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Grubhub offered free lunches in New York City. That’s when the chaos began

Manuela López Restrepo — Thu, 19 May 2022 20:34:00 +0000

Yesterday was a bad day for Grubhub. The food delivery service launched a free lunch promotion for people in New York City. And spoiler alert: it backfired.

After the Buffalo slayings, parents struggle through talks with their children

Alana Wise — Thu, 19 May 2022 20:16:00 +0000

Some of the children want to know how someone could do something so horrible. Others are too young to fully comprehend. Parents say there are no easy answers to the questions the children ask.

The News Roundup – Domestic

Thu, 19 May 2022 18:42:01 +0000

Biden visits Buffalo. Cawthorn is defeated.

The News Roundup – International

Thu, 19 May 2022 18:28:43 +0000

The situation in Ukraine could cause a food crisis. Biden visits Asia.

A divide between the pulpit and the pew is roiling the evangelical church

Dave Davies — Thu, 19 May 2022 17:30:00 +0000

New York Times journalist Ruth Graham says many pastors are being pressured to resist vaccines and mask mandates, embrace Trump's claims about election fraud and adopt QANON-based conspiracy theories.

‘Carbon bomb’ projects are hurting any hope of meeting climate goals

Array — Thu, 19 May 2022 17:16:00 +0000

NPR's Emily Feng talks with Oliver Milman, environment correspondent for The Guardian, about how U.S. fossil fuel projects are damaging efforts to limit climate change.

North Korea may conduct a missile or nuclear test timed with Biden’s visit to Asia

Anthony Kuhn — Thu, 19 May 2022 17:16:00 +0000

Pyongyang has conducted 16 missile test launches this year. Seoul and Washington are on alert for a possible new test launch, timed to coincide with President Biden's visit starting Friday.

Suppliers now must direct needed ingredients to infant formula manufacturers

Tamara Keith — Thu, 19 May 2022 17:16:00 +0000

President Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to try to help with the infant formula shortage. Suppliers must direct needed ingredients to formula manufacturers before filling other orders.

Jakub Orlinski, the breakdancing countertenor, explores his Polish roots

Array — Thu, 19 May 2022 17:16:00 +0000

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with rising opera star and break dancer Jakub Jozef Orlinski, whose new album "Farewells" is a collection of Polish opera classics, little known to the rest of the world.

Courtroom drama: Ukrainian widow confronts Russian who shot her husband

Array — Thu, 19 May 2022 16:39:00 +0000

The widow asked the Russian soldier what he felt when he killed her husband. "Fear," he said. "I understand you probably won't be able to forgive me. But I ask for your forgiveness."