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House passes bill aimed to combat antisemitism amid college unrest
by Barbara Sprunt
House Speaker Mike Johnson met with a group of Jewish students at Columbia University who say they've experienced antisemitic speech and harassment from protesters on and off campus.
The stories of Ukrainian citizens who formed espionage cells to help liberate Kherson
by Joanna Kakissis
The southern port of Kherson was the first major Ukrainian city occupied by Russian forces. Despite deep ties to Russia, an army of citizen spies helped to liberate the city in November.
U.S. should be concerned about Russia ending arms treaty participation, expert says
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Sarah Bidgood of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies about the arms control agreement known as New START, which Russia's president says he's suspending.
Russia says it will stop participating in its last nuclear treaty with the U.S.
Arms control experts warn that the suspension of the New START treaty is part of a troubling global rise in nuclear weapons.
A monster storm is expected to affect millions of people across 22 states
Forecasters are calling it the biggest storm in a generation. Residents of more than 20 states are in the path of the storm, which is expected to bring high winds and multiple feet of snow.
Transportation officials in Spain resign over botched new train order
The officers were buying new trains for old tracks. Despite warnings they chose the wrong size, — they ordered rail cars too big to pass through some tunnels.
Morning news brief
Russia will stop its participation in a nuclear arms control treaty. U.S. jury convicts Mexico's ex-public security head of taking cartel bribes. Poll shows President Biden's approval rating is up.
A first edition, 8 gigabyte 2007 iPhone from 2007, sells for more than $63,000
Jessica Green kept the phone sealed in its original box assuming one day it would become a collector's item. She plans to use the proceeds from the sale to fund her cosmetic tattoo business.
Initial earthquake aid is finally getting to Northwest Syria but more is needed
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Ismail Alabdullah of the Syrian Civil Defense, which is known as the White Helmets, about the group supporting victims of the earthquake.
The man behind the Wagner Group mercenaries fighting for Russia in Ukraine
Yevgeny Prigozhin is the man behind a mercenary force fighting for Russia in Ukraine. NPR's Charles Maynes offers a portrait from Prigozhin's home town Saint Petersburg.
New Orleans R&B great Huey 'Piano' Smith dies at 89
Huey "Piano" Smith, who died earlier this month, recorded many influential singles including "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu." He wrote the Freddie Ford hit "Sea Cruise."
EPA will take control of the East Palestine train derailment cleanup
by Reid Frazier
In East Palestine, Ohio, federal environmental regulators have taken charge of the cleanup from the train derailment and chemical burn, and ordered Norfolk Southern to foot the bill.
Seattle makes history: First U.S. city to ban caste discrimination
by Lilly Ana Fowler
Seattle has become the first city in the country to ban discrimination based on caste — the social hierarchy many South Asians are born into.