Laurel Wamsley
Stories
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Politics
NATO, explained: Why the alliance was formed — and what it's doing for Ukraine
Russia's attack on Ukraine has put a focus on the North Atlantic alliance. Here's what you need to know about NATO.
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Food
Avian flu is infecting U.S. poultry flocks. It could affect the price of chicken, too
Bird flu has been confirmed in poultry in 17 states since the start of the year. Whether the outbreak will affect the price of eggs and poultry depends on how widespread it becomes, an expert says.
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World
What the city of Mariupol means for Ukraine — and for Russia's military campaign
Ukraine's Mariupol has been battered by Russian airstrikes. Why is this city so important? The reasons range from geographic and strategic, to economic and psychological.
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Food
Great Value Pancake & Waffle mix is recalled due to possible cable fragments
A single lot of the pancake mix, which is sold at Walmart, could be contaminated with the foreign material.
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National
Even many decades later, redlined areas see higher levels of air pollution
"We see a really clear association between how these maps were drawn in the '30s and the air pollution disparities today," says an author of a new study on the effects of discriminatory lending.
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Science
Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, lost since 1915, is found off Antarctica
An expedition went where few have ever gone to locate the remnants of a ship that become trapped in the ice 106 years ago, dashing the famed explorer's ambitious mission to cross Antarctica.
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Science
NASA is just now opening a vacuum-sealed sample it took from the moon 50 years ago
Astronauts hammered collection tubes into the lunar surface on the last Apollo mission to the moon. Now a sample is being carefully pierced open — to be analyzed by today's latest tech.
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Business
People are booking Airbnbs in Ukraine — not to stay, but to lend their support
As the idea spread, more than 61,000 nights were booked, grossing nearly $2 million. One host in Kyiv says the donations have helped pay staffers who have fled and buy food for elderly neighbors.
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World
U.N. leaders condemn Putin after he orders 'peacekeepers' to Ukraine
Russia's action was universally condemned in an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting, which concluded with no action taken.
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National
The White House says it will make more high-quality masks available for kids
It is not yet clear what type of masks will be distributed. Standard masks do not always fit small faces well.