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NWSL ratifies 1st collective bargaining agreement hoping it leads to more stability
NPR's Tamara Keith speaks with reporter Meg Linehan of The Athletic about the National Women's Soccer League signing their first collective bargaining agreement.
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Pillow Fight Championship: South Florida's new combat sport is for slumber party pros
In the inaugural Pillow Fight Championship, grown adults entered what looks like a boxing ring and bludgeoned one other with specialized pillows. Two athletes emerged with $5,000 and champion belt.
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Canadian truck drivers block border crossing and protest at capital over vaccine rule
Canada's vaccination rate far outpaces the U.S., but it still has a robust anti-vax movement, which this week took the form of truckers camped out in Ottawa.
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U.S. has never won a biathlon Olympic medal. This year's athletes hope to change that
Biathlon is the only Winter Olympics sport in which the U.S. hasn't won a medal. Innovations since the last games have Americans hoping to break through in the skiing and target shooting event.
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Has the NFL's Racial Reckoning Arrived?
NPR's Tamara Keith talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about Brian Flores' allegations of racial discrimination and unethical practices and where the NFL can go from here.
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Feds' contract with Pfizer for Paxlovid has some surprises
NPR has obtained the government's $5.3 million contract for the first 10 million courses of Paxlovid, an antiviral pill for COVID-19. Here's what's in it.
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Tom Brady has announced his retirement from the NFL after 22 seasons
Tom Brady has announced his retirement from the National Football League after 22 seasons and seven Super Bowl titles.
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Turkey and Armenia discuss opening borders to more trade and travel
Long-time adversaries Turkey and Armenia are talking about opening their border to more trade and travel. But it doesn't look like all the issues of the past will be dealt with yet.
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What the history of U.S. sanctions can tell us about their sway on the Ukraine crisis
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with assistant professor of history at Cornell, Nicholas Mulder, on the history of U.S. sanctions and the role they're playing now in the tensions between the U.S. and Russia.
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Schools scramble to feed kids as supply chain issues persist
Supply chain disruptions have upended school nutrition programs. Everything from food to forks to kitchen staff aren't showing up when expected, leaving schools scrambling to feed kids healthy meals.
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Volunteer fire departments that the U.S. relies on are stretched dangerously thin
Most of the U.S. is served by volunteer firefighters, but staffing and operating these departments has never been harder. Many are stretched increasingly thin, sometimes with near fatal consequences.
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Texans brace themselves for a major winter storm — and the threat of another blackout
An approaching winter storm has Texans worried about a repeat of the massive, deadly blackout a year ago. Energy experts say that's not likely this time.