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After knocking out Cuba's power grid, Hurricane Ian takes aim at Florida
Nearing the Florida Gulf Coast, Hurricane Ian is now a Category 4 storm. Forecasters call it an extremely dangerous storm with the potential for catastrophic winds and a life-threatening storm surge.
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After playing a 200-year-old flute, Lizzo declares history is freaking cool
The Library of Congress invited Lizzo to play the crystal flute that was a gift to James Madison in the early 1800s. She got a chance to play it during her concert in Washington, D.C., Tuesday night.
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Russia claims its occupied territories in Ukraine voted to become part of Russia
Final results from so-called referendums in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine indicate overwhelming support for joining the Russian Federation. The voting is widely condemned as a sham.
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Flight attendants picket airports — demanding that airlines fix chronic delays
Thousands of Southwest Airlines and United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside airport terminals Tuesday — calling for smoother operations, better pay and safety on the job.
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Advocates say rules protecting outdoor workers from heat aren't being enforced
Washington state implemented new rules to keep farm workers safer when temperatures rise. But some of those workers say the state agency charged with enforcement is too sympathetic to industry.
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How the war in Ukraine is affecting the world's supply of fertilizer
One of the effects of the war in Ukraine is a global shortage of fertilizer. Food supplies could be threatened if more fertilizer doesn't get to the world market.
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Moscow contends with violence over its plan to enlist reservists to fight in Ukraine
While waging the fight in Ukraine, Moscow confronts protests over its call-up of military reservists, an attack on a recruiting office and other incidents that include a deadly school shooting.
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Iran's foreign minister blames outside forces for the crackdown on protesters
As protests intensify in Iran over the arrest and death in custody of a 22-year-old woman, NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Iran's foreign minister about his government's response and the West's reaction.
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Protesters in Mexico City demand to know what happened to 43 college students
Ongoing demonstrations in Mexico are marking the anniversary of the massacre in 2014 that resulted in the murders and disappearances of 43 students from a college in a rural south-western state.
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On little strips of land, Kenyans grow everything from roses to azaleas to gardenias
As he moves on from Africa to take up his next posting in Mexico, NPR's Eyder Peralta has one last love letter to a favorite part of Nairobi, Kenya: roadside plant nurseries.
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Italy will soon be led by the most far-right government it's had since Mussolini
Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy emerge as the single largest party. Her coalition will be able to form the next government, and Meloni is expected to become Italy's first female prime minister.
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What meaningful action could the United Nations take to help Ukraine?
As the U.N. General Assembly comes to a close, NPR's Leila Fadel asks Yale law professor Oona Hathaway how nations can unite in responding to Russia for its war against Ukraine.