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Andrey Taranenko drives a municipal garbage truck through the Saltivka neighborhood of Kharkiv.

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  • Europe

Garbage collectors in Kharkiv dodge mortars to pick up the trash

In Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, Russian forces continue to pound neighborhoods in the north and east. But city garbage collectors are still picking up the trash.

July 10, 2022
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
Destroyed tanks and trucks line the farm roads that bisect Mykhailo Liubchenko's plots. The ground fighting has subsided, but there's almost daily shelling in his region near the front lines of the southern campaign of the war.

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  • World

Ukraine's farmers face Russia's blockade and explosives on their lands this harvest

Farmers in Ukraine begin to harvest this year's wheat, barley and rapeseed crops as diplomats try to negotiate an end to Russia's Black Sea blockade of exports.

July 03, 2022
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By:
  • Peter Granitz
A scorched structure and vehicles stand on a property mostly destroyed by the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire on June 2, near Las Vegas, N.M.

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  • National

Ecologists say federal wildfire plans are dangerously out of step with climate change

Many forest ecologists say the U.S. Forest Service is hampered by an outdated approach to prescribed fires, a key tool for reducing the threat of megafires made worse by climate change.

July 03, 2022
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By:
  • Eric Westervelt
Composer Deborah Wicks La Puma writes music for Mo Willems' musicals including <em>Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock</em> <em>Experience</em>. A new animated version is on HBO Max.

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  • Pop Culture

Mo Willems' naked mole rats owe their rock 'n' roll sound to this composer

Composer Deborah Wicks La Puma has written music for Mo Willems' famous Pigeon, Elephant and Piggie - and now for Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed on HBO Max.

July 03, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
A scorched structure and vehicles stand on a property mostly destroyed by the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire on June 2, near Las Vegas, N.M.

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  • National

Ecologists say federal wildfire plans are dangerously out of step with climate change

Many forest ecologists say the U.S. Forest Service is hampered by an outdated approach to prescribed fires, a key tool for reducing the threat of megafires made worse by climate change.

July 03, 2022
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By:
  • Eric Westervelt
Abortion rights supporters march to the Supreme Court as part of a rally pegged to the Juneteenth holiday weekend.

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  • Race

On Juneteenth weekend, Black activists march for abortion rights

Black abortion rights leaders say reproductive justice and racial justice are inextricably connected.

June 19, 2022
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  • Sarah McCammon
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  • Music Interviews

On 'It's Almost Dry,' Pusha T plays the long game

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with the rapper about making his new album It's Almost Dry, working with Kanye and Pharrell and reflecting on what longevity looks like in hip-hop.

June 12, 2022
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  • Ayesha Rascoe,
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento,
  • and 1 more
GPB News NPR

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  • Music Interviews

On 'It's Almost Dry,' Pusha T plays the long game

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with the rapper about making his new album It's Almost Dry, working with Kanye and Pharrell and reflecting on what longevity looks like in hip-hop.

June 12, 2022
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  • Ayesha Rascoe,
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento,
  • and 1 more
Singer songwriter Margo Cilker has carved out a niche performing original country songs from her home in rural Washington state.

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  • Music Features

Rural singer-songwriter Margo Cilker's pandemic hustle is paying off

The pandemic was especially tough for up-and-coming musicians from smaller cities and towns. But for at least one country rocker from the rural Northwest, it may have leveled the playing field.

June 12, 2022
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  • Kirk Siegler
Singer songwriter Margo Cilker has carved out a niche performing original country songs from her home in rural Washington state.

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  • Music Features

Rural singer-songwriter Margo Cilker's pandemic hustle is paying off

The pandemic was especially tough for up-and-coming musicians from smaller cities and towns. But for at least one country rocker from the rural Northwest, it may have leveled the playing field.

June 12, 2022
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Yuri Mazurenko and Macha Levitin get ready to go on a walk with their dogs Rolly and Safra in a village in Burgundy, France.

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  • World

How a Facebook page for Irish setter lovers helped Ukrainians flee with their dogs

A Russian woman living in Burgundy wanted to help pet dogs of Ukraine and their human companions get to safety. She turned to a Facebook group for lovers of a famous dog breed to find them.

May 29, 2022
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
Retired pastor Julián Moreno, 80, lost his great-granddaugther during the Robb Elementary School shooting.

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  • National

A former pastor grieves the loss of his great-granddaughter in Uvalde

Julián Moreno is the retired pastor of a Baptist church in Uvalde. Members of the congregation gathered to remember his great-granddaugher and another girl who was killed in the shooting.

May 29, 2022
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By:
  • John Burnett and
  • Marisa Peñaloza
A Day For Sandcastles

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  • Book News & Features

A kids' story unfolds without words in 'A Day For Sandcastles'

Three siblings spend a summer day at the beach building sandcastles and watching them get demolished in a wordless picture book written by JonArno Lawson and illustrated by Qin Leng.

May 22, 2022
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By:
  • Samantha Balaban
Last week, the Fulton County District Attorney in Atlanta charged rapper Young Thug (pictured) with an indictment for allegedly participating in street gang activities and violating RICO law.

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  • Music News

The charges against Young Thug build on a growing trend of criminalizing rap crews

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Sidney Madden and Rodney Carmichael of NPR's Louder Than A Riot about the RICO charges against Young Thug and the wider intersection of criminal justice and hip-hop.

May 15, 2022
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By:
  • Sidney Madden,
  • Rodney Carmichael,
  • and 2 more
Sunday Puzzle

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Sunday Puzzle: Sandwich the letters

Mark Englehart plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

May 15, 2022
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  • Will Shortz
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