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Timber mill workers in Montana have a tough time finding affordable housing
by Austin Amestoy
One of the last remaining sawmills in Montana is closing, but not for lack of logs. Housing is too expensive for the labor force, and the mill can't hire enough workers.
Florence Shaw of the group Dry Cleaning is a very different kind of rock star
Dry Cleaning is a post-punk band with a frontwoman who prefers not to sing. Instead, she intones avant-garde stories spiked with unexpected non sequiturs.
How Argentina is trying to win its struggle with an 83% rate of inflation
Argentina's economy is in chaos again. One way the government is attempting to prop up the quickly devaluing peso is by creating a complex web of rules and taxes on the exchange of foreign currencies.
Brazil prepares for one of the most contentious presidential elections in decades
Sunday's presidential runoff in Brazil pits the incumbent against a storied leftist who's hoping for a political comeback. Support generally splits among rich versus poor or rural versus urban.
Climate promises are still not enough to avoid catastrophic global warming, U.N. says
Jennifer Allan of the International Institute for Sustainable Development speaks with NPR's Rachel Martin about a new U.N. report that finds the world falling far behind in fighting global warming.
Putin makes unsubstantiated claim that Ukraine has plans to use a dirty bomb
Russia has given no evidence of Ukraine planning to use a bomb that would spread radiation on its own territory. The U.S. has warned Russia may be setting a pretext for its own future actions.
Engineering professor in the Philippines asks students to create anti-cheating hats
The professor had been amused by images she saw on Facebook: Students in Thailand wearing paper hats with blinders to prevent cheating. Her students created their own hats and wore them to an exam.
News brief: voters consider inflation, dirty bomb claim, respiratory infection surge
How might Americans' experience with inflation translate into votes? Putin raises the stakes as he watches Russia practice for nuclear war. Hospitals near capacity with severe virus patients.