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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.
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Sex, alcohol and the other reasons Netflix's 1st Arabic language film faces criticism
Netflix's first original Arabic language film has caused some off-camera controversy because of its depictions of alcohol use, adultery, infidelity and other issues some viewers consider immoral.
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The world worries of a Russian incursion. In Donbas, Ukrainians already live with war
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports from Donbas region of Ukraine as its residents live under the threat of a Russian incursion and cope with eight years of tensions and fighting along the border.
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A bridge separates 2 realities at the frontier of Russian-occupied Ukraine
Russia is threatening to invade Ukraine. But in the eastern region of Donbas, war has been underway since Russia-backed separatists moved in and declared breakaway republics in 2014.
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Judge rejects hate crime plea deal for man convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery
A federal judge has rejected the hate crime charge against Travis McMichael, one of the white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.
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Global culture wars: Some far right groups in the U.S. are taking a pro-Russia stance
Even as the U.S. opposes Russian aggression into Ukraine, some Americans' attitudes are softening toward Russia — particularly on the far right.
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Why the music industry is paying close attention to TikTok
User-generated content specific to TikTok has propelled songs old and new to viral success. That's left the record labels looking to the app for their next stars.
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's legacy in administrative law
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with law professor Adrian Vermeule about the importance and future of administrative law cases at the Supreme Court, as it loses Stephen Breyer, an expert in the field.