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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.
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China's ambassador to the U.S. warns of 'military conflict' over Taiwan
In his first one-on-one interview since assuming his post in Washington, D.C., last July, Ambassador Qin Gang has an unusually blunt message for the U.S.
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To address inflation, the Fed is expected to begin raising interest rates
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, about the U.S. economy, inflation concerns and interest rates.
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is expected to step down in June
He's written many of the court's less glamorous but legally important decisions. Contenders to replace him are California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger and federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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San Jose passes law requiring gun owners to get liability insurance
The San Jose City Council has approved the nation's first law requiring gun owners to have liability insurance. City leaders hope it will reduce gun violence. Gun owners say they're being harassed.
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Biden was slow to move on Russia-Ukraine crisis, Rep. Malliotakis says
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York if the Biden administration is doing enough to prevent or limit Russian aggression against Ukraine.