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Israel is engaged in conflicts on 3 separate fronts: Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran
Israel is fighting Hamas in Gaza, with Hezbollah in Lebanon, and now directly with Iran. How are the conflicts linked, and how does it intend to handle all three at once?
Are the new boosters that target omicron better than the previous shots?
President Biden is urging more Americans to get a COVID booster shot, even as research suggests the new vaccines might not be any better than the old ones.
The Chinese power structure lined up behind Xi Jinping but financial markets did not
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Stephen Roach of the Paul Tsai China Center at Yale Law School about China's economic relationship with the world under Xi Jinping.
Some 19,000 people in Haiti are facing catastrophic levels of hunger
Haiti is now in the sixth week of a fuel blockade by armed gangs in the capital Port-au-Prince. It means that escalating hunger, along with a cholera crisis, is getting more dire by the day.
Oklahoma's Democratic candidate for governor uses education policy to build momentum
by Robby Kurth
Education has become a major political issue in the U.S. and one that Republicans tend to use to their advantage. But in Oklahoma, a Republican stronghold, things might start to favor Democrats.
An Iranian American scholar talks about her time in a notorious Tehran prison
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Iranian academic Haleh Esfandiari about Tehran's Evin prison. She was held in solitary confinement for 105 days.
GOP candidate for New York governor uses crime wave to hammer incumbent Hochul
by Martin Kaste
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is in a close race against challenger Lee Zeldin, a GOP congressman who says criminal justice reforms have caused a crime emergency in the state.
News Brief: Pa. Senate race debate, LA City Council scandal, Haiti's hunger crisis
Candidates for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat clash in a debate. Two LA City Council members involved in a racist conversation refuse to step down. Haiti's hunger crisis gets worse each day.
A toy dinosaur got first-class treatment on a Southwest Airlines flight
Baggage handler Bryant Cisneraos told CBS News that he and others made it their mission to keep the toy dinosaur safe. It was photographed traveling alone by cart, bin and carousel.
Virgin Australia wants to make sitting in the plane's middle seat fun
The airline launched a Middle Seat Lottery. Each week it will give prizes to passengers. One prize is a full day helicopter pub craw, and another includes free plane tickets.
We go door to door in Beaver Falls, to hear the issues on the minds of Pa. voters
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with voters in Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District, a former manufacturing hub, home to one of the country's most competitive House races.
Maryland State Police troopers allege racial discrimination in a new lawsuit
by Jonathan Franklin
A look at the salaries of 2 LA City Council members involved in racist conversation
by Vanessa Romo
They're among three lawmakers who were recorded talking in racist terms. And though they've been stripped of assignments and haven't been attending meetings, they're still collecting hefty paychecks.