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The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors group
by Eleanor Beardsley
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo. Its members are survivors of the August 1945 U.S. nuclear bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The U.S. has shipped 500 million COVID vaccine doses globally, but there's work ahead
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with acting coordinator for Global COVID-19 Response and Health Security, Mary Beth Goodman, about the U.S. shipping 500 million COVID vaccine doses to more than 100 countries.
U.S. and allies are sending thousands of weapons to Ukraine
by Tom Bowman
A senior defense official says the U.S., in consultation with allies, is looking into helping Ukraine with long-range air defense systems.
Months before the Russian invasion, the White House started on a plan to unite allies
by Asma Khalid
Months before Russian troops crossed over Ukraine's border, White House officials began working on a strategy to counter President Vladimir Putin: a plan to unite allies and keep them close.
Hunting moose to help save them: some states are giving it a shot
by Abagael Giles
In New England, shorter, warmer winters mean moose face a bigger threat from winter ticks. Some states are trying a new strategy of hunting more moose to try and save them.
Conservatives call to revive Keystone XL, but the pipeline company has moved on
by Arielle Zionts
A popular conservative response to calls to boycott Russian oil is to restart the Keystone XL pipeline. But the pipeline company has already moved on and is selling land and other assets.
Review: 'The Outfit' is tailor-made to keep audiences guessing
by Bob Mondello
Though the new thriller The Outfit is set in a tailor's shop in 1950s Chicago, it's not about the outfits he makes — but about an underworld consortium his gangster customers hope to join.
The Senate passed a bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. Is that good?
The Senate passed a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent. The last time the U.S. tried year-round daylight saving was the 1970s. Within a year, it was scrapped.