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January saw the strongest job gains since last summer

5:18pm February 03, 2023

by Scott Horsley

U.S. employers added more than half a million jobs in January — far more than forecasters had expected. The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than half a century.

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Before 'Hrs and Hrs,' Muni Long spent years and years working for others

5:00pm February 03, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with artist Muni Long about being a first-time Grammy nominee in three categories.

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How 'The Last Of Us' makes an old plot line feel fresh

5:00pm February 03, 2023

Zombie plot lines have been around for decades. So how do you make a dystopian T.V. show sound new? Here's how "The Last Of Us" pulled it off.

College Board responds to backlash over AP African American studies curriculum

5:00pm February 03, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with College Board CEO David Coleman and director of Advanced Placement African American Studies Brandi Waters about curriculum changes that have drawn criticism.

Sheriff Mike Boudreaux speaks to the media near the scene of a fatal shooting in Visalia, Calif., on Jan. 16. Boudreaux said Friday that two gang members suspected in the massacre of six people last month in central California have been arrested, one after a gunbattle.

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2 men are arrested in a California shooting that killed 6 people including a baby

3:37pm February 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

Two gang members were arrested early Friday, one after a gunbattle, and charged in the January massacre of six people including a baby at a home associated with a rival gang, a sheriff said.

A teacher lines up the students for school-prepared lunches at Madison Crossing Elementary School in Canton, Miss. in 2019. The USDA unveiled new nutrition standards for school meals that would limit sugar and sodium.

The USDA wants to limit added sugars and sodium in school meals

2:03pm February 03, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

The new standards, if implemented, would limit added sugars and sodium and emphasize whole-grain and domestically-produced products.

Brandon Tsay is awarded the medal of courage by Alhambra Police Chief Kelley Fraser at the Alhambra Lunar New Year Festival in Alhambra, Calif., on Sunday, a little over a week after the Monterey Park mass shooting.

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Brandon Tsay wants to use his celebrity to help heal his community

1:21pm February 03, 2023

by Emma Bowman

The 26-year-old, who wrested the gun from a shooter who killed 11 people, has been hailed as a hero. Now, he's using his platform to redirect the overwhelming support to Asian American communities.

Then-U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell holds up a vial that he said was the size that could be used to hold anthrax as he addresses the United Nations Security Council in February 2003 at the U.N. in New York.

20 years ago, the U.S. warned of Iraq's alleged 'weapons of mass destruction'

12:45pm February 03, 2023

by Jack Mitchell

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech to the United Nations Security Council in February 2003 came to define and undermine the Iraq War.

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The magic of being a Black nerd in Black History Month

12:19pm February 03, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with co-creator of Black Nerds Create Bayana Davis about the collective's month-long digital celebration: Black Magical History Month.

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Remembering Wendell Scott, first Black man to compete in NASCAR's highest category

12:16pm February 03, 2023

This week's StoryCorps tells the story of Wendell Scott, who drove during the Jim Crow era and was the first African American to win a race at NASCAR's elite major league level.

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