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A phone on a pole is capturing the soundtrack of a street corner in San Francisco
by Chloe Veltman
A San Francisco man has a new spin on surveillance technology. He uses a solar-powered android phone running the song identifier app Shazam to listen and record the music passersby are listening to.
A stranger's kindness helped NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reunite with her lost wallet
by Elena Burnett
"My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain tells stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. NPR host Mary Louise Kelly shares how a stranger helped return her missing wallet.
North Korea is reporting a major disease outbreak, but it's not calling it COVID
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jean Lee, a journalist specializing in North Korea, about the country's report of a major disease outbreak that state media is not calling COVID-19, yet.
How the U.S. and Russia feel about Finland and Sweden joining NATO
Finland and Sweden have long kept a neutral position between the West and Russia. But that changed after Moscow invaded Ukraine. Today, the leaders of the two Nordic nations were at the White House.
Jakub Orlinski, the breakdancing countertenor, explores his Polish roots
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with rising opera star and break dancer Jakub Jozef Orlinski, whose new album "Farewells" is a collection of Polish opera classics, little known to the rest of the world.
'Carbon bomb' projects are hurting any hope of meeting climate goals
NPR's Emily Feng talks with Oliver Milman, environment correspondent for The Guardian, about how U.S. fossil fuel projects are damaging efforts to limit climate change.
Suppliers now must direct needed ingredients to infant formula manufacturers
by Tamara Keith
President Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to try to help with the infant formula shortage. Suppliers must direct needed ingredients to formula manufacturers before filling other orders.
Grubhub offered free lunches in New York City. That's when the chaos began
by Manuela López Restrepo
African students who fled to Poland from Ukraine are waiting in limbo
More than 6 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded. Not all of them are Ukrainian. Some citizens of African countries have found that the doors of Europe are much less open to them.
Grubhub offered New Yorkers a free lunch promotion yesterday. It backfired
Food delivery service Grubhub launched a free lunch promotion on Tuesday in New York City. It didn't go well. Both customers and restaurateurs were left frustrated.
Russian sergeant pleas guilty in the 1st war crimes case of the invasion in Ukraine
by Greg Myre
A Russian sergeant pleads guilty for killing a Ukrainian civilian in the war's first war crimes case. Such cases usually occur after a war ends. Ukraine wants to prosecute while the evidence is fresh.