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Hurricane Milton is poised to hit Florida's Gulf Coast. It's expected to be historic
by A Martínez
Sarasota is still cleaning up from Hurricane Helene which hit less than two weeks ago. Mayor Liz Alpert tells NPR's A Martinez the city is likely to take a direct hit from Milton, a stronger storm.
Russian President Vladimir Putin asserts that sanctions have failed
More than a month into sanctions against Russia for its war in Ukraine, we look at whether and how Russians are feeling the impact.
Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter
by David Gura
The maverick billionaire Elon Musk says he wants to buy Twitter and take it private. He's already Twitter's largest shareholder and has been a persistent critic of the platform's speech policies.
Russian warship is damaged but Ukraine and Russia offer different explanations
Ukraine says a Russian warship in the Black Sea has been "seriously damaged" by a Ukrainian missile attack. Russia's Ministry of Defense tells a different story.
News brief: Brooklyn subway shooting, Grand Rapids shooting, Russian war crimes
People in Grand Rapids, Mich., protest the killing of a Black man by police. The suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting is in custody. The U.S. is assisting Ukraine in its war crimes probe.
Brooklyn subway shooting suspect will have a court hearing on terrorism charges
Police in New York City say they're not sure why a man boarded a subway car during rush hour Tuesday morning and fired 33 times. Authorities have arrested Frank R. James but they don't know a motive.
A video shows a Michigan officer on a Black man's back before he fatally shot him
Police in Grand Rapids have released videos of an incident earlier this month when an unnamed officer shot a Black man in the back of his head following an apparent struggle for the officer's Taser.
The federal transportation mask mandate has been extended
by Pien Huang
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will require travelers to mask up in airports, planes, buses, trains and at transit hubs until May 3. That mandate had been set to expire next week.
The renown of the Trapp family of Esko, Minn., has reached new heights
Guinness World Records has declared them the tallest family in the world. The family has five members. The shortest is 6 feet, 3 inches and the tallest is 7 feet, 3 inches.
Missing cockatiel is identified with the help of a TV show's theme song
Lucky was found on a church porch in Pennsylvania — he had escaped from his family three earlier. The family knew Lucky was theirs when he started whistling the theme to The Andy Griffith Show.
Encore: Home generator sales spike with mass outages, climate change and COVID
by Jeff Brady
Climate change is bringing more extreme weather that often leads to mass power outages. That has more Americans installing home generators. (Story originally aired on ATC on Jan. 31, 2022.)
Communities are divided over Rhode Island's plan for safe drug injection sites
by Lynn Arditi
Rhode Island was the first state to legalize sites where people can bring illegal drugs and use them while being monitored for overdose. Local communities still need to be convinced to host one.