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PHOTOS: Angola's all-female demining teams blow up landmines ... (NPR)

Angola's civil war left 1100 active minefields. The attitude had been that clearing mines is man's work until a nonprofit stepped in.

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A Hispanic community teams up with activists to demand protection ... (NPR)

Residents say a steel mill in Pueblo, Colo., has received preferential treatment for decades as it polluted the creek that runs along their neighborhood.

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Akron robotics teams overcome COVID, death of beloved coach to ... (Akron Beacon Journal)

A month into the COVID-19 shutdown, Firestone's beloved robotics coach Dan Spak died suddenly. His students made sure robotics continued in his honor.

He didn't know what success was supposed to look like and set his sights on going to the state championship. The level of competition just in Ohio is also steep, he said. "He had the club as that tight-knit community," Wallen said. "It was hard to be around his kids," she said. She's also given many of her husband's students a piece of their beloved coach, handing down his collection of ties he wore over the years as an engineer and then a teacher. Spak wanted the club to be a "cohesive unit," Nisly said. "He meant a lot to me," Stallsmith said. Mary Spak, who also worked at the school, said she wanted to go, but she wasn't ready. "He didn't die from COVID but he died because of it," she said. "He really just paid attention to everything that happened in his room and everybody that came in." For Stallsmith and others, Spak's room was the place to come during free periods, to work on robots or just hang out. It's inherently competitive, but the students said Spak encouraged sharing of ideas and for each Firestone team to help the other improve.

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