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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.
The latest in the Russia-Ukraine war: Mariupol
A Ukrainian fighter calls on the world to save their lives and extract them and civilians out of the destroyed city of Mariupol.
News brief: battle for eastern Ukraine, travel mask mandate, China's COVID lockdown
Ukraine's president says the Russian offensive in the east has begun. A federal judge has struck down the transportation mask mandate. Dozens of Chinese cities are in some kind of COVID lockdown.
Federal judge strikes down travel mask mandate. What's this mean for air travelers?
A federal judge in Florida has struck down the Biden administration's mask mandate on planes, trains, buses and other public transportation — saying the CDC exceeded its statutory authority.
'Sesame Street' asks 'Ted Lasso' actor to talk about an F-word
Actor Brett Goldstein plays Roy Kent — a kind but crotchety British footballer with an exceptionally foul mouth. The word Sesame Street asked Goldstein to talks about: fairness.
China's temp agencies recruit underemployed migrants to enforce lockdown restrictions
by Emily Feng
China's "zero COVID" approach requires hundreds of thousands of temporary workers. They are poorly paid and poorly treated. Where are the new COVID control workers coming from?
Pentagon says Russia is still laying the groundwork for offensive in eastern Ukraine
Ukraine's president says the long awaited Russian offensive in the east of the east has begun. After Ukraine's surprising resilience in the north, this next phase of the fighting is seen as critical.
Louisa Lim's 'Indelible City' examines the U.K.'s handover of Hong Kong to China
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former NPR Beijing correspondent Louisa Lim about her new book: Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong.
Finishing the Boston Marathon had special significance for Henry Richard
Henry Richard, 20, crossed the finish line Monday in honor of his late brother Martin, who at eights years old, was the youngest victim of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
Social justice groups' monuments are a counternarrative to Confederate memorials
by Debbie Elliott
Two new monuments in Montgomery, Ala., are meant to provoke racial reckoning in public spaces. The creators hope they can serve as a counternarrative to monuments intended to glorify the Old South.
North Dakota is digging out from a historic Spring blizzard
by Kirk Siegler
That snowfall could offer some reprieve to farmers and ranchers who have been struggling through a punishing drought. Many of them have been teetering on bankruptcy.
Amid lawsuits over Sandy Hook shooting denial, InfoWars files for bankruptcy
by John Burnett
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's website Infowars has filed for bankruptcy. The move could put on hold defamation lawsuits over false claims that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax.
Florida's legislature meets in a special session to adopt new congressional maps
Republican leaders say they'll approve maps drawn by the governor that eliminate two Black voting districts. Gov. Ron DeSantis insisted on district maps that give an extra advantage to Republicans.