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Lawmakers call for greater security funding and oversight for U.S. transit systems
Open drug use and the threat of mass violence have prompted calls for more security funding for mass transit. Congress also says better oversight of existing security is needed.
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Anti-LGBTQ laws inspire many LGBTQ people to seek public office
The avalanche of anti-LGBTQ laws before state legislatures this year is inspiring LGBTQ candidates to seek office. This is even happening in smaller cities and rural parts of the U.S.
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Encore: The Sports Bra is the spot to watch women's sports in Portland
The many screens that adorn sports bars almost always show men's sports. A bar in Oregon seeks to change that. It's named The Sports Bra. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on May 1, 2022.)
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With an increase in funds to Ukraine, the U.S. aims to help it hold off Russia
The White House sent a $33 billion request to Congress for Ukraine. NPR's A Martinez talks to deputy national security adviser Jonathan Finer about the largest single funding proposal for the war.
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Russian missile hits Kyiv just after the head of the U.N. spoke there
Attacks on Ukraine's capital had mostly stopped until Thursday's missile strike. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in Kyiv trying to negotiate humanitarian corridors for civilians.
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One of the dresses from 'The Wizard of Oz' is up for auction
For decades, a version of the dress Judy Garland wore in the movie was assumed lost at Catholic University of America, where it had been given to someone in the drama department in the early 1970s.
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Despite losing a leg to cancer, Jacky Hunt-Broersma chases marathon record
She claimed a record: 102 marathons in as many days. Her goal was 100 marathons, but then somebody did 100. So she did 102, and is celebrating by running two extra marathons to cool off.
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Dolly Parton and James Patterson join forces for the novel 'Run Rose Run'
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Dolly Parton and James Patterson about their book Run Rose Run. It's about aspiring country singer Annie Lee, trying to shake a dark past and make it big in music.
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StoryCorps: Remembering 15-year-old Latasha Harlins
In this week's StoryCorps, a brother and sister remember a 15-year-old girl who was shot and killed in 1991 by a store clerk in South Central Los Angeles — the same month Rodney King was beaten.
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A family in Kharkiv refuses to leave, even as the Russians shell their city.
Millions have fled the war in Ukraine and left the country, but some refuse to leave. For one family in Kharkiv, their fight to simply staying alive has become their biggest act of resistance.
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As more states restrict reproductive rights, abortion options dwindle
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to legal historian Mary Ziegler about red state abortion restrictions ahead of an upcoming Supreme Court ruling that could erode the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
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The Biden Administration more than doubles funding request to respond for Ukraine
The Biden administration is asking Congress for $33 billion in funding to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than double the $14 billion in support for Ukraine authorized so far.