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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.
Trump is campaigning against Republicans he dislikes for fall's midterm elections
by Danielle Kurtzleben
As primary campaigns for the 2022 elections heat up, former President Trump is campaigning against people in the GOP who have crossed him, such as those who voted to impeach him.
Remembering Carol "Mommom" Cohn, lost to COVID in 2020
by Michael Levitt
Carol Cohn, known to her family as "Mommom," died from COVID in 2020. Her granddaughter Melanie Gardiner says Cohn loved to spoil her grandchildren with cookies and had a great sense of humor.
In Chechnya and Syria, ominous signs for Ukraine
From the Chechen Wars through its air campaign in Syria, Russian military operations have often taken a high toll on civilians. What does that portend in Ukraine?
Samuel L. Jackson is a man sacrificing everything in 'The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey'
by Eric Deggans
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Samuel L. Jackson's first lead role in a live action TV series, is a compelling meditation on the power of personal history — disguised as a murder mystery.
The number of people working in nursing homes is down. So who takes care of elders?
There's a crisis in elder care: not enough nurses and nurse aids to provide for the needs of older folks. Some economists believe immigration can help.
Texas parents of transgender kids discuss Gov. Abbott's gender-affirming care order
by Mallory Yu
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with two parents who are each raising a transgender child in Texas about Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to investigate certain gender affirming care as child abuse.
An update on the evacuation of American twins born prematurely in Ukraine
NPR's Ari Shapiro provides an update on the condition of the American twins evacuated from Ukraine earlier this week. The two were too small to move in the days after they were born into a war zone.
It may be time to refocus the goal of vaccinating 70% of every country, advocates say
by Nurith Aizenman
Two years after the World Health Organization declared the COVID outbreak a pandemic, the vaccination rate in poor countries remains well below global targets. But do those targets still make sense?
Researchers suspect humans gave COVID to deer. And it once spilled back into a person
by Ari Daniel
Two studies still out for review show the latest evidence for COVID spillover from humans into white-tailed deer. The strains in the animals had been circulating for months, picking up mutations.
Youth mentoring programs could be key in reducing carjackings
by Cheryl Corley
The surge in carjackings is persisting across the country. However, officials in Chicago say there's been a small decline so far in 2022 and they're finding different ways to fight the crime.
How the busiest border crossing from Ukraine to Poland compares to a quieter one
The UN now says more than 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine, most of them to Poland. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on the busiest and one of the most quiet border crossings in Poland.