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Crisis hotlines are being targeted for sexually harassing phone calls
Counselors who work at crisis hotline centers like 988 are sometimes targeted by deceitful callers, who keep them on the line and sexually harass them.
Texas welfare workers are resigning over orders to investigate trans kids' families
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune about the child welfare workers who are leaving their jobs over state orders to investigate the families of trans kids.
Hundreds of anti-LGBTQ bills have already been introduced this year. Here may be why
by Melissa Block
2022 is set to break records for anti-LGBTQ legislation, with hundreds of bills introduced across the U.S. Who's behind this wave of legislation, and why is this becoming such a potent wedge issue?
Demonstrators call for the arrest of cop who killed an unarmed Black man in Michigan
by Dustin Dwyer, Michigan Radio
More demonstrations are planned in Grand Rapids, Mich., after the city released video of a white police officer shooting and killing a Black resident during a struggle after a traffic stop.
Day 50 of war: Major Russian Black Sea warship is damaged as an oil ban looms
by Tim Mak
From a severely damaged Russian warship in the Black Sea to the beginnings of what might become a ban on Moscow's oil exports, here are the latest developments 50 days into Russia's war on Ukraine.
Encore: How do you give a whale a pregnancy test? One way — check its poop
by Eve Zuckoff
The orange excrement of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales — so called because they were once seen as the right ones to hunt — can give researchers a window into their health.
As the war in Ukraine continues, so does the threat to a global food crisis
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme, about the ongoing food insecurity problem in Ukraine during the war.
More Russian troops and artillery head into eastern Ukraine
by Tom Bowman
Ukraine says it scored a direct hit on the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet. Meanwhile, Moscow is moving more troops, artillery and helicopters into eastern Ukraine ahead of an expected offensive.
What the ruthless new commander of Russia's military signals for war in Ukraine
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Elizabeth Tsurkov of the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Foreign Policy about Russia's new top commander in Ukraine, Gen. Dvornikov, who is notoriously ruthless.
The only psychiatric hospital in Montana is losing federal funding
by Aaron Bolton
The only public psychiatric hospital in Montana had important federal funding pulled after failing to correct patient safety issues, which resulted in deaths. Advocates worry things will get worse.
In rare public speech, the CIA director spoke about the spy agency's role in Ukraine
by Greg Myre
CIA Director Bill Burns made a rare public speech Thursday and talked about the agency's role in Ukraine. Also, hundreds of suspected Russian spies have been kicked out of embassies in Europe.