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In a 10-minute video, Rogan responds to protests over his podcast on Spotify
Joe Rogan did not apologize to anyone or to Spotify. The video went through a few different turns. He argued he was not spreading COVID misinformation but that he is having conversations.
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Russia would face consequences over Ukraine if diplomatic path fails
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jon Finer, deputy national security adviser, about the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Finer says Russia has massed enough troops at the border to invade Ukraine.
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When it comes to Ukraine, the U.K. is following a course similar to the U.S.
As Russian forces continue to build up along the Ukrainian border, the United Kingdom says it is considering sending more of its own soldiers to the region to deter a potential invasion.
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An Uber driver in New York got sick of driving and decided to ditch the car
Fifty-two-year-old Bob Barnes of Syracuse, N.Y., quit working for Uber and made a plan to bike to all 50 state capitals in a year. He calls it the "Great American Triple Switchback."
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Ohio ad campaign uses edgy billboards to try lure businesses from other states
A billboard in Seattle reads: Live where you can actually save for a rainy day. A spokesperson told cleveland.com that people want to flee the coasts, and Ohio wants to be the low-cost replacement.
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Poll: 1 in 4 Americans say violence against the government is sometimes okay
Is it ever justifiable to engage in violent protest against the government? Nearly a quarter of Americans responded "Yes" to that question in a survey conducted by The COVID States Project.
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Morning news brief
The U.K. may send more troops to Eastern Europe to deter Russia from invading Ukraine. New COVID cases are falling significantly nationwide. Massachusetts was hit the hardest by a weekend blizzard.
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Attacks by the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq stoke concerns of a resurgence
Kurdish forces recently regained control of a Syrian prison that ISIS had been holding. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Sarah El Deeb, an Associated Press reporter, about current ISIS strongholds.
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A teacher in Florida has a snowman shipped to her class from Kentucky
Many kids who live in Tampa have never seen snow. Robin Hughes called her sister in Kentucky — telling her to build a snowman and to ship it overnight so she could teach her kids about weather.
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Methuselah is the oldest fish living in an aquarium in the U.S.
The Australian lungfish is 90 years old and resides at the California Academy of Sciences' Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco. She gets a healthy diet of berries, lettuce, worms — and belly rubs.
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U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online beginning in 2024
Students will take the SAT on computers and tablets at testing centers. The test will shrink from three hours to two, include shorter reading passages and allow calculators for the math section.
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Bucking stereotypes, a Black cowboy leads the way in South Central LA
Ghuan Featherstone founded Urban Saddles stables in 2019 to create a safe space where kids could ride horses. At StoryCorps, he tells a young rider a lesson he hopes to impart: a respect for all life.