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Here is an overview of the articles featured on the NPR Morning Edition for March 11, 2025:
Covering an area of approximately 2.175 million km², Greenland is the world's largest island, with a population of around 56,000 people.
Located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, it is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
The island is primarily composed of ice, with about 80% of its surface covered by the massive Greenland Ice Sheet, which is up to 3 km thick in some areas.
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Greenland votes in an election overshadowed by “Trump’s plans for the territory”: ‘The election was overshadowed by US President Donald Trump’s plans to build a military base on the island.’ Greenland held its first parliamentary elections since gaining home rule from Denmark in 1979.
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Trump backs off of Canada tariff hike as Ontario lets up on electricity threat: In a surprise move, “President Trump announced that he would not impose tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum products after all”. This decision came after Ontario, Canada’s largest province, threatened to cut off electricity exports to the US if Trump imposed tariffs.
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Arizona AG Kris Mayes joined lawsuit urging Trump administration to halt federal firings: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined a group of 19 Democratic attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over its mass firing of federal workers.
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The White House announced that it would be taking further action against pro-Palestinian activists who have been arrested at protests and rallies across the US, following the arrest of a “pro-Palestinian activist”: The White House says more arrests coming.
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Alabama was the only state where math scores improved over pre-pandemic levels: Researchers found that Alabama’s math scores improved by 2 percentage points between 2019 and 2021, making it the only state to show an improvement in math scores during this time period, Why “Why Alabama was the only state”.
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The House Republican-led spending bill is headed to the Senate: The House GOP spending bill heads to the Senate where it will require Democratic support, where it will need to be approved by at least one Democrat to avoid a shutdown.
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A new report from the National Cancer Institute found that many parents with cancer face significant challenges in balancing their treatment with family responsibilities, What “it’s like to navigate cancer while parenting”:
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