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Winter crabbing strained Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population. It may soon resume
by Julie Depenbrock
After a 16-year prohibition, a group of Virginia watermen voted to reinstate winter crab dredging. Many argue the decision puts the blue crab’s fragile population in jeopardy.
How Francis Ngannou made it from the sand mines of Cameroon to an MMA championship
NPR's A Martinez talks to former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou about his journey from a small village in Cameroon to stardom.
U.N. investigator finds Guantánamo Bay detainees continue to face 'inhuman' treatment
NPR's A Martinez talks to Fionnuala Ni Aolain, U.N. special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights, about her visit to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Rights groups are alarmed over domestic terrorist charges in 'Cop City' protests
by Odette Yousef
The protests in Atlanta over whether to build a police training facility have gotten more violent. A protester was killed by police in January, and others have been charged with domestic terrorism.
4 more arrests are made a year after 53 migrants died in a sweltering tractor-trailer
by Joey Palacious
Justice officials arrested four more people in Texas for the deaths of migrants last year after smugglers abandoned them in a tractor-trailer without a working air conditioner in San Antonio.
The Supreme Court rejects independent state legislature theory
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Richard Pildes, professor of constitutional law at New York University, about the Supreme Court's ruling to protect voting rights in federal elections.
Rural states likely to benefit the most from funds to improve broadband access
by Aaron Bolton
The White House this week unveiled $42 billion in broadband internet funding from the infrastructure act. It's a rare example of mostly conservative rural leaders embracing big government spending.
Watchdog: Over $200 billion in pandemic business loans appear to be fraudulent
by Martin Kaste
At least $200 billion in aid for small businesses may have gone to frauders, according to a new inspector general report. The Small Business Administration questions those numbers.
Anxiety grows across South Korea, as Japan prepares to release Fukushima wastewater
by Anthony Kuhn
Japan's expected release of radioactive water from a damaged nuclear plant has alarmed South Korea, possibly jeopardizing a fragile rapprochement between the two neighbors and U.S. allies.
Extreme heat continues to grip much of the Southern U.S.
by Mose Buchele
Millions of people are under heat advisories. Texas is experiencing some of the worst heat where high temperature records continue to be broken.
Biden makes a case for his economic leadership: low unemployment, growing economy
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Jared Bernstein, recently confirmed chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, about President Biden's "Bidenomics" pitch for the economy.