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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at a press conference on Dec. 6, 2023, about DOJ's indictment of four Russian military personnel for war crimes committed against a U.S. national living in Ukraine, the first of such charges ever to be brought under the U.S. war crimes statute.

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  • Law

DOJ takes a stand against war crimes in Ukraine. In Gaza war, it's been nearly silent

The Justice Department has taken an active — and public — stand against alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine. But it's been nearly silent on possible war crimes in the Israel-Hamas war.

April 04, 2024
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  • Ryan Lucas
Amazon said on April 3, 2024, it's cutting hundreds of jobs in its cloud computing unit AWS as part of a strategic shift.

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  • Business

Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in its cloud computing unit AWS

The AWS layoffs follow other layoffs that happened at Amazon and its subsidiaries this year, including at Prime Video, the MGM Studios unit and Twitch, the social media platform owned by Amazon.

April 04, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
The Betsy Ross Bridge in Philadelphia is a continuous truss bridge like the Francis Scott Key Bridge. It also has four dolphins around it.

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  • Investigations

Concrete structures meant to protect Baltimore bridge appear unchanged for decades

Experts said if the Key Bridge had been fitted with more robust collision-prevention structures, the collapse might have been avoided. Records indicate the protections weren't significantly altered.

April 04, 2024
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner and
  • Caitlin Thompson
Serhii Chaus, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar, arrives at a bread delivery location on the outskirts of town. Chaus goes daily into the embattled town to deliver supplies and meet residents who choose to stay there as Russian forces are approaching the area.

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  • Europe

A mayor in Ukraine aids his town's few remaining people, as Russia closes in

Russian attacks have driven out most of Chasiv Yar's residents. NPR accompanies the mayor on a routine visit to check on those who remain.

April 04, 2024
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 1 more
Cows lay down a freestall barn after getting milked on the Ted and Megan McAllister dairy farm.

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  • News

How does avian flu affect your breakfast; NATO solemnly celebrates 75th anniversary

Cases of bird flu have been found in dairy cattle, but the risk to humans remains low. Ukraine is front and center today as NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary.

April 04, 2024
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By:
  • Mansee Khurana
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice during warmups before an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Dec. 25, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo.

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  • Sports

Rashee Rice apologizes, speaks to police about hit-and-run crash in Dallas

Saturday's hit-and-run crash involved two speeding cars on a Dallas highway. One of the cars that triggered the collision is believed to be registered under the Kansas City Chiefs player's name.

April 04, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim and
  • Bill Chappell
Lisa Sales, President of the Virginia National Organization for Women, embraces her colleagues Federico Cura, of Arlington, Mariam Torosyan, who flew in from Armenia to testify, and Tamar Dekanosidze, of Bethesda, after giving testimony on HB 994 in front of the Senate committee on Courts of Justice on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at General Assembly Building in Richmond, Virginia.

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  • National

Virginia lawmakers have voted to raise the marriage age to 18. Most states haven't

The bill awaits action by the governor and would bar minors from getting married — something activists say leads to abuses.

April 04, 2024
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  • Jahd Khalil
A police officer stands guard near a partially collapsed building a day after a powerful earthquake struck in Hualien City, eastern Taiwan, Thursday, April 4, 2024.

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  • Asia

Taiwan emerges remarkably unscathed after massive earthquake

The day after what was the worst quake to hit the Asian island in a quarter century, most residents cannot stop talking about how much worse it could have been.

April 04, 2024
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  • Emily Feng
A Powerball lottery ticket is displayed seen inside a convenience store, Monday, April 1, 2024, in Kennesaw, Ga.

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  • National

Powerball jackpot jumps to $1.23 billion after another drawing without a big winner

The jackpot, which now ranks as the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery history, has been growing for more than three months, reflecting the long odds of 1 in 292.2 million of winning the top prize.

April 04, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in <em>Ripley. </em>

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  • TV Reviews

'Ripley' offers a novel take. Literally.

Tom Ripley is back — and still can't be trusted. The character — created by novelist Patricia Highsmith — was made indelible by Matt Damon in the film The Talented Mr. Ripley. Now, he's played by Andrew Scott on a Netflix series called simply Ripley. Tom once again worms his way into the life of one Dickie Greenleaf and attempts to sabotage his luxurious life in the Italian countryside.

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April 04, 2024
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By:
  • Glen Weldon,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 4 more
A young boy looks out from a car as members of a Palestinian family leave Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip with personal belongings on March 31.

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  • Middle East

Biden met with a small group of Muslims yesterday. This doctor walked out

The relationship between the White House and Arab Americans and Muslims is fraught because of President Biden's support for Israel's war in Gaza,

April 03, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says cows in multiple states have tested positive for bird flu.

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  • Health

What the CDC is doing to monitor and protect against bird flu

CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen tells NPR that while the risk of bird flu spreading to humans is low, the U.S. government is taking precautions to avoid spread of the virus.

April 03, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Erika Ryan,
  • and 1 more
Cases of eggs from Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., await to be handed out by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce employees at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Miss., on Aug. 7, 2020.

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  • National

A bird flu outbreak at the largest U.S. chicken egg producer could affect egg prices

Cal-Maine Foods lost about 1.9 million chickens, or 3.6% of its flock, as a result of an outbreak at a Texas plant. The CDC says, however, that a person is unlikely to get bird flu from eggs.

April 03, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie and
  • Joe Hernandez
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan off the island's east coast on Wednesday and temporarily disrupted production at semiconductor factories that produce chips major Silicon Valley companies rely on for products and services.

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  • Technology

Taiwan earthquake briefly halts chip factories that power the global economy

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which makes more than 90% of world's most advanced chips, also halted production, but it plans to resume chipmaking overnight.

April 03, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Trucks with cherry pickers help repair damaged power lines, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, in Chatham, Mass. An April nor'easter is expected to bring one foot of snow to some places in New England.

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  • Weather

April nor'easter is walloping New England with wind, rain and snow

New Englanders are expecting treacherous roads and power outages. Southern New England and the coastline will get mostly rain, and maybe a few inches of snow, with most snow further north.

April 03, 2024
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  • Tovia Smith
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