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Engineering professor in the Philippines asks students to create anti-cheating hats
The professor had been amused by images she saw on Facebook: Students in Thailand wearing paper hats with blinders to prevent cheating. Her students created their own hats and wore them to an exam.
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Rising prices take a toll on Democrats. How has Biden responded to inflation?
Inflation upended President Biden's domestic agenda and is a top issue for voters heading into the midterms. We track how the White House changed its approach, and how voters have responded.
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Morning news brief
Putin raises the stakes as he watches Russia practice for nuclear retaliation. Hospitals near capacity with severe virus patients. How might Americans' experience with inflation translate into votes?
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Are the new boosters that target omicron better than the previous shots?
President Biden is urging more Americans to get a COVID booster shot, even as research suggests the new vaccines might not be any better than the old ones.
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The Chinese power structure lined up behind Xi Jinping but financial markets did not
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Stephen Roach of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School about China's economic relationship with the world under Xi Jinping.
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Candidates for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat traded barbs in a formal setting
The only debate in the highly contentious Pennsylvania Senate race took place Tuesday night in Harrisburg, Pa. Democrat John Fetterman faces Republican Mehmet Oz.
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A toy dinosaur got first-class treatment on a Southwest Airlines flight
Baggage handler Bryant Cisneraos told CBS News that he and others made it their mission to keep the toy dinosaur safe. It was photographed traveling alone by cart, bin and carousel.
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Another casualty of Russia's war: Some Ukrainians no longer trust their neighbors
The war in Ukraine hasn't only destroyed lives and buildings. It's also ripped apart trust in communities that endured Russian occupation. Neighbors now see each other as collaborators with the enemy.
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Oklahoma's Democratic candidate for governor uses education policy to build momentum
Education has become a major political issue in the U.S. and one that Republicans tend to use to their advantage. But in Oklahoma, a Republican stronghold, things might start to favor Democrats.
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There's a tight House race in a new North Carolina swing district
The new district could play an outsized role in which party controls the House of Representatives. We talk to voters about how they see it.
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Russia has been threatening to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
The threats come 60 years since the world held its collective breath during the Cuban Missile Crisis. What lessons does that 1962 crisis offer today?
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Author Jeff Pearlman says Bo Jackson is the greatest athlete who's ever lived
NPR's A Martínez talks to Jeff Pearlman, author of a new book on Bo Jackson, who is often considered one of the greatest pro athletes in U.S. history. The book is called: The Last Folk Hero.