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Jennifer Aniston's production company plans to reboot '9 to 5'
The 1980 classic starred Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as three women seeking revenge against their sexist boss. It made more than $100 million at the box office.
Guitar from Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video will be sold at auction
The music video remains one of the most popular of all time. The iconic blue guitar that Kurt Cobain played in that video will be up for auction next month.
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.
We meet one of the first Ukrainian families to arrive in the U.S.
by A Martínez
A few hundred Ukrainian refugees have made it to the U.S. A family in Arlington, Va., has been hosting a Ukrainian refugee and her two children since March 8.
NYC authorities identify suspect in Brooklyn subway shooting
by Gwynne Hogan
New York City authorities have identified a suspect in a subway shooting Tuesday morning in Brooklyn that left 23 people wounded.
NYPD releases information about a person of interest in a subway shooting
by Caroline Lewis
New York City authorities have identified 62-year-old Frank R. James as a "person of interest" in a subway shooting Tuesday morning in Brooklyn that left 23 people wounded.
Spike in inflation presents further challenges for the Biden administration
NPR's A Martinez speaks to Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, about inflation's economic and political challenges, and the Biden administration's plans to curb price hikes.
Oklahoma's new abortion law could create a domino effect across the region
by Catherine Sweeney
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill creating the nation's most stringent abortion restriction. It makes performing the procedure a felony, punishable by up to a decade in prison.
People Kharkiv suffer daily Russian attacks in a war Biden now calls a genocide
The eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is the country's largest Russian-speaking city. It's been attacked by Russia for weeks. President Biden is accusing Russian President Putin of genocide.
News brief: NYC subway shooting, Kharkiv under attack, Russia's military strategy
A person of interest has been identified in the New York City subway shooting. Russian forces take aim at the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. And after repeated setbacks, Russia is regrouping.
Politicians and strategists consider soaring inflation's effects on midterms
NPR's A Martinez speaks with political analyst Charlie Cook about the highest inflation in 40 years, and how it's likely to impact this year's midterm election campaigns.