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War hacks: How outgunned Ukraine finds ways to counter Russia

Greg Myre — Wed, 25 May 2022 21:14:00 +0000

To combat Russia's larger military, Ukraine has turned to creative tactics, from low-tech to high-tech. You could call them "war hacks." And many seem to be working.

An HIV drug appears to boost memory in mice, study shows

Jon Hamilton — Wed, 25 May 2022 20:39:00 +0000

A new study finds that an HIV drug can reverse memory loss in aging mice. This type of memory helps humans do things like associate a name with a face. It typically starts to decline in middle age.

Soon after the Uvalde shooting, conspiracy theories took off among the far right

Odette Yousef — Wed, 25 May 2022 20:39:00 +0000

Rumors, misinformation and conspiracy theories were rampant on right-wing social media before verifiable information came out about the gunman who took at least 21 lives at a Texas elementary school.

Minneapolis residents want the reforms that were promised after George Floyd’s death

Matt Sepic — Wed, 25 May 2022 20:39:00 +0000

It's been two years since a police officer killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street corner, setting off worldwide protests. Many locals are frustrated that policing reforms have not materialized.

What we know about the gunman and victims of the Uvalde shooting

Paul Flahive — Wed, 25 May 2022 20:39:00 +0000

Authorities continue to investigate the gunman who killed 19 children and two adults who at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday — just two days before the end of the school year.

On 2nd anniversary of George Floyd’s killing, Black Buffalo residents feel the weight

Alana Wise — Wed, 25 May 2022 18:47:00 +0000

The shooting at a Tops grocery store, which authorities say was motivated by racist hate, brought into sharper focus the weight of being a target.

At 58, poet Diana Goetsch finally feels right in her own skin

Terry Gross — Wed, 25 May 2022 17:41:00 +0000

Goetsch grew up in a time when she didn't have the language to help her understand what it meant to be trans. She chronicles her later-in-life transition in the memoir is This Body I Wore.

Meet the duo running a publication by and for D.C.’s prison population

Jenny Gathright — Wed, 25 May 2022 15:11:16 +0000

Robert Barton and Pam Bailey, co-founders of More Than Our Crimes, publish incarcerated writers and distribute a newsletter that reaches 500 people in federal prisons.

2 years after George Floyd’s murder, many Black Minneapolitans do not feel any safer

Wed, 25 May 2022 14:27:00 +0000

Since Floyd was murdered by officer Derek Chauvin, what's changed for Black residents? NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to ex-state Sen. Jeffrey Hayden, who represented the district where Floyd was killed.

What we know about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

Wed, 25 May 2022 13:20:17 +0000

It’s the worst elementary school shooting since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary a decade ago.