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NYC mayor defends police clearing Columbia's pro-Palestinian encampment, building
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Mayor Eric Adams about the police response to student protests at Columbia and other campuses in the city. He says "outside agitators" co-opted the protests at Columbia.
Coal producers legally must restore damaged land, but some are dodging obligations
A Bloomberg News/NPR investigation found large U.S. coal companies used bankruptcy and asset transfers to move old mines to shaky new owners, putting at risk federally mandated land reclamation.
A Rhode Island woman's struggle to get her young daughter Medicaid coverage
by Yuki Noguchi
Faced with a lack of treatment providers and frequent insurance denials, many parents are considering desperate measures to qualify for public insurance like Medicaid to get treatment for their kids.
Interior Secretary Haaland is documenting abuse in federal Indian boarding schools
by Lee Strubinger
A South Dakota reservation is the third stop on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's listening tour to acknowledge suffering caused by government-backed boarding schools for Native Americans.
Mexican audiences started a trend of throwing stuffed toys at performers
Music fans in Mexico are throwing things at artists. But they aren't getting hurt. In fact, they welcome it because the objects are small, stuffed toys.
Britain's prime minister is fighting for her political survival
In the opening weeks of her premiership U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss weathered a widely criticized economic package and fired her finance minister.
U.K. prime minister fires finance chief amid economic turmoil
The U.K. finance minister has been fired by Prime Minister Liz Truss, following financial and political turmoil over the announcement of new economic policies and massive tax cuts.
Veteran baseball broadcaster Jaime Jarrin says goodbye
by A Martínez
For more than 60 years, Jaime Jarrin has been the Spanish-language voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was instrumental in bringing more Latino fans to the game. Now he's saying goodbye.
The IMF is expecting a challenging time ahead amid signs of a global slowdown
With signs of a slowdown, it's a tough time for the International Monetary Fund and its 190 member countries. Planet Money's The Indicator explains what the IMF is and what it does.
How Jack Baker and Michael McConnell became husbands in 1971
In this week's StoryCorps, we hear from two gay men who managed to get married in 1971 — long before same-sex marriage was legal.
The British military is giving Ukrainian civilians a crash course in soldiering
by Frank Langfitt
The United Kingdom has provided more military instruction than nearly any other country — putting nearly 6,000 Ukrainian civilians through basic training in recent months.