-min readnarrativenews
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NPR reports on a $400 million TikTok settlement over children's privacy violations, a controversy over renaming a Navy carrier from WWII hero Doris Miller to Donald Trump, growing public resistance to police license plate surveillance, rising alcohol-related deaths in the U.S., and FIFA s

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