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NPR puzzlemaster Will Shortz says he is recovering from a stroke

Shortz, who has been absent from NPR's Sunday Puzzle in recent weeks, announced that his absence was due to a stroke in early February.

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Everyday people were civil rights heroes, too. This is the story of one town's fight

In 1970, the murder of a Black man in Oxford, N.C., led ordinary people to take extraordinary action. In a country that still struggles with race, stories like theirs show that the past is not dead.

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N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul responds to shooting in her hometown

Ayesha Rascoe talks with New York Governor Kathy Hochul about Saturday's mass shooting that killed 10 people and injured three at a grocery store in Buffalo.

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Africa is facing significant fuel shortages

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Kinley Salmon, Africa correspondent for The Economist, about the widespread fuel shortages affecting the continent.

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A local pastor addresses shooting in Buffalo, N.Y.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Darius Pridgen, the president of the Buffalo Common Council and a local pastor, about Saturday's mass shooting that killed 10 people.

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Ukraine wins Eurovision Song Contest

Ukraine has won the Eurovision Song Contest, perhaps Europe's biggest musical competition. NPR's Joanna Kakissis was watching with Ukrainians in Dnipro.

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The shooter in Buffalo, N.Y., appeared to have become radicalized online

An 18-year-old from Conklin, N.Y., drove hours to attack a grocery store in a predominantly Black area of Buffalo. He is believed to have written a racist manifesto that was briefly posted online.

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Taliban declares women and girls must cover up from head to toe in public

The Taliban in Afghanistan have instructed that women cover up in public from head to toe, including their faces. NPR correspondent Diaa Hadid has been talking to women affected by the change.

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First Lady Jill Biden visits Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia

First Lady Jill Biden visited Romania and is spending time with Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia today.

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Alaska appoints investigator dedicated to missing and murdered Indigenous people

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Anne Sears, a former Alaska State Trooper, who was recently appointed Alaska's first dedicated investigator of missing and murdered Indigenous people.

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At least 50 people have been killed in an airstrike on a school in eastern Ukraine

And in Mariupol, women, children and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the steel mill. Officials continue to work on humanitarian corridors for the rest of the city.

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The lone abortion provider in Miss. is at the center of the case challenging Roe

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Shannon Brewer of the Jackson Women's Health Organization. The Mississippi clinic is at the center of a Supreme Court case that could result in the end of Roe v. Wade.

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Almost half of the states plan to ban or limit abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned

Ayesha Rascoe talks with David Cohen, law professor at Drexel University, about potential conflicts between states should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.

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You can find anything on Wikipedia — even the weird and wacky

Most people turn to Wikipedia to learn, well, just about everything. This Michigander is using social media to highlight the weird and the wacky that can be found on the site.

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With Title 42 in flux, migrants take over Mexican cities across the border

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Pedro Rios of the American Friends Services Committee about how Tijuana, Mexico, is grappling with the continuing influx of migrants.

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Europe has to monitor hate speech and illegal content on social media more closely

New rules will require social media networks in the European Union to more closely monitor hate speech and other illegal content posted on their platforms.

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What it's like living in Ukraine's warzone

Ukraine's army is slowing Russia's invasion to a crawl, but there is still heavy fighting in the south. For those living there, the war has started to feel like a deadly kind of normal.

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Russia is starting to cut natural gas supplies off

Ayesha Rascoe discusses Russia's threats against NATO countries and the decision to cut off natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria with Agnia Grigas, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

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