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Norwegians face a shortage of a key ingredient for Easter festivities: eggs
Some have turned to their neighbors in Sweden. Demand is so strong that some stores on the Swedish side of the border report running out. Others have limited the number of eggs a customer can buy.
An astrophysicist breaks down what NASA's Webb telescope tells us about our universe
NPR's Morning Edition speaks with astrophysicist Alex Filippenko of the University of California, Berkeley about the latest findings of the Webb Telescope.
Morning news brief
Takeaways from yesterdays' Jan. 6 committee hearing. President Biden visits Israel. And, new video is released from the Uvalde school shooting.
Many states have anti-abortion laws. Will they provide a social safety net for moms?
Stuart Butler of the Brookings Insitution talks about whether the party that's been pushing for anti-abortion policies is prepared to pay for the infrastructure needed to support moms and children.
What's ahead as Biden arrives in Israel for his first trip as President
by Asma Khalid
President Biden lands in Israel today, a country he first visited as a young senator about 50 years ago.
Sri Lanka's president flees the country amid an economic crisis
NPR speaks with Ahilan Kadirgamar, a political economist and senior lecturer at the University of Jaffna, about the president of Sri Lanka, who has fled the country.
The Jan. 6 committee will look at the role far-right groups played during the riot
by Deirdre Walsh
The seventh public hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol takes place today, and the subject of far-right extremism is center stage.
NASA's spectacular new photos could alter our understanding of the universe
by Joe Palca
NASA is releasing four more cosmic images from the James Webb telescope.
Rep. Stephanie Murphy on what to expect during today's Jan. 6 hearing
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) about today's Jan. 6 House committee hearing on links between former President Donald Trump's inner circle and extremist groups.
The Contreras brothers will play together at the MLB All-Star game
This is the fifth pair of brothers to play together as starters in the All Stars since 1942
Remembering Monty Norman, the man behind the James Bond theme
He wrote the spy theme in 1962 for the first 007 film starring the late Sean Connery, and it's been used in all of the movies since.