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Can a newly installed cellphone tower help preserve a language?

11:14am March 27, 2023

by Elizabeth Caldwell

The Cherokee Nation reservation in Kenwood, Okla., has a new cell tower. Tribal leaders hope better connectivity will keep young people close to home and preserve their culture and language.

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Musician Pras Michel in a 2015 portrait taken in Los Angeles.

Pras Michel stands trial in Washington, D.C., for conspiracy and other charges

10:48am March 27, 2023

Hip-hop musician Pras Michel of Fugees faces criminal trial in Washington, D.C., for allegedly conspiring to violate election law and influence American policymakers on behalf of China.

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Magnus Ek, 53, a retired Swedish lieutenant, is teaching a group of Ukrainian conscripts how to fire an AK-47 in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. Ek, who spent a decade as an instructor in Sweden, is among a group of foreign military volunteers who have gone to train Ukrainians how to defend their country from Russia's invasion.

Foreign volunteers race to train new Ukrainian troops to be sent to the front

9:01am March 27, 2023

by Frank Langfitt

Former service members and combat medics from other countries are in Ukraine to train civilians. They typically have just days with new conscripts before they are sent to the front.

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Colorado becomes the first state to open wheelchair repair for users

8:37am March 27, 2023

by Andrew Kenney

People who use powered wheelchairs have complained for years that manufacturers won't let them do minor repairs themselves. A new Colorado law gives them the right to repair.

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Federal officials are promising aid to storm-ravaged communities in Mississippi

8:34am March 27, 2023

Mississippi surveys the wreckage and cleans up after a devastating tornado that killed more than two dozen people

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Search efforts resume in Rolling Fork, Miss., after a devastating tornado

8:08am March 27, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Yolanda Minor, the Mississippi state director for the humanitarian aid organization Save the Children, about clean-up efforts following Friday's deadly tornado.

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Morning news brief

6:39am March 27, 2023

There are mass protests in Israel after the defense minister is sacked, Mississippi cleans up after a deadly tornado and jury selection is to begin Monday in the trial of a Grammy-winning musician.

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A reparations rally outside City Hall in San Francisco this month, as supervisors take up a draft reparations proposal. The growing number of local actions has renewed hopes and questions about a national policy.

Cities may be debating reparations, but here's why most Americans oppose the idea

5:00am March 27, 2023

by Jennifer Ludden

Compensation for descendants of enslaved people is broadly controversial, and especially so among whites and Republicans. Researchers say one reason may be misperceptions about the racial wealth gap.

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The FDIC says First Citizens Bank will acquire Silicon Valley Bank

4:39am March 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

First Citizens will buy Silicon Valley Bank, the tech industry-focused financial institution that collapsed earlier this month, rattling the banking industry and sending shockwaves around the world.

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Freeway crash kills 6 youths thrown from car in Tennessee

11:28pm March 26, 2023

by The Associated Press

A car crash killed six young people, including a 1-year-old infant, after they were ejected from their vehicle early Sunday on a freeway in middle Tennessee, authorities said.