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The possible origins of Friday the 13th and other unlucky days
The superstition of Friday the 13th isn’t as old as you think. Here are some of the potential origins of unlucky days around the world.
3 years after pandemic school closings, how were kids and parents affected?
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to Anya Kamenetz, former NPR education reporter and author of The Stolen Year, about the COVID pandemic's impact on students and teachers.
Indigenous groups lash out after an oil drilling project is approved in Alaska
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jade Begay of the group NDN Collective, which advocates for indigenous communities, about the White House approving the controversial Willow drilling project in Alaska.
U.S., U.K. and Australia aim to counter China with an exchange of submarine tech
by Scott Detrow
President Biden met Monday with his counterparts from Australia and the United Kingdom to discuss a deal to sell U.S. submarines — an arrangement aimed at countering the military might of China.
Biden spoke on his administration is taking to save customers of Silicon Valley Bank
The Biden administration has stepped in to save customers of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
2 bank failures have the federal government taking extraordinary action
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Nobel Prize winner Douglas Diamond, who studies why banks fail, about what the collapses say about the stability of America's banking system.
Silicon Valley is breathing a sigh of relief after Biden's remarks on the bank crisis
President Biden spoke this morning about the government's efforts to protect the banking system, after two regional banks collapsed in recent days.
Morning news brief
Federal officials seek to restore public confidence in the banking system after Silicon Valley Bank collapses. The Oscars were handed out Sunday night. Former President Trump will campaign in Iowa.
Hoops fans can now start filling out those March Madness brackets
March Madness is set. The men's and women's brackets for the NCAA basketball tournaments have been finalized.
Why Bolivia and Colombia want coca leaf, cocaine's main ingredient, legalized
by Carrie Kahn
Two of the world's biggest cocaine suppliers, Colombia and Bolivia, want the U.N. to remove the coca leaf from its list of dangerous drugs. They argue the leaf has many uses unrelated to narcotics.
Biden administration steps in to save customers of Silicon Valley Bank
Federal officials are attempting to restore public confidence in the banking system after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.