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Thieves in Michigan make off with a sasquatch lawn ornament
Police, investigating the theft of the 7-foot-tall metal lawn ornament, say it has a rusty brown color with various sharp edges to resemble the fur of sasquatch.
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Litter crew finds message launched in a bottle more than 5 decades ago
In 1966, 2 British teenagers, in search of boyfriends, launched a message in a bottle into an estuary in North Lincolnshire, England. The bottle was found a few yards from where its journey started.
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Mortgage rates just hit 5%. Buying a home has become a lot more expensive
Higher mortgage rates and home prices have pushed the monthly payment to buy the median-priced home in the U.S. up more than 50% since the start of last year. Many first-time buyers can't afford it.
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Project Dynamo helped to extract Americans who were trapped near Kyiv
When Russian forces took over neighborhoods in Ukraine, it was difficult to evacuate people. Project Dynamo helps get people out.
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A federal jury finds a Kansas scholar guilty of fraud and hiding ties to China
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to attorney Peter Zeidenberg about his client, Feng "Franklin" Tao of the University of Kansas, who was convicted of fraud in the Trump-era "China Initiative" probe.
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Transplant patient learns to not let anything stand in the way of her dream
In this week's StoryCorps, a woman who's had life-long heart problems talks about her dream of becoming a doctor.
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Time is of the essence to get more help to Ukraine, Zalenskyy adviser says
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Andrew Mac, an adviser to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, about U.S. assistance to Ukraine.
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The Russia-Ukraine war is the focus of NATO foreign ministers' meeting
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is attending the meeting in Brussels. The U.S. and Europe are imposing new sanctions on Russia and promising to speed up deliveries of weapons to Ukraine.
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A new study suggests that mushrooms can communicate
A scientist at the University of the West of England inserted electrodes into four species of fungi, and discovered that the mushrooms seem to use electrical impulses to communicate internally.
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A retired bull rider is a celebrity at a drive-through in LaBelle, Fla.
David Bosselait's usual order is a coffee for himself, and a doughnut hole for his horse named Jackson. During the weekly trip, Jackson gets a lot of attention.
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After a labor dispute threatened MLB's season, Opening Day is here
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Washington Post baseball writer Chelsea Janes about Opening Day, and new rules that are meant to enliven the game — or at least speed it up.
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The student loan pause has been extended until the end of August
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Mike Pierce of the Student Borrower Protection Center, about plans to extend the student loan payment pause and a reset for roughly 7 million borrowers who are in default.