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Groups that register voters are feeling besieged by new state laws
New Republican-backed laws in several states add large fines or criminal penalties for minor mistakes in voter registration work. As groups pull back, they're reaching fewer voters.
Security forces in Iran have been trying to crush anti-government protests
by Peter Kenyon
Places in Iran are seeing almost de facto martial law as the government tries to shut down protests that are stretching into their fourth week. Dozens of demonstrators are said to have been killed.
Girls are now allowed to sing in a 1,000-year-old German boys choir
by Rob Schmitz
For the first time since its founding over 1,000 years ago, the Regensburg Cathedral choir and school has begun admitting girls. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 12, 2022.)
Ray Ruschel is not your average college football player — he's 49
Ruschel is old enough to be his teammates' dad. An Army veteran, who was working nights at a North Dakota sugar beet factory, Ruschel decided to enroll at a junior college and play football.
Concerned passengers wanted an explanation for tape on airplane's wings
Passengers posted photos of what appeared to be duct tape holding the wings together. It turns out the silvery adhesive is something known as speed tape, and it's perfectly safe for some repairs.
Nobel Peace Prize: Human rights activists in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus are honored
The winners are human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, as well as the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties.
Will the OPEC decision to cut oil production further hurt U.S.-Saudi relations?
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to ex-U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Gerald Feierstein about the U.S.-Saudi relationship after OPEC decided to cut oil production. President Biden was disappointed by the decision.
Residents in an Alaska village try to outrun the effects of climate change
by Emily Schwing
A storm that hit western Alaska last month severely damaged the tiny Native village of Newtok. Prior to the storm, residents had already begun relocating the village to higher ground.
Why the U.S. Senate race in Arizona is imperative for Democrats
Incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly is defending his U.S. Senate seat in Arizona in an expensive race that could determine the future of the Biden administration's agenda, and the Senate majority.
Biden pardons thousands of people convicted on federal marijuana possession charges
by Eric Westervelt
President Biden has announced he is pardoning everyone convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law. He's now urging governors to pardon those convicted on state possession charges.
Sacheen Littlefeather sacrificed her career to make way for Indigenous voices
Actor and activist Sacheen Littlefeather, best known for declining Marlon Brando's 1973 Oscar to protest Hollywood's treatment of Native Americans, has died at the age of 75.