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Timber mill workers in Montana have a tough time finding affordable housing
by Austin Amestoy
One of the last remaining sawmills in Montana is closing, but not for lack of logs. Housing is too expensive for the labor force, and the mill can't hire enough workers.
How the chip shortage is affecting the credit card business
by Arezou Rezvani
It used to take seven to 10 business days to get a new credit card. Because of an ongoing chip shortage, deliveries can take almost two months, and that could be the case through the end of the year.
Morning news brief
The death toll keeps rising after a massive earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria. President Biden on Tuesday delivers the State of the Union to a new Congress. Beyoncé breaks a record at the Grammys.
What we can learn about a Chinese balloon now that the U.S. has shot it down
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dennis Blair, former director of national intelligence, after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean.
Earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria: Buildings collapsed for hundreds of miles
Search-and-rescue efforts were underway as the death toll soared from the powerful earthquake that hit southeastern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday.
An Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco has escaped New York's Central Park Zoo
Flaco got out after his enclosure was vandalized. He's been spotted on a Fifth Avenue sidewalk and around Central Park. The Zoo is attempting to lure the large owl back with some favorite treats.
Astronomers studying Jupiter discovered it has 12 additional moons
Scientists with the International Astronomical Union used telescopes based in Hawaii and Chile to see the moons, which may be fragments of larger moons that collided with one another in the past.
How a young musician inspired Jazz Hands for Autism nearly a decade ago
Jazz Hands for Autism is a Southern California-based nonprofit that provides music training, vocational development and job placement assistance for musicians with autism.
Maine home can stay at 70 degrees without a furnace, even when it's freezing out
by Keith Shortall
In the middle of a Maine winter, a super insulated house keeps its family warm. There's no furnace — just a small heat pump. The same heat pump is used to cool the home in the summer months.
A court in Kansas is reconsidering the death penalty
by Frank Morris
The ACLU plans to make a case against capital punishment in a Kansas hearing on Monday. Prosecutors there are seeking the death penalty for a man accused of a double murder.
Does more policing make Black communities safer? Rep. Summer Lee responds
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania about police reform — following the death of Tyre Nichols, who was severely beaten by police in Memphis, Tenn.
Feud over ancient statue highlights historical divide between Japan and South Korea
by Anthony Kuhn
A court battle over a centuries-old Buddhist statue illustrates how Japan and South Korea are tussling over their shared cultural heritage, and the artifacts that symbolize it.