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WATCH: The incredible landfill orchestra

Prepare to be moved when a 19-year-old starts playing Bach's Cello Suite no. 1 on an instrument "made from an oil can, and wood that was thrown away in the garbage"

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Internal report blames Johnson, senior leadership for lockdown parties

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Biden's promise to defend Taiwan

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No time to evacuate as Russian forces close in on a pair of Ukrainian cities

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Would the U.S. really defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion?

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Trump loses his grip on a Trumpified GOP

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'Why are we willing to live with this carnage?'

A Texas State Police officer at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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