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With western port backups, ships are getting cargo to the U.S. via the Great Lakes
The shortest route to get a ship from Asia to the U.S. is through America's West Coast ports. But given the pileup there, some ships are going the long way through eastern Canada into the Great Lakes.
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A small studio has become the first video game company to unionize in North America
The video game industry has a reputation for long hours and toxic environments. But now, a small studio is hoping to chart a different path as the first unionized video game company in North America.
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Disability rights advocates meet with CDC director Walensky
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Matthew Cortland, senior fellow at Data For Progress, who was present at Friday's meeting between disability rights advocates and CDC director Rochelle Walensky.
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Encore: For some secular Jews, their pandemic hobby has been learning Yiddish
A lot of people know a few Yiddish words, but few actually speak it outside Orthodox Judaism. During the pandemic, some secular Jews have taken up learning the language to reconnect to their heritage.
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U.S. is 'fully prepared' if Russia invades Ukraine, secretary of state says
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is planning "things that we have not done in the past" if Russia invades Ukraine. Where do things stand now, and what can the U.S. do at this point?
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How the health care worker vaccine mandate will work, with SCOTUS' go-ahead
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services about the Supreme Court ruling on the vaccine mandate for health care workers.
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President Biden announces more tests, masks and emergency hospital staff
President Biden announced new measures to respond to the COVID surge. He is sending troops to hospitals in some states and said that more tests and masks are being ordered for distribution nationwide.
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Elderly Palestinian American man found dead after being detained by Israeli troops
An elderly Palestinian American died shortly after being detained by Israeli forces, prompting an investigation of his treatment.
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Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a vaccine mandate for many health care workers
Employers won't have to require their workers to get the COVID vaccine or get regularly tested. The Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration's push to get more of the private sector vaccinated.
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2021 was a hot year in a concerningly hot decade, report finds
A new climate report finds that 2021 was the sixth hottest year on record. The past decade has also been the hottest since record-keeping began.
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Journalists probing Salvadoran government were spied on using military-grade tech
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Julia Gavarrete, a journalist at the digital newspaper El Faro, about a recent study confirming that 22 journalists from El Faro were spied on using the spyware Pegasus.
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The view from border city Kharkiv, Ukraine, as Russian troops appear ready to invade
Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine has a large Russian population, but opinion has turned against Russia since the Kemlin stirred up a separatist war in the nearby Donbas and is threatening invasion.