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ICE officers set to deploy to airports as delays mount, border czar Homan confirms

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 12:30

Border czar Tom Homan says ICE agents will help the Transportation Security Administration 'move those lines' while also enforcing immigration law.

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Inside a rare lab that's blazing a bold trail as it hunts for new drugs

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 08:25

A scientist from Zambia who loves — LOVES! — chemistry runs a lab in South Africa that is being hailed for "extraordinary" work.

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An orthopedic surgeon explains the hand injury that has many MLB players on the bench

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 07:23

Baseball hitters are on a quest for power. But that quest comes at a cost. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to orthopedic surgeon Dr. Thomas DiLiberti about baseball players suffering hamate injuries.

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She cared for her mother for 14 years. She says she'd do it all over again

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 07:23

Kathy Barnes-Lou cared for her mother for 14 years before her death. She learned that caregiving can bring life's purpose into focus, even as it grinds you down.

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Democrats who won big in last November's general election are grappling with reality

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 07:09

Some Democrats who were swept into office last November are grappling with the reality of governing. The new leader of Pennsylvania's Lehigh County says urgency is needed.

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The Iran war is impacting the global economy, and Asia is particularly vulnerable

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 07:04

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator for the Financial Times, about how the war on Iran is effecting the global economy.

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The effects of the Iran war on environmental and human health, according to an expert

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 07:04

As the war in Iran enters its fourth week, the costs are adding up. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Doug Weir, with the Conflict and War Observatory, about impacts to human health and the environment.

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Politics chat: Trump's mixed messages on the Iran war, the latest on DHS funding

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 07:04

We look at President Trump's mixed messages on the war with Iran, plus the latest on Department of Homeland Security funding, which Congress has frozen over his immigration enforcement policies.

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Trump threatens Iran's power plants as war enters fourth week with no end in sight

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 07:04

We have the latest on the U-S and Israeli war on Iran, where in the past 48 hours, Israel has struck one of Iran's nuclear facilities and Iran has responded with strikes in Israel.

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The U.S. is a big oil exporter. So why does it import most of the oil it consumes?

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 07:04

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to University of Texas engineering professor Hugh Daigle about why the U.S. imports most of the oil it consumes despite being one of the world's largest oil exporters.

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The oldest known recording of a whale song reveals how oceans have changed

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 07:04

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have uncovered the oldest known recording of whale song. And it reveals a noisier soundscape of today's oceans.

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Trump threatens to 'obliterate' Iran's power plants as Iran strikes 2 Israeli cities

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 06:22

Iran launched missiles at two southern Israeli cities that lie close to the country's main nuclear research center, while President Trump gave Iran 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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Cortina d'Ampezzo mixes Olympic legacy with Alpine glamour

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 05:00

Cortina d'Ampezzo, the "Pearl of the Dolomites," is a blend of Olympic heritage with celebrity chic, fine dining and Alpine tradition, even as climate change and new tourism reshape the area.

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Cuba's power grid collapses leaving it without electricity for the 3rd time this month

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 03:12

Cuba's power grid collapsed Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a U.S.-imposed oil blockade.

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A strike on a hospital in Sudan killed at least 64 people, WHO says

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 03:04

At least 64 people were killed, including at least 13 children, in a strike on a hospital in Sudan's western Darfur region last week, the World Health Organization said Saturday.

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How one Minnesota school is bouncing back after the ICE surge

Sun, 03/22/2026 - 03:00

NPR spent time inside a Minnesota school talking with educators, parents, and children as it tries to help kids feel safe again after the ICE surge.

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Airport security lines are long. Here's what to know if you're flying

Sat, 03/21/2026 - 16:40

Travel experts say passengers need to be prepared, and patient, amid the government shutdown. Until a deal is reached, officials say airport disruptions and delays could get even worse.

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Robert Mueller, ex-FBI director who led 2016 Russia inquiry, dies at 81

Sat, 03/21/2026 - 12:57

Mueller's family told The New York Times in August that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

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Iraqi Kurds mark Nowruz, celebrating light over darkness

Sat, 03/21/2026 - 11:56

In the Kurdish regions of the Middle East, Nowruz celebrations — honoring the arrival of spring — are a fundamental expression of Kurdish identity.

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End of an heir-a: The U.K. abolishes aristocrats' right to inherit Parliament seats

Sat, 03/21/2026 - 08:34

The British Parliament still has 92 unelected lawmakers who inherit seats by bloodline. They're all older white men. A new law now phases them out, for the first time in nearly 1,000 years.

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