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Jennifer Aniston's production company plans to reboot '9 to 5'
The 1980 classic starred Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as three women seeking revenge against their sexist boss. It made more than $100 million at the box office.
Encore: Beach grass could be key to protecting the Aquinnah Wampanoag homeland
by Eve Zuckoff
Climate change threatens a tribal homeland off the Massachusetts coast. Volunteers are planting beach grass to make it more resilient. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on May 28, 2022.)
After a 2-month COVID lockdown, Shanghai begins to reopens
After more than two months of isolation to avoid the Omicron surge, the 25 million people who live in Shanghai are out of lockdown.
European Union leaders agree to ban 90% of Russian oil by the end of 2022
The European Union embargo covers only Russian oil brought in by sea — allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline.
News brief: Russian oil ban, Uvalde funerals, deadliest federal prison
European leaders agree to ban most Russian oil imports. Families prepare to bury their children in Uvalde. A new maximum security prison in Illinois has become one of the deadliest in the U.S.
It's been 5 decades since the first female rabbi was ordained in the U.S.
by Deena Prichep
Next month it will be 50 years since Sally Priesand was ordained as the nation's first female rabbi. Today, about 1,000 women rabbis have changed the course of American Judaism.
The newest federal prison has become one of the deadliest
by Joseph Shapiro
NPR's Investigative Unit teamed up with The Marshall Project to look at a penitentiary in Thomson, Ill., that is one of the country's most violent and dangerous federal prisons.
Families begin to bury the 21 people killed in the Texas school shooting
Mourners in Uvalde are lining up outside a memorial for 19 students and two teachers killed in a mass shooting last week at Robb Elementary School. Many are struggling to cope with their deep grief.
Canada aims to cap the market for handguns with new legislation
Canada's prime minister has introduced gun-control legislation that would freeze new handgun purchases, and introduce a mandatory buyback program for some assault-style weapons.
U.K. Prime Minister Johnson reportedly will bring back imperial measurements
To coincide with Queen Elizabeth's 70 years on the throne, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to bring back imperial measurements — that is, pounds and ounces — just like in the U.S.