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Where the U.S. stands with long COVID after the pandemic
This week marks four years since the world came to a screeching halt. (SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE) NANCY MESSONNIER: We expect we will see community spread in this country. It's not so much a question of if ...
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During March Meowness, library fines can be paid with cat photos
Good morning. I'm Leila Fadel. Don't have the money to pay your library fines? No worries. You can pay them in cat pics - if you live in Worcester, Mass., that is. This month, the public library there ...
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How 'Poor Things' actor Emma Stone turns her anxiety into a 'superpower'
This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. The Academy Awards are Sunday, and today we conclude our series of interviews with Oscar nominees. The film "Poor Things" has been nominated for 11 Oscars, ...
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Ariana Grande has sold millions of records. Now her grandma has a record too
Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep. The singer-songwriter Ariana Grande has sold millions of records, and now her grandma has a record of her own. Ninety-eight-year-old Marjorie "Nonna" Grande has become ...
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TSA unveils a prototype self-service airport checkpoint security screening system
An experimental self-service screening system for airport security checkpoints is being unveiled for testing starting this month, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced on ...
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With Texas' border law in limbo, some migrants are worried. Others are undaunted
The legal battle over Texas' border enforcement law continues this week. On Wednesday, a federal appeals court will hear arguments on the law. If enacted, it would give local and state law enforcement ...
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Jon Stewart and John Oliver return, offering voices of outrage and comic relief
This is FRESH AIR. John Oliver returned in February for a new season of his HBO series "Last Week Tonight." Also last month, Jon Stewart, who used to be Oliver's boss and mentor when both worked on ...
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As Michigan legalizes surrogacy, here's how families found ways around the ban
The first time Tammy and Jordan Myers held their twins, the premature babies were still so fragile, their tiny faces were mostly covered by oxygen masks and tubing. Their little hands rested gently on ...
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Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker talk Sleater-Kinney, and 30 years of making music
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Our guests, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker, formed the band Sleater-Kinney 30 years ago during the height of the riot grrrl feminist punk scene in Olympia, Wash ...
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U.S. has warmest winter on record – and no, that's not a good thing
The lower 48 states just had the warmest winter in 130 years of record-keeping, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Temperatures were more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit ...
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NIH scientists, studying Havana syndrome patients, find no physical trace of harm
We have an update this morning on Havana syndrome. That's the cluster of symptoms first reported by U.S. Embassy workers in Cuba. Two new government studies examined people who said they were affected ...
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U.N. report: Fewer and fewer children under age 5 are dying worldwide
Globally, deaths of children under 5 have fallen by more than 50% since the start of the century. NPR's Gabrielle Emanuel has more on the findings of a new United Nations report. GABRIELLE EMANUEL, ...