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1A Remaking America: How restrictive voting laws are affecting Texas and beyond

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:30:12 +0000

How could these changes affect voting where you live?

What does it take to really treat ourselves with care?

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:22:49 +0000

Over the past two years, people have reimagined how and how frequently they treat themselves.

Encore: Life Kit’s planning for the end of a life

Kavitha Cardoza — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:21:00 +0000

Talking about death makes many of us uncomfortable. NPR's Life Kit offers tips for starting an advance directive to prepare for a good death. (Story aired on All Things Considered on July, 12, 2020.)

New York’s famous skating rink at Rockefeller Center has gone retro

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:21:00 +0000

Skaters are ditching their blades — and putting on wheels. The last time the rink welcomed roller skaters was in the 1940s.

Putin calls off final effort to storm steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:21:00 +0000

NPR's A Martinez talks to Peter Zwack, a retired brigadier general and former defense attaché serving in Russia, about the context of the struggle for this significant port city of Mariupol.

‘We had something to say’: Maryland middle schoolers win national documentary competition

Esther Ciammachilli, Ayan Sheikh — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:20:24 +0000

Twins Dermott and Tyler Foley's award-winning documentary "What Happened to Gibson Grove?" is about the disappearance of a once vibrant Black community in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Calif. man loses 85 pounds while lobbying Taco Bell for Grilled Stuft Nacho’s return

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 10:22:00 +0000

The item has been off Taco Bell's menu since 2015. On Jan. 4, 2021, Chris Sandberg vowed to exercise every day until it came back. He got the company's attention but there's no plan to bring it back.

It’s Queen Elizabeth’s birthday. The British monarch is 96

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 10:22:00 +0000

To celebrate she is getting her own Barbie doll. The doll has an ivory gown with a blue ribbon and a tiara like the queen wore on her wedding day. Big retail chains are selling the doll for $75.

Schools are struggling to hire special education teachers. Hawaii may have found a fix

Dylan Peers McCoy — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 09:16:00 +0000

In Hawaii, hiring qualified special education teachers became a lot easier after schools started offering a $10,000 pay bump.

Millions of French voters watch Macron and Le Pen debate before Sunday’s runoff

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 09:16:00 +0000

French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marin Le Pen met Wednesday night in their only debate ahead of Sunday's runoff vote for president.