Raccoon dogs may have been linked to the pandemic. What are they?
The wild animals are more similar to foxes than to domesticated dogs. Data that suggested a link between raccoon dogs and the origins of the COVID pandemic was removed from an international database.
Read more ...How Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, from swing state Nevada, views immigration
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada about her immigration reform proposal, and her role as the Senate's first Latina.
Read more ...Opinion: The city that fell for a hoax
The fact it was hoodwinked into sisterhood with a fictional city means that Newark, N.J., is more trusting and innocent than one would think.
Read more ...Police didn't get defunded but many large departments are shrinking
A new study finds that some police forces are losing officers at a faster pace since 2020. In New Orleans, there's a grudging acceptance that it's time to offload some duties to civilians.
Read more ...Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to the Black Sea peninsula to mark the ninth anniversary of its annexation from Ukraine. Russia's move in 2014 was denounced as illegal by most of the world.
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