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  • Meet the jazz guitarist still thrilling crowds at 96 years old

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  • MLB aims to make baseball more accessible for Black players

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  • Homebuyers swarm Maryland island threatened by climate change

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  • Couple helps drive diversity into world of classical music

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  • How 1 man is making waves to rid plastics from the oceans

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  • Zac Brown leads hands-on summer camp experience for kids

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  • A look inside political leaders’ family ties to slavery

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  • Beloved video store ‘Vidiots’ in Los Angeles makes a comeback

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Why recycling may be going to waste in the US

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Every week on garbage day, Americans put out their blue and green bins full of recyclables ready to be processed and reused. Some of that recycling may be going to waste. In this week’s Sunday Spotlight, NBC’s Jo Ling Kent explores why some recycled items are piling up in the United States with nowhere to go.