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Hiring slowed in April. The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs
April's job growth was down from the previous month, according to a new Labor Department report. The unemployment rate rose slightly, from 3.8% to 3.9%, but remains low by historical standards.
The Atlanta Braves are celebrating their World Series win with a pricey burger
The Atlanta Braves are selling a new burger at Truist Park this season that costs $151. It comes with a replica World Series Championship Ring.
After major setbacks in the war with Ukraine, Russian forces regroup
Russia is now concentrating its forces in eastern Ukraine and a major offensive is widely anticipated. But this new stage of the war could differ in many ways from the past seven weeks of fighting.
There's no diplomatic path to end Russia's assault on Ukraine, Polish diplomat says
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Marek Magieroweski, Poland's ambassador to the U.S., who says Russian President Putin has to suffer a decisive military defeat for the good of the region.
Chinese writers borrow from Western classics to illustrate life in the age of COVID
by Emily Feng
Angry, depressed, or flat out bored by successive COVID lockdowns, Chinese writers are adapting Western literature classics to amuse themselves.
A library system announces a program to challenge the tide of book bannings
by Andrew Limbong
As more and more school districts ban books from their classrooms and libraries, the Brooklyn Public Library is sharing its resources with teens around the country to fight encroaching censorship.
Encore: Maine couple revives sea shanties thought lost to time
by Keith Shortall
After a decade of research, a couple from Maine has published a book of seafaring folk songs rarely heard in the last 80 years. (This story originally aired on All Things Considered on Feb. 16, 2022.)
Multiple people shot at NYC subway station in morning rush hour
by Stephen Nessen
At least 5 people were shot in a Brooklyn subway station during morning rush hour. Authorities said they were still looking for a suspect — a man wearing an orange construction vest.
Evictions are headed back to pre-pandemic levels just as rents are spiking
by Camila Vallejo
Rents are skyrocketing and eviction moratoriums are ending. The story of one evicted family in Connecticut could foreshadow what's ahead for vulnerable communities.
Why genocide is difficult to prove before an international criminal court
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to war crimes expert Leila Sadat of Washington University in St. Luis, about what options the international community has for recourse over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.