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Scientists eavesdrop on an ancient river giant: the lake sturgeon

Shahla Farzan — Mon, 16 May 2022 20:55:00 +0000

Lake sturgeon used to be common in rivers and lakes from Minnesota to Louisiana. Now the species is near extinction. Scientists are implanting radio transmitters to see how they can help save them.

The Buffalo shooting has shocked the residents of the alleged gunman’s hometown

Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo — Mon, 16 May 2022 20:55:00 +0000

Residents of tiny Conklin, New York, are surprised the teen accused of a mass shooting in Buffalo came from their community. People of color in the nearby city of Binghamton have a different view.

In Silicon Valley, startups are laying off staff as investors pull back from big tech

Bobby Allyn — Mon, 16 May 2022 20:55:00 +0000

In the startup world, investors are pulling back, companies are laying off employees and IPOs are being delayed. Is a tech bubble about to burst, or has the unraveling already started?

Abortion rights in Maine could be at risk if Republicans reclaim the state government

Steve Mistler — Mon, 16 May 2022 20:55:00 +0000

Former Gov. Paul LePage is in a close race with Maine's sitting governor, Democrat Janet Mills. Maine's GOP is uniting around the fall of Roe and has a motivated base.

Tops is more than a Buffalo supermarket

Adrian Florido — Mon, 16 May 2022 20:55:00 +0000

The Tops supermarket where Saturday's fatal shootings took place is a store Black Buffalo residents fought for years to get. Its temporary closure has left neighbors scrambling to find food.

How a school in Warsaw is educating kids of Ukrainian families who fled to Poland

Array — Mon, 16 May 2022 20:55:00 +0000

NPR's Ari Shapiro reports from Warsaw on how Ukrainian children are being educated in Poland.

Kojo In Our Community: Talking About Gun Violence

Mon, 16 May 2022 20:18:14 +0000

Kojo talks with officials and community members about the most effective strategies to curb gun violence.

This forgotten women’s prison helped cement Greenwich Village’s queer identity

Terry Gross — Mon, 16 May 2022 18:51:00 +0000

In his book The Women's House of Detention, Hugh Ryan writes about the New York City prison and the role it played in the gay rights movement of the '60s, including the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.

The undelivered speeches that could have rewritten history

Mon, 16 May 2022 17:41:41 +0000

A new book by a former presidential speechwriter features previously unpublished speeches that were written but never delivered by major historical figures.

These middle school students have a warning about teens and social media

Array — Mon, 16 May 2022 15:54:00 +0000

A group of Texas middle-schoolers won NPR's 4th-annual Student Podcast Challenge, and learned a lesson about fake news and the limits of "talking digitally."