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Bernie Sanders says Netanyahu is attacking campus protests to deflect war criticism
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized ongoing campus protests across the U.S. as antisemitic. The Vermont senator said it was an attempt to "deflect attention" from Israel's actions.
Monterey Park's long history as a bastion for Asian-American suburban life
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Min Zhou, a professor of sociology and Asian American Studies at UCLA, about the city of Monterey Park, Calif., and the community where a shooting took place on Saturday.
Gatherings across the world kicked off Lunar New Year celebrations this weekend
This weekend, celebrations across the world kicked off the Lunar New Year. Family gatherings, food, parades and performances ushered in the year of the rabbit.
A 13-year-old found unexpected support in the school hallway after he lost his mom
When Todd Kashdan was 13, his mother died of breast cancer. He and his twin brother stayed home for about a week, before heading back to school. An unlikely peer reached out when no one else did.
An Alabama farmer secretly helped strangers pay their pharmacy bills
by Ashley Brown
For almost a decade, some residents in the tiny town of Geraldine, Ala., were having their pharmacy bills paid by a secret benefactor. No one knew until after the man's death.
President Biden picks a new chief of staff: Jeff Zients
by Tamara Keith
President Biden has picked a new chief of staff for the next contentious stage of his presidency, turning to Jeff Zients, an adviser known for his ability to get things done amid crises.
Tucker Carlson's war on M&M's
by David Folkenflik
M&M is withdrawing its "spokescandy" ads after Fox's Tucker Carlson railed about the candies' de-sexualization as part of a push for a "woke" society. Maya Rudolph is the new face of the ad campaign.
Encore: What makes that song swing? At last, physicists unravel a jazz mystery
by Maria Godoy
Jazz musicians and scholars have long debated the question: What exactly is this thing called swing? Now physicists say they've cracked the secret.
The latest on the Monterey Park shooting
by Adrian Florido
In Monterey Park, Calif., there are more questions than answers following the killings of 11 people and wounding of 10 others at a dance studio. Most of the victims were older and of Asian descent.
Encore: HarperCollins workers have spent more than 50 days on strike. Is it working?
by Andrew Limbong
Unionized HarperCollins Publishers employees have been striking for more than 50 days, with raising the base salary among their demands. The battle is testing the limits of worker power in publishing.
How the neighborhood is coping after a gunman killed 11 people at a dance studio
On Saturday, a gunman killed 11 victims at a ballroom studio in Monterey Park, Calif. Residents react near the site of the shooting, where normally, Lunar New Year Celebrations would be ongoing.