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Encore: 'First Lady' series is compelling when it dramatizes the unseen moments
Showtime's limited series, The First Lady, weaves together the stories of three of America's most distinctive presidential spouses. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on April 17, 2022.)
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What are the ripple effects of sanctioning Russia's richest and most powerful?
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Alex Finley, a former CIA officer and novelist who's tracking super-yachts used by oligarchs, about what sanctions against Russia mean for the country's super-rich.
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New Smithsonian exhibit will look at America's pop culture history
Muhammad Ali's boxing robe, Selena's leather jacket, Ali Wong's dress from her Baby Cobra stand-up, and Mister Rogers' sneakers will all be part of an exhibit at National Museum of American History.
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NASA sent a doctor to International Space Station as a hologram
Dr. Josef Schmid's hologram talked to the crew and looked around. He called it "a new way of human exploration."
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Residents give updates from Lviv after multiple missile strikes were reported
At least six people have been reported killed and more injured in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, where missile strikes were reported.
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HIV experts provide lessons for mitigating COVID
Federal officials have a favorite refrain about COVID-19: "We have the tools." There's just one problem: As those who have worked to end HIV for decades know, just having the tools is not enough.
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China looks to learn from Russia's shortcomings in Ukraine
Russia's military has not performed as expected in Ukraine. The Chinese People's Liberation Army, which regularly drills with Russia, is watching closely.
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What Russians think about Putin's invasion of Ukraine
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Denis Volkov, director of the Levada Center, an independent pollster in Russia, about Russian public opinion of the war in Ukraine.
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A Ukrainian Twitch influencer's community rallied around him when Russia invaded
Pavel, a Twitch streamer based in Ukraine who goes by Bobi, used skills he honed playing a video game to escape the war.
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Why Philadelphia is bringing back its mask mandate
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Dr. Leana Wen about Philadelphia's decision to reinstate a citywide mask mandate <> in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases.
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The World Health Organization approves a new polio vaccine for emergency use
Countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia are counting more cases of vaccine-derived polio. Researchers are developing a new vaccine to try to end the spread of the wild type of virus.
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The Pentagon can't confirm yet how the Russian ship Moskva was destroyed
After Russia's lead warship in the Black Sea sank, NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to retired Adm. James Foggo about the impact on Russian dominance in the Black Sea and the war in Ukraine.