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Hospital staff take care of orphaned children at the children's regional hospital maternity ward in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. Throughout the war in Ukraine, Russian authorities have been accused of deporting Ukrainian children to Russia or Russian-held territories to raise them as their own. Bernat Armangue/AP hide caption

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Ukrainians say they hid orphaned children from Russian deportation

The staff at the children's regional hospital in Kherson city, Ukraine, say they began fabricating orphans' medical records to make it appear like they were too ill to move.

Teonna Woolford, 31, in Owings Mills, Maryland on November 4, 2022. Woolford has sickle cell disease and has been unable to afford fertility preservation for years. Rosem Morton for NPR hide caption

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For patients with sickle cell disease, fertility care is about reproductive justice

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The disease, which predominantly affects patients of color, can damage the body in ways that can make it difficult to have a child. But patients don't always have access to fertility care.

For patients with sickle cell disease, fertility care is about reproductive justice

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Numerous failed rainy seasons in the Horn of Africa have decimated crops and livestock, leading to a crisis of hunger. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The world's response to hunger crisis in East Africa is inadequate, say aid workers

A crisis of extreme hunger is threating millions in East Africa. However, international aid has not been able to meet the need.

The world's response to hunger crisis in East Africa is inadequate, say aid workers

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How the Fantastic Four took Double Dutch to new heights

The ties between Double Dutch and hip-hop can be traced to Nelly's "Country Grammar," Missy Elliott's "Gossip Folks" and "Throw It Back," and the Cartoon Network animated series Craig of the Creek.

How the Fantastic Four took Double Dutch to new heights

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Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields announced a nighttime curfew for the county after gunfire damaged power substations. Moore County Sheriff's Office/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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Someone shot at substations in North Carolina, knocking out power for thousands

The authorities are investigating the mass power outage across Moore County as a criminal act after power substations were damaged by gunfire. The county implemented a nighttime curfew.

A family photo of Diane Richardson and her brother Gary Kirchherr. Later in life, when her brother visited at Christmastime, Richardson would make the lamb curry recipe their mother learned when the family lived in Nigeria. Diane Richardson/Collage by NPR hide caption

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Lamb curry shakes up a traditional Christmas dinner. It started with a stay in Nigeria

A choice of toppings lets all of the relatives around the table make this meal their own. And it's OK to substitute chicken or tofu if lamb is not your thing.

A banner for the victims of the bombings reads "I am Brussels" at the Place de la Bourse in the center of Brussels, March 23, 2016. The trial of 10 men accused over the 2016 suicide bombings at Brussels airport and an underground metro station starts in earnest this week. Martin Meissner/AP hide caption

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Survivors of the Brussels suicide attacks seek closure as the trial starts Monday

More than six years since the deadliest peacetime attacks on Belgian soil, survivors seek closure as the trial of 10 men accused over the suicide bombings starts in earnest Monday.

Many of the women in Sangeeta Siwan's Mumbai neighborhood lost their jobs during the pandemic, but they banded together to help each other through the lockdowns. From left to right: Kalawanti Yadav, Sageeta Wadule, Sangeeta Pandey and Ambika Kalshetty. Ruchi Kumar hide caption

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When COVID closed India, these women opened their hearts — and wallets

Sangeeta Siwan lost her job and wasn't able to pay rent or feed her family. Her neighbors helped her survive. A study of giving in India during the pandemic shows she wasn't alone.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption

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Would-be Speaker McCarthy can learn from his predecessors' struggles for the big gavel

Rep. McCarthy is still likely to win the House speaker role on Jan. 3. However, managing the majority and achieving its legislative and political goals is another matter.

Bats have a seven-octave vocal range. Researchers say, to make their low-frequency calls, bats use the same trick as throat singers and death metal growlers. Rob Griffith/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption

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Death metal singers have a vocal counterpart ... in bats

Bats and death metal singers have more in common than a love of the dark. A new study has found that some of bats' lower frequency calls appear to use a technique similar to death metal growling.

Death metal singers have a vocal counterpart ... in bats

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In the hunt for a male contraceptive, scientists look to stop sperm in their tracks

For decades birth control research focused on women. Now there's a new push to develop gels, pills or other products that could keep men from getting their partners pregnant.

In the hunt for a male contraceptive, scientists look to stop sperm in their tracks

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A sticker depicting Winnie the Pooh holding a blank paper was placed on a post as demonstrators protested in front of the Chinese Embassy in solidarity with protesters in China on Saturday in Berlin, Germany. Omer Messinger/Getty Images hide caption

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Japan's Disney store sells merchandise of Winnie the Pooh supporting China's protests

The online store offers shirts, mugs and other products that can be customized with an image of Pooh holding up a blank white sheet of paper, the symbol of China's lockdown protests.

Shoppers return to a mall with shops re-opening for business as restrictions are eased in Beijing, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and Beijing no longer requiring negative tests to take public transport. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption

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Some COVID restrictions have been eased in China after widespread protests

China on Sunday reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic restrictions following increasingly vocal public frustrations.

It can be hard to find children's fever-reducing medication in some areas. At a Bed Bath & Beyond in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, a few products were in stock while others were sold out. Laurel Wamsley/NPR hide caption

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Thanks to the 'tripledemic,' it can be hard to find kids' fever-reducing medicines

Makers of products like Children's Tylenol say they're trying to keep up with big demand as RSV, flu, and COVID spread. But medical experts note that kids' fevers don't always call for medicine.

South Korean women take part in a march supporting feminism during a protest to mark International Women's Day in Seoul on March 8, 2019. Anti-feminism has been on the rise, turbocharged this year by President Yoon Suk Yeol. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Feminists are protesting against the wave of anti-feminism that's swept South Korea

Many men in South Korea claim to be victims of gender discrimination, a movement turbocharged by President Yoon. Meanwhile, women lag far behind men in pay and face unrealistic beauty standards.

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