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We meet one of the first Ukrainian families to arrive in the U.S.
A few hundred Ukrainian refugees have made it to the U.S. A family in Arlington, Va., has been hosting a Ukrainian refugee and her two children since March 8.
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Spike in inflation presents further challenges for the Biden administration
NPR's A Martinez speaks to Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, about inflation's economic and political challenges, and the Biden administration's plans to curb price hikes.
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Oklahoma's new abortion law could create a domino effect across the region
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill creating the nation's most stringent abortion restriction. It makes performing the procedure a felony, punishable by up to a decade in prison.
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NYC subway shooting fits a pattern of mass shootings, crime researcher says
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Thomas Abt, senior fellow for the Council on Criminal Justice, about how Tuesday's subway shooting is a national issue because it could happen anywhere.
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When a Ukrainian boy fled Kyiv, he left behind his Lego collection
Andrii Sidorov went with family to Ireland. His father tells The Washington Post that his son felt lost. In a Facebook post, he asked for spare Legos. Packages came in from as far away as Australia.
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Decorated sprinter Usain Bolt shares his secret to success: video games
Bolt tells the BBC that he loved games so much as a kid that he'd sometimes skip training to head to a store to play video games. Bolt says gaming helped develop his competitive spirit.
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How one Oregon community reduced gun violence by 60%
Neighbors in Portland's Mt. Scott community worked together to combat rising gun violence by changing the environment rather than relying on police. Other communities are learning from their example.
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A library system announces a program to challenge the tide of book bannings
As more and more school districts ban books from their classrooms and libraries, the Brooklyn Public Library is sharing its resources with teens around the country to fight encroaching censorship.
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After major setbacks in the war with Ukraine, Russian forces regroup
Russia is now concentrating its forces in eastern Ukraine and a major offensive is widely anticipated. But this new stage of the war could differ in many ways from the past seven weeks of fighting.
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Why genocide is difficult to prove before an international criminal court
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to war crimes expert Leila Sadat of Washington University in St. Luis, about what options the international community has for recourse over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
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WWII grenade found among potatoes at French fry factory in New Zealand
Employees at the Mr. Chips factory thought it might be a muddy potato, but it was a grenade on the conveyor belt. The bomb squad was called, and it was determined the grenade wasn't active.
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San Francisco police were surprised to find no one behind the wheel of a robotaxi
The self-driving vehicle was caught on video speeding away from police during a traffic stop. It was stopped again down the road. The company says the robocab was looking for a safe place to stop.